The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed District 8 authorities to speed up land acquisition and compensation payment to enable the construction of an aromatic substances and chemical trading centre 

VietNamNet Bridge – An 11-hectare centre for chemical trading will be built near Phong Phu Industrial Park in HCM City’s District 8 to replace Kim Bien Market, known as the “market of death” for its sale of toxic, and sometimes, banned chemicals.

 HCM City’s Department of Industry and Trade has submitted a proposal to the city’s People’s Committee on opening a chemical trade centre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chemical markets that are endangering food and public safety must be moved out of residential areas and criminal charges filed against violation of trading rules in toxic substances.

VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of the HCMC government and relevant agencies on May 23 met to discuss measures against illegal chemical trade, particularly at Kim Bien Market in District 5.

The images from a video clip of two young girls falling on the road and screaming in pain for help after being attacked with acid by two male strangers on March 30 in HCM City’s Go Vap District has caused panic over the past week.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Kim Bien Market in District 5, HCM City is called the “market of death” because it sells all kinds of toxic chemicals.