PM directs stockpiled seafood settlement in marine incident-hit provinces
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has directed the handling of stockpiled seafood in the four central provinces which were affected by maritime environmental incident in 2016.
The PM agreed to support 100 percent of the value of stockpiled jellyfish products and 30 percent for other aquatic products (Photo VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc has directed the handling of stockpiled seafood in the four centralprovinces which were affected by maritime environmental incident in 2016.
The PM promulgated decisions in September 2016and in March 2017 stipulating the level of compensation for affected localitiesof Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.
Based on the report of the four provincialPeople’s Committees and proposals of the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Finance, theMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Health and theGovernment Office, the PM agreed to support 100 percent of the value of stockpiledjellyfish products and 30 percent for other aquatic products.
The maximum volume of stockpiled seafood in thefour central provinces is 5,453 tonnes worth 242.6 billion VND (10.7 million USD),including 2,708 tonnes in Ha Tinh (150.2 billion VND), 1,101 tonnes in QuangBinh (48.5 billion VND), 1,501 tonnes in Quang Tri (42.7 billion VND), and143.1 tonnes in Thua Thien-Hue (1.2 billion VND).
The PM also agreed to provide maximum financialassistance of 341.3 billion VND (15.1 million USD), including 121.8 billion VNDfor Ha Tinh to support 4,244 labourers in coastal areas and 2,954 employers andemployees at fishing logistics services facilities; 214.4 billion VND tosupport 15,022 labourers involving in processing seafood and fishing logisticsservices; 320 million VND for Quang Tri to support the aquatic breeding centre;and 4.73 billion VND for Thua Thien-Hue.
The compensation must be conducted in a publicand transparent manner, he stressed.
The mass fish deaths were first reported onApril 6, 2016 when a large number of fish washed ashore in Ha Tinh province.The incident also occurred in Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.
In late June 2016, China’s Taiwan-invested HungNghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company admitted responsibility for theenvironmental incident, paying 11.5 trillion VND (500 million USD) incompensation.-VNA
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged four localities affected by marine environmental incident last year to accelerate the disbursement of compensation and complete the process by June 30.
Compensation for residents affected by last year’s marine environmental incident in the four central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue has been mostly completed.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has inspected the waste treatment area and production line of Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Limited Company (FHS) in Ha Tinh province, asking the firm must consider the environmental matter to be a vital factor to the implementation of its large-scale steel project.
The total output of farmed and off-shore caught fish of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue reached 30,388 tonnes in the last seven months, showing a year-on-year increase of 18.72 percent.
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The PM agreed to support 100 percent of the value of stockpiled jellyfish products and 30 percent for other aquatic products (Photo VNA) 
