Vietnam says recovery from Formosa industrial disaster could take a decade
Formosa, which runs an US$11 billion steel plant, sullied more than 200km of coastline, killing more than 100 tonnes of fish and devastating the environment, jobs and economies of four provinces
Vietnam’s central region is expected to take a decade to completely recover from an industrial accident caused by a unit of a Taiwan conglomerate, which led to the Vietnam’s worst ever environmental disaster, the government said.
Formosa Ha Tinh Steel, a unit of Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics that runs an US$11 billion steel plant, sullied more than 200km of coastline in April, killing more than 100 tonnes of fish and devastating the environment, jobs and economies of four provinces.
Formosa had deliberately changed many of the contents of the two environmental impacts assessment reports approved in 2008
Vietnam’s environment ministry said the firm had rectified 50 of 53 violations and was on its way to removing the biggest cause of the disaster, a highly toxic “wet” coking system that Formosa had used in a deliberate violation of its agreement.
The government always said it was doing everything it could to investigate the disaster and address the problem.