HCM unveils list of top polluting firms - there are some surprises!

JaitchGuest27 September 2014 06:19:53

When house hunting, members might want to check out this list! Others might want to consider where they get medical treatment.

HCM City authorities have announced their 2014 list of polluting companies and ordered the culprits to clean up their act by next year.

The People's Committee's list includes:
A Chau Paper Co; Altamode Vietnam; Bahal Vina Ltd; Dong Loi Paper Co; Go Sao Industrial and Trading Ltd; Nam Viet JSC; Otorhinolaryngolagy Hospital; Phong Phu Fashion Factory; Phong Phu JSC; Samho Vietnam Co; Thang Loi Investment and Development JSC;
Viet Thang Co; Viet Tuong Food Ltd; and, finally,the slaughter-house in District 12.

Though all have waste water treatment systems, inspections of their facilities found that either the systems were inoperative or their treatment of waste water fell far short of standards.

The People's Committee also instructed the Department of Resources and Environment to throw the book at polluters who fail to achieve the quality standards.

There is also a runner-up list of 41 polluters which include: Cao Thang Hospital; Duc Khang Hospital; HCM City Blood Transfusion and Haematology Hospital and the Thu Duc District Hospital. These people have until 2014 December to fix their problems.

Longer term Foreigners might remember the pollution from a food additive factory in Dong Nai a few years ago. Before that factory went clean, supermarkets and consumers were boycotting the company.

Just another way the city looks after it's citizens.

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Dejavu.dot Serial expat

Member since 16 September 2013

Dejavu.dotSerial expat27 September 2014 15:23:22

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Hi Jaitch,

Thanks for your post.

I think those companies are the companies who dont pay or don't pay enough for the governors.

Regards

Jaitch Guest

JaitchGuest27 September 2014 16:13:46

If money made a difference you can bet Vedan Group's plant in Dong Nai, who reported a 24.5% year-on-year increase in H1 2008 turnover to USD 182.7 million, would have been happy to pay up.

Farmers in the southern province of Dong Nai accepted pollution compensation worth nearly 120-billion VND, or roughly USD$6.3 million, from Vedan Vietnam.

Polluters are investigated by environmental police from the Ministry of Public Security, who are not nice people to tangle with and definitely not the ones to offer bribes to, and their counterparts in Ho Chi Minh City.

Dejavu.dot Serial expat

Member since 16 September 2013

Dejavu.dotSerial expat27 September 2014 16:35:35

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About the governors of Dong Nai, I just can't say here cos politics is sth that non of us know the truth. Vedan takes their fame back. $6m is nothing for it.
I talked about money because I believe the black water of rivers are not from those companies only. If so, the ignorance of people who pour rubbish to those rivers can turn the rivers "black"? so there are still more companies who are paying for those things. Knowing the right person to be with doesnt mean that they will have the good advantages forever. That is why you see Vietnamese drink a lot