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Vietnam to go ahead with bauxite mines despite opposition

Published Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:20:00 +0000

HANOI (AFP) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is determined to go ahead with a bauxite mining project in the Central Highlands region despite public protests, the government said Thursday. Earlier media reports said Dung had approved a directive allowing the mining, processing and use of bauxite ore in the mountainous coffee-growing region.

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