Pollution problem
Hanoi ー Vietnamese police arrested six villagers over a protest against pollution from a coal-fired power plant in April,police said on June 11. The protest caused a 20 kilometer traffic jam.
On April 14 and 15, thousands of villagers blocked a highway in the Tuy Phong district of Binh Thuan for 30 hours. Coal residue from the plant was dumped into a 15.3-hecuare landfill without being covered and blew into the villagers' homes. Repeated complaints were ignored, villagers said.ーDPA