A team of the environment ministry inspects the wastewater treatment facility of Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp. on April 28, 2016. Photo credit: Tuoi TreAmid rising concern over industrial water pollution, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has said it will begin a nationwide check of factories’ wastewater treatment systems in August. Last month Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp., a subsidiary of Taiwan's Formosa Plastics, admitted it had caused the disaster and promised to pay US$500 million in compensation. Industrial pollution has been a hot-button issue in Vietnam since hundreds of tons of fish washed ashore in April in the four central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue. Earlier this month the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment inspected a US$1.2-billion paper mill belonging to Hong Kong’s Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited after environmental experts voiced concern about its waste treatment system.

Source: Thanhnien News July 29, 2016 03:11 UTC