Environmentalists hold peaceful demonstration in May 2016 to demand Vietnam’s government to carefully investigate the massive death of marine species in the central coast
Vietnam’s government has rejected assistance offers from the United Nation (UN), the U.S. and Taiwan in carrying out investigation on the massive death of marine species in the country’s central coast possibly caused by water contamination with toxic chemicals, foreign media has reported.
by Vu Quoc Ngu, June 17, 2016
Vietnam’s government has rejected assistance offers from the United Nation (UN), the U.S. and Taiwan in carrying out investigation on the massive death of marine species in the country’s central coast possibly caused by water contamination with toxic chemicals, foreign media has reported.
In its report released on June 16, the AFP said Taiwan “had offered to assist the Vietnamese government’s own probe into the fish deaths but the help was declined.”
In his speak in the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on June 8, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius said Vietnamese officials rejected U.S. offers of technical assistance with an investigation into the death of hundreds of tons of marine species along the Southeast Asian country’s central coast.
“Pretty much right away, I offered technical assistance from the U.S. if the government of Vietnam wanted it for figuring out what had happened, and the reasons that so many fish had died along the central coast,” Ambassador Osius was quoted by the Voice of America (VOA) as saying. “That immediate offer of assistance was not accepted.”
In May, nearly 140,000 Vietnamese nationals submitted a petition urging the Obama administration to launch an independent probe of the event, according to VOA.
The UN had also offered to assist the communist government in Hanoi in finding out the real cause of the environmental catastrophe in the central region, which will have heavy consequences on the region’s fisheries, salt production and tourism, however, the Vietnamese government did not response to the offer, according to a UN official who wants to remain anonymous.
Although an official investigation has found no links between the fish deaths and the $10.6 billion coastal steel plant run by a unit of Taipei-headquartered Formosa Plastics Group, public anger against the company has not abated.
The Taiwanese company admitted that it imported over 300 tons of very toxic chemicals for machinery clearance in its Ha Tinh province’s based steel plant, and discharged a huge volume of waste water in sea water in Ha Tinh.
Thousands of Vietnamese activists have rallied in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and other localities to demand the government to strictly investigate to find the real causes of the environmental disaster, take immediate solutions to deal with the incident and bring the violators to justice. Vietnam’s security forces violently suppressed these peaceful demonstrations and arrested and beat hundreds of environmentalists, including elderly, female and children.
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June 17, 2016
Vietnam Rejects Assistance Offers from UN, U.S., Taiwan in Probing Fish Death
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Environmentalists hold peaceful demonstration in May 2016 to demand Vietnam’s government to carefully investigate the massive death of marine species in the central coast
by Vu Quoc Ngu, June 17, 2016
Vietnam’s government has rejected assistance offers from the United Nation (UN), the U.S. and Taiwan in carrying out investigation on the massive death of marine species in the country’s central coast possibly caused by water contamination with toxic chemicals, foreign media has reported.
In its report released on June 16, the AFP said Taiwan “had offered to assist the Vietnamese government’s own probe into the fish deaths but the help was declined.”
In his speak in the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on June 8, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius said Vietnamese officials rejected U.S. offers of technical assistance with an investigation into the death of hundreds of tons of marine species along the Southeast Asian country’s central coast.
“Pretty much right away, I offered technical assistance from the U.S. if the government of Vietnam wanted it for figuring out what had happened, and the reasons that so many fish had died along the central coast,” Ambassador Osius was quoted by the Voice of America (VOA) as saying. “That immediate offer of assistance was not accepted.”
In May, nearly 140,000 Vietnamese nationals submitted a petition urging the Obama administration to launch an independent probe of the event, according to VOA.
The UN had also offered to assist the communist government in Hanoi in finding out the real cause of the environmental catastrophe in the central region, which will have heavy consequences on the region’s fisheries, salt production and tourism, however, the Vietnamese government did not response to the offer, according to a UN official who wants to remain anonymous.
Although an official investigation has found no links between the fish deaths and the $10.6 billion coastal steel plant run by a unit of Taipei-headquartered Formosa Plastics Group, public anger against the company has not abated.
The Taiwanese company admitted that it imported over 300 tons of very toxic chemicals for machinery clearance in its Ha Tinh province’s based steel plant, and discharged a huge volume of waste water in sea water in Ha Tinh.
Thousands of Vietnamese activists have rallied in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and other localities to demand the government to strictly investigate to find the real causes of the environmental disaster, take immediate solutions to deal with the incident and bring the violators to justice. Vietnam’s security forces violently suppressed these peaceful demonstrations and arrested and beat hundreds of environmentalists, including elderly, female and children.