Dismissed agency head named to Formosa oversight team

Update: October, 04/2017 – 21:02 vietnamnews

Lương Duy Hanh (standing), dismissed from his post over the Formosa fish deaths disaster, is currently working at the Legal Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. – Photo thanhnien.vn
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Lương Duy Hanh, dismissed as head of the Environmental Protection Department for his wrongdoings in the 2016 Formosa plant pollution disaster, was later appointed deputy head of the team inspecting the company’s activities.

The appointment was discovered by the local media recently, raising questions about its suitability. Tiếp tục đọc “Dismissed agency head named to Formosa oversight team”

Vietnam’s environment protection chief dismissed over Formosa disaster

Tuoi Tre News

Updated : 06/21/2017 18:16 GMT + 7

Luong Duy Hanh is seen in this file photo.

A chief of environmental protection operations under Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has been dismissed for his management oversight that had led to the Formosa disaster last year.

Luong Duy Hanh, director of the Department of Control of Environmental Protection Activities, has been removed from his position, a source close to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper said, quoting the decision of the Vietnam Environment Administration.

Results from the Central Inspection Committee showed that Hanh, during his time in office, failed to correctly monitor the activities of the Vietnamese steel subsidiary of Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Group in the north-central province of Ha Tinh. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s environment protection chief dismissed over Formosa disaster”

Bodies, individuals related to Formosa disaster made public

Update: February, 23/2017 – 09:59

Infringements and defects committed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Party Civil Affairs Committee and individuals involved in the Formosa fish deaths were serious and must be punished, announced the Central Inspection Commission. — VNA/VNS Photo Võ Dung

HÀ NỘI – Infringements and defects committed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Party Civil Affairs Committee and individuals involved in the Formosa fish deaths were serious and must be punished, announced the Central Inspection Commission.

In an announcement yesterday of the results of the commission’s 11th meeting from February 15-17, the commission concluded that from 2008-16 the ministry’s Party Civil Affairs Committee was irresponsible in exercising their leadership, carried out insufficient inspections and supervision and let infringements occur in assessment of environmental impacts, and adjustment of waste water discharge location and State management of the Formosa Hà Tĩnh project. Tiếp tục đọc “Bodies, individuals related to Formosa disaster made public”