​Waste found at company previously fined for on-premises landfill in southern Vietnam

Massive amounts of waste and harmful substances were unearthed at a former landfill on Wednesday, the same site owned and used by a foreign business punished in 2016 for illegal dumping in southern Vietnam.

Police in Dong Nai Province discovered solid and liquid waste and chemicals while inspecting a location previously used by Chin Well Fasteners to illegally bury waste in Dong Nai’s Nhon Trach District.

Chin Well Fasteners is an industrial manufacturer specializing in screws, nuts, bolts, and other fastening products.

Authorities collected samples at the scene for further examination.

Regulators performed the check in order to assess the enterprise’s efforts in dealing with the consequences of their previously using the premises as a landfill.

In July 2016, Chin Well Fasteners was found to be discharging wastewater via two pipes, one of them channeling raw waste.

Nearly 1,600 tonnes of untreated underground waste was found at four locations on its land.

It paid VND3.5 billion ($154,000) in fines for the misstep.

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