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11 victims of forced labour rescued

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Tri Province Border Guard on Tuesday successfully rescued 11 victims of forced labour in a gold mining area in the province.

Environmental taxes mostly misused: official

 VietNamNet Bridge – Environmental protection fees paid to the Government by miners is supposed to be used by local authorities to offset environmental damage through revegetation and landscaping.

Gold mining devastates Quang Nam’s soil

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Nam Giang District in the central province of Quang Nam, many gold mining sites are located only several hundreds of meters or kilometers away from the local authorities’ headquarters, forest-ranger stations and border posts.  

Miners exploit more than minerals

 VietNamNet Bridge – The management of mineral exploitation in Viet Nam has led to a situation where the miners are said to get the best part of the deal.

Gold pit collapses, burying four gold miners

 VietNamNet Bridge – While digging into the mountain near the An Diem 2 reservoir in Quang Nam province to mine gold, the pit suddenly collapsed, burying four people.