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Vietnam

Protesters want steel plant shut

Thousands of Vietnamese protesters surrounded a Taiwanese steel plant on Sunday, some scaling walls and holding signs demanding its closure, as anger flares against the firm for dumping toxic waste into the ocean killing tons of fish. Dead fish and other marine life began washing ashore in central Vietnam in April, devastating livelihoods in coastal towns where fishing is the main source of income. Taiwan's Formosa, which is building a multibillion dollar steel plant in the area, was blamed for the disaster and fined $500 million.