Pollution In Bình Thuận Power Plant

Date Occurred:

April 14, 2015 around 4:00PM

to 11:00PM April 15

Culprit:

Vĩnh Tân 2 Power Plant

Location:

Vĩnh Tân village

Tuy Phong district

Bình Thuận province

Incident:

People occuppied Quốc Lộ 1A Highway to protest the power plant emitted black dust from burning coal into the atmosphere created bad pollution in the environment.

The protest created a bad traffic congestion of 50 kilometers long in the evening of Apr 15.

Police used tear gas to disperse. Protesters used gasoline bombs, rocks to fight back. The Vĩnh Hảo hotel was lightly damaged, 1 car parked at the hotel got minor damage, some people were injured. Around 11:00PM April 15, mechanical police force withdrew from the scene, the protesters removed the obstacles from the Quốc Lộ 1A Highway to free the traffic. 

Video:

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Photos:

From news agencies and the observers