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Pacific Crystal Textile Company, located in Lai Vu industrial park in Kim Thành District, was fined for discharging toxic waste which exceeded technical levels, including pH and color levels, total suspended solids (TSS), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). — Photo tuoitre.vn HẢI DƯƠNG — Chairman of People’s Committee of northern Hải Dương Province Nguyễn Dương Thái has imposed an administrative fine of VNĐ672 million (US$29,372) on a Chinese textile company for violating regulations on treating waste water. Pacific Crystal Textile Company, located in Lai Vu industrial park in Kim Thành District, was fined for discharging toxic waste which exceeded technical levels, including pH and color levels, total suspended solids (TSS), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). The local People’s Committee asked the company to respond to the consequences of the release, collect waste water and treat it following technical standards … [Read more...] about Chinese business fined for environmental violations

MóngCái City police arrest seven Chinese nationals illegally entering Việt Nam to gamble. — Photo vov.vn Viet Nam News QUẢNG NINH — Móng Cái City police in the northern province of Quảng Ninh stopped seven Chinese nationals from illegally entering Việt Nam and moving to Cambodia to gamble, reported vov.vn online newspaper. The Chinese nationals were handed over to the police by a local border guard. According to the border guard, on March 15, functional forces of the joint-control station at Dân Tiến Port in Móng Cái City noticed seven Chinese nationals illegally entering the country through the border. They were travelling in a car with the registration number 14B-01732 along the Móng Cái-Hạ Long route. They were apprehended while going through the declaration procedure at the joint-control station. According to the initial testimony at the police station, the Chinese nationals were asked to enter Việt Nam by two persons living in HCM City: Ngô Vương (in District 10) … [Read more...] about Vietnamese police block entry of 7 Chinese nationals

Viet Nam demands end to Chinese attacks on fishermen (19-01-2005) HA NOI — Viet Nam has demanded that China take measures to put an immediate end to attacks on Vietnamese fishermen. A foreign ministry representative handed a diplomatic note to the Chinese embassy in Ha Noi protesting the recent attack by Chinese on-duty ships, which killed and injured a number of Vietnamese fishermen. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also demanded that the Chinese investigate the case and hand out strict punishments to the killers. The ministry has instructed Vietnamese diplomatic missions in China to arrange with the Chinese side and visit the injured and detained fishermen as early as possible. The Vietnamese side has also called on the Joint Committee on Fisheries in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf to meet and promptly stabilise the situation in the two countries’ common fishing area. Earlier Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Le Dung said Chinese gunners killed 9 fishermen and … [Read more...] about Viet Nam demands end to Chinese attacks on fishermen

Chinese killing fishermen violates int’l law: Spokesman (21-01-2005) HA NOI — The recent killing of innocent Vietnamese fishermen by Chinese coast guards was a serious violation of international laws, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung said in Ha Noi yesterday. The action also violated the Agreement on the Demarcation of the Tonkin Gulf, the Viet Nam-China Agreement on Fishing Co-operation in the Tonkin Gulf, and other agreements reached by Vietnamese and Chinese leaders. It also harmed the friendly feelings between the people of the two nations, the spokesman said. He made the remarks while replying to the Vietnam News Agency’s query on Viet Nam’s reaction to the incident on January 8, when Chinese coast guards killed, injured and held a number of Vietnamese fishermen, regarding them as "pirates." Dung said those Vietnamese fishermen are innocent labourers, who were attacked by the coast guard while lawfully fishing in the western area of the demarcation line in … [Read more...] about Chinese killing fishermen violates int’l law: Spokesman

Central Committee greets Chinese Party delegation (02-04-2005) HA NOI — Truong Vinh Trong, director of the Home Affairs Commission of the Viet Nam Communist Party Central Committee, hailed China’s experience in Party-building and in managing its reform process, and welcomed a co-operative exchange of activities and experience between the Parties of Viet Nam and China. Trong made the comments at a reception yesterday for a Communist Party of China (CPC) delegation which has been visiting Viet Nam since Tuesday. The visiting delegation led by Li Qinglin, a member of the CPC Commission for Inspection and a deputy secretary of Henan Province’s Committee. Friendship and cooperative ties between the two countries would further strengthen and develop the interests of both countries in peace, stability and development in the region and the world, said Trong. Trong told Li that he wished the Chinese people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China headed by … [Read more...] about Central Committee greets Chinese Party delegation

Police arrest human trafficking ring near Chinese border (19-05-2005) HA NOI — Police have arrested a group of men for duping women and selling them into prostitution to agents near the Chinese border in the north. About 40 women reportedly fell prey to Le Quoc Dung, 28, of Thanh Hoa Province and his accomplices. They were from various cities and provinces across Viet Nam, according to the police. The trafficking network was caught thanks to co-operation between the Vietnamese police and their Chinese counterparts, according to Cao Ngoc Oanh, deputy director of the General Department of Police. He also said the Chinese police returned 12 victims to police in the border province of Cao Bang, adding they were all assisted with rehabilitation. Investigations were continuing, he said. In a meeting to review the issue, Oanh said many women lacked vigilance and as a result fell prey to traffickers. He exhorted families of victims to unfailingly complain to … [Read more...] about Police arrest human trafficking ring near Chinese border