Vedan
REPORT ABOUT VEDAN VIETNAM
1. Introduction:
People are living an age of fast-paced development. People nowadays have a high standard of living, high quality of education and high demand of having a good environment. Especially, people live in developed nations, so that there are a lot of countries who want to develop as quickly as possible. They focus mainly on growing economy, and pay no attention to society and environment. However, according to Strange & Bayley (2008), a country will develop sustainably if they focus on three aspects economy, society and environment.
2. Issue:
Vietnam is one of most developing countries in the south-east of Asia, and Vietnamese government has concentrated on altering its economy, and attracting foreign investments to try to become a developed nation since 1990s. Therefore, many companies have been established, and they have contributed to Vietnamese economy. Moreover they have damaged Vietnamese environment a lot since they were established, especially Vedan Vietnam.
“Vedan Vietnam Enterprise Corporation Limited (Vedan Vietnam) was established in 1991 in Phuoc Thai Commune, Long Thanh district, Dong Nai Province”.(Vedan, n.d).
Since Vedan operated, it has created about 2.000 jobs with an average salary 2.1 million VND/month, However, they have also destroyed the local environment especially Thi Vai river. (Pham, n.d.).
Đường (2008) reported that the Environmental Police Department (C36) and the Ministry of Public Security cooperated with an interdisciplinary inspection team of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment caught Vedan Vietnam Enterprise Corporation Limited red-handed discharging a large amount of wastewater which was not treated into the Thi Vai River.
According to Thai in 2008, Vedan Vietnam have installed and operated a secret waste pipe system to discharge waste water into Thi Vai River since 1994.
Since Vedan Vietnam was established, many people have sued them for polluting the Thi Vai River
1. Introduction:
People are living an age of fast-paced development. People nowadays have a high standard of living, high quality of education and high demand of having a good environment. Especially, people live in developed nations, so that there are a lot of countries who want to develop as quickly as possible. They focus mainly on growing economy, and pay no attention to society and environment. However, according to Strange & Bayley (2008), a country will develop sustainably if they focus on three aspects economy, society and environment.
2. Issue:
Vietnam is one of most developing countries in the south-east of Asia, and Vietnamese government has concentrated on altering its economy, and attracting foreign investments to try to become a developed nation since 1990s. Therefore, many companies have been established, and they have contributed to Vietnamese economy. Moreover they have damaged Vietnamese environment a lot since they were established, especially Vedan Vietnam.
“Vedan Vietnam Enterprise Corporation Limited (Vedan Vietnam) was established in 1991 in Phuoc Thai Commune, Long Thanh district, Dong Nai Province”.(Vedan, n.d).
Since Vedan operated, it has created about 2.000 jobs with an average salary 2.1 million VND/month, However, they have also destroyed the local environment especially Thi Vai river. (Pham, n.d.).
Đường (2008) reported that the Environmental Police Department (C36) and the Ministry of Public Security cooperated with an interdisciplinary inspection team of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment caught Vedan Vietnam Enterprise Corporation Limited red-handed discharging a large amount of wastewater which was not treated into the Thi Vai River.
According to Thai in 2008, Vedan Vietnam have installed and operated a secret waste pipe system to discharge waste water into Thi Vai River since 1994.
Since Vedan Vietnam was established, many people have sued them for polluting the Thi Vai River
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