April 6, 2017
Vietnamese Environmental Group Seeks to Monitor Formosa Payout Process
Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2017 An independent environmental group called on the Vietnamese government on Wednesday to allow it to participate in monitoring the payment of compensation to those affected by the Formosa environmental disaster. Representatives from Green Trees filed a dossier with Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance, requesting that the group be able to […]
April 7, 2017
Vietnamese Catholics Demonstrate to Mark Anniversary of Formosa Chemical Spill
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2017 Hundreds of Vietnamese Catholics from various parishes of central Vietnam’s Vinh diocese demonstrated on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of a toxic waste spill that polluted more than 125 miles of coastline in four coastal provinces. The spill—the country’s largest environmental disaster—began on April 6, 2016 and lasted […]