Inside the company, Hieu Hung is fined billions of dollars twice a year

Hieu Hung Agricultural and Food Processing Company Limited (Hieu Hung Company) has its headquarters and factory in Tan Son Village, Tan An Commune, Van Ban District, Lao Cai Province, and was built and put into operation. since 2005, with a total area of about 18 hectares, total investment of more than 242 billion VND. This company operates mainly in the field of production, processing, trading and export of cassava starch, animal feed processing... With an output of 250 tons of cassava starch/day.

However, this unit continuously encounters problems related to environmental issues.

In 2016, the People's Committee of Lao Cai province issued a decision to fine Hieu Hung Agricultural Product Processing Co., Ltd. an amount of VND 200 million due to this enterprise's cassava starch processing factory violating solid waste disposal. usually not in the right place according to environmental protection regulations.

In 2016, the People's Committee of Lao Cai province issued a decision to fine Hieu Hung Company a fine of VND 200 million because this enterprise's cassava starch processing factory violated regular solid waste disposal in the wrong place. environmental protection.

By early 2024, Hieu Hung Company continued to be fined 840 million VND for discharging waste beyond the allowed threshold into the environment.

At the end of July, once again, the People's Committee of Lao Cai province issued a decision to fine Hieu Hung Company nearly 800 million VND for a series of land violations. Specifically, arbitrarily converting thousands of square meters of land without permission from the government.

Present at the cassava factory of Hieu Hung Agricultural Product Processing Company Limited in the early days of August, according to records,

Present at the cassava factory of Hieu Hung Company in the early days of August, according to records, production activities took place moderately. A number of new warehouses are being built and a number of yard facilities are being upgraded.

Right next to the cassava factory is a crowded residential area with Tan An kindergarten and secondary school, where hundreds of students study every day.

Factory's raw material weighing station.

It is known that in Tan An commune, about 160 hectares of cassava are currently planted and are all purchased by the cassava factory of Hieu Hung Company.

Talking to reporters from Lao Dong Newspaper, acting Chairman of Tan An Commune People's Committee Cam Tien Dong said: "Hieu Hung Company was recently fined for arbitrarily changing the purpose of land use within the company's scope when buying it from people. People to build factories. As for the environmental problem, the unit has now handled it and basically fixed it. The commune government has coordinated and directed the company to operate in accordance with the law and fix it immediately violations".