Vietnam says investigating dry waste by Formosa steel unit

[WorldNews]

HANOI/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Vietnamese environmental authorities said they were working with local officials in the Ha Tinh province to investigate dry waste, belonging to a unit of Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group, that was found dumped on a residential farm. The probe puts Formosa Ha Tinh Steel under the spotlight yet again - this time for waste dumped inland in the province where earlier this year the firm released toxic waste into the sea and caused massive fish deaths in one of the biggest environmental disasters to ever hit Vietnam. The latest investigation was ordered by the country's deputy prime minister, according to a statement published on the government's website earlier this week, while the environment minister has said that Formosa will be fined if the firm's dumping is proved to violate laws.

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