In the afternoon of 6/4/2018, Hai Duong Provincial Committee of Propaganda and Education in collaboration with the Department of Information and Communication of the province held a press briefing conference in March. Documents of Kinh Mon district provided to the press clearly stated , the environmental indicators of the Hoa Phat Iron and Steel Complex all meet the permitted standards, and Hoa Phat Hai Duong Steel Joint Stock Company is making efforts to invest in technology improvement to further protect environment.

Mr. Le Van Bi - Vice Chairman of Kinh Mon District People's Committee said: “For Hoa Phat Hai Duong Steel Joint Stock Company, the Company has fully implemented the current regulations on industrial production and completed works, completed environmental protection construction. At the beginning of 2018, Hai Duong Police Department - Environmental Police Department coordinated with District Department of Natural Resources and Environment to check and take samples of waste, the analysis results showed that all indicators met the allowed standards. ”

Mr. Nguyen Hong Son, Head of the Department of Propaganda and Education, spoke at the conference

At the meeting with Kinh Mon District People's Committee on April 3, 2018, the Company representative reported the progress of installing the automatic monitoring system, constantly connecting data to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Accordingly, Hoa Phat committed to complete this project before the deadline required by the Vietnam Environment Administration. In addition, Hoa Phat Hai Duong Steel Joint Stock Company also invests about VND 700 billion to change wet coke stamping technology to nitrogen dry cup stamping, which is expected to be completed in mid-2019. This is an effort of the company in improving technology is more and more friendly to the environment, increasing generation of electricity for production in Hoa Phat Iron and Steel Complex. Regarding the conclusion of the General Department of Environment dated January 16, 2018 on the absence of a plan to respond to oil spills (ships entering and leaving the port at the Plant, engine lubricants operating equipment along the river wharves) , The Company has completed the response plan documents and sent to the Provincial People's Committee and Hai Duong Department of Natural Resources and Environment in 2017 and waiting for detailed guidelines from the Hai Duong People's Committee. At the conference, Mr. Nguyen Hong Son, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee asked the press agencies to promote propaganda of the achieved results of the locality, the solutions to create environment Favorable for businesses to develop production and business, especially for private enterprises.

Nghi Tran