Thanh Nien News (Vietnam)
A Canada-Australia joint venture in central Vietnam officially announced Thursday evening that they were shutting down a local gold factory, frustrating hundreds of residents who’d gathered since morning hoping to get their dues.
The Phuoc Son mine, operated by the Besra gold company in Phuoc Son District, Quang Nam Province, still owes locals millions of dollars for all kinds of expenses.
The company’s creditors include small food vendors to business partners and mining royalties, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported.
More than 200 people were seen outside the factory’s locked gates since early morning Thursday, screaming that they want the money that have been owed for a month at least.
They brought their motorbikes, cars, trucks and bulldozers to form a fence preventing anyone from the factory from leaving, as well as rice and instant noodles and tents, getting ready for a long fight.