A woman collecting dead clams after 115 tonnes of fish washed up on the central Vietnamese coast in April Getty ImagesHundreds of Vietnamese fishermen are seeking compensation from a steel company whose toxic chemicals killed huge numbers of fish, devastating their trade. The livelihoods of more than 200,000 people including 41,000 fishermen were harmed when 115 tonnes of fish washed up on the central Vietnamese coast in April. Formosa Plastics Group, which is based in Taiwan but has a factory in Ha Tinh province, pledged to pay $500 million (£385 million) to clean up the waters. The scandal sparked rare protests in the communist country and damaged the tourism industry as well as fishing in the area. Dang Huu Nam,…

Source: The Times September 27, 2016 07:52 UTC