On October 22, the Inspectorate of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Thanh Hoa province announced that it had just issued administrative penalty decisions against the following units: Thanh Phong Prison (located in Nong Cong town, Nong Cong district); Tan Thanh 9 One Member Co., Ltd. (located at Lot LK9-E45, Dong Son New Urban Area, An Hung ward, Thanh Hoa city) and Long Thanh private enterprise (located in Nam Hung street, An Hung ward, Thanh Hoa city).
The reason for the punishment was that Thanh Phong Prison had records proving that it had set up markers at the corners of the area permitted for mineral exploitation, but had lost the markers at the limestone mine used as common construction materials in Vuc Mountain (Dong Hung Commune, now An Hung Ward, Thanh Hoa City).
Tan Thanh 9 One Member Co., Ltd. has documents proving that it has set up markers at the corners of the area permitted for mineral exploitation, but lost the markers at the limestone mine for common construction materials and the collection of stone blocks for the production of paving stones at Vuc Mountain, Dong Vinh Commune, Thanh Hoa City and Dong Quang Commune, Dong Son District.
Long Thanh Private Enterprise has documents proving that it has set up markers at the corners of the area permitted for mineral exploitation, but lost the markers at the limestone mine for common construction materials and for collecting blocks of stone to produce paving stones at Vuc mountain in Dong Hung commune (now An Hung ward, Thanh Hoa city) and Dong Quang commune, Dong Son district.
The decisions also clearly state that the above units will be administratively fined 7 million VND.
