Vietnam Says Taiwan’s Formosa Caused Millions of Fish Deaths
- Formosa to pay $500 million in damages, issues public apology
- Mass fish deaths triggered rare public protests across country
A man displays a placard reading 'dead fish in the sea' during a protest in Taipei, on June 18, 2017.
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Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Corp. has taken full responsibility for a toxic discharge from its Vietnamese steel plant that led to mass fish deaths in April across four coastal provinces, sparking unprecedented public protests.
After a two-month investigation into the cause of the environmental disaster, Vietnam chairman of Government Office Mai Tien Dung told a packed media conference on Thursday that the company had admitted its role in the disaster on June 28.