The plan to dump 1 million cubic meters of waste into the Binh Thuan Sea was dropped by the Vietnamese Government’s Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment on August 10 after strong opposition by local residents, fishermen, aquaculture farmers, as well as media coverage by RFA Vietnamese. The coverage featured analyses of the negative impacts such waste would have on the sea environment in the region. A July 15th RFA Vietnamese Facebook video about a group of activists who walked from Saigon to Binh Thuan Province to protest the industrial waste dumping reached more than 146,000 people with 70,000 views and generated 1,500 likes, 177 comments and 1,500+ shares.
Nhóm "Chúng tôi đi Bình Thuận ôm biển" bị bắt tại Sài GònSáng 15/7/2017, có khoảng 6 người dân Sài Gòn bị bắt khi đang tuần hành đến Bình Thuận để phản đối việc nhận chìm gần 1 triệu m3 bùn thải xuống vùng biển này. Link chia sẻ: http://bit.ly/2tdGuHX
Posted by Đài Á Châu Tự Do on Saturday, July 15, 2017