Authorities have rejected an investor’s proposal to build a chemical factory near the UNESCO World Heritage Site Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh.
Quang Ninh (VNA) - Authorities haverejected an investor’s proposal to build a chemical factory near the UNESCOWorld Heritage Site Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh.
The project was proposed by Tan Tien tradingbusiness and production limited company, which is headquartered in Hanoi.
The economic zone management committee under theprovincial People’s Committee rejected the construction of the factory whichwas projected to annually manufacture 20,000 tonnes of Sodium hydroxide alongwith 20,000 tonnes of powder Poly Aluminium Chloride (PAC) and 3,600 tonnes ofJaven (Natri hypochlorit) bleach.
The project was proposed to be located near CuaLuc River which flows into Ha Long Bay. Tourism agencies and planning,environmental experts have been worried that environmental incidents mightoccur and hurt the province’s tourism and service sector.
The committee will carry out investmentprocedures at another location if the company is still willing to invest in thefactory.
The decision was made after the provincialeconomic zone management committee worked with the project’s investor, theministries of natural resources and environment, industry and trade, scientistsand local authorities.
Since 2013, Tan Tien has operated a chemical andcoal dust manufacturing factory at Viet Hung industrial zone in Quang Ninh province.In 2015, it submitted a proposal to construct a factory to make Sodiumhydroxide and other commercial products.
In May 2016, the provincial economic zonemanagement committee granted a certificate of investment registration for theproject.
In March 2017, the Ministry of Natural Resourcesand Environment approved a report assessing the environmental impacts of theproject.
The provincial economic zone managementcommittee met with Tan Tien about the project’s pollution risks. The two sidesagreed to retrieve the investment registration certificate.
The company then applied for a new factoryproject manufacturing Sodium hydroxide, PAC and Javen, the project authoritieshave rejected.-VNA
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A corner of Ha Long Bay (Source: VNA) 
