Formosa Dong Nai’s facilities charged with environmental violations

“The provincial authorities have carried out an investigation to verify a series of environmental violations allegedly committed by Chin Well Fasteners. For the moment, no conclusions are forthcoming, thus we can not comment on the incident,” said Mai Van Nhon, deputy director of the Dong Nai Industrial Zones Management Authority (DIZA).

Previously, Dong Nai’s police co-operated with the province’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment in unannounced inspection, whereby they detected that the company discharged untreated wastewater into the environment.

In addition, the company was found to have illegally buried approximately 200 tonnes of harmful waste mud.

Along with Chin Well Fasteners’s violations, local resident also complained that their daily life was affected by environmental pollution caused by Hung Nghiep Formosa’s industrial park subdivision.

Notably, in 2001, Hung Nghiep Formosa rented 200 hectares of ground in Nhon Trach 3 IP to establish an industrial park subdivision. The company built a spinning and textile factory, a coal-fired thermal power plant, and other infrastructural units to attract investment projects, one of which is Chin Well Fasteners’s factory.

According to local residents, they can not use groundwater resources since the facilities in the subivision came into operation. In addition, the area’s flora is dwindling due to smoke discharge from the industrial park subdivision.

“DIZA, in collaboration with provincial authorities, scrutinised the wastewater treatment systems of factories in DIZA in general and the industrial park subdivision in particular. However, there is no evidence against Hung Nghiep Formosa,” Nhon stated.

Established in June 2005 with the investment capital of $80 million, Chin Well Fasteners Vietnam, a subsidiary of Chin Well Fasteners Co., Sdn., Bhd., manufactures screws, nuts, bolts, threaded parts, rivets, and special cold form parts. The company currently has over 600 employees. Its products are exported to the US, Europe, and South East Asia.

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