Viet Nam; Mining companies forced to bear responsibility for environment protection

Scientists recently have repeatedly called on watchdog agencies to require higher responsibilities of mining enterprises in the environment protection. There are 50 mines and mining areas nationwide with 40 kinds of minerals being exploited by 2000 enterprises. The rapid increase in the number of mining enterprises and the exploitation output has raised the big worries about the devastation to the environment in the future.
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