The People's Committee of the southern province of Dong Nai has imposed a VND780 million ($30,000) administrative fine on Viet-Phap Animal Feed Joint Stock Company (Proconco) for five environmental protection violations.

Additionally, the company’s facility generating waste without an environmental permit has been suspended for 4.5 months.

Vice Chairwoman of the People's Committee Nguyen Thi Hoang recently issued the decision on administrative penalties, targeting Proconco, headquartered in Bien Hoa 1 Industrial Park,  in the province's Bien Hoa City.

First, the company has been found operating without an environmental permit, despite being required to obtain one under the licensing authority of the provincial People's Committee.

Second, Proconco has failed to conduct periodic monitoring of industrial dust and emissions, as required by environmental regulations.

Third, during an inspection on March 17, 2025, by the provincial Department of Agriculture and Environment, authorities discovered that the company lacked a safe operating platform at dust and gas sampling points, including the gas sampling hole at the exhaust pipe following the fabric filter treatment system of the feeding system.

Fourth, the company has exceeded technical waste regulations, discharging exhaust gas at levels two to three times higher than permissible limits, with an exhaust gas flow rate ranging from 5,000 m³/hour to under 10,000 m³/hour.

Fifth, Proconco has failed to comply with the environmental impact assessment report, violating regulations under the approval authority of the provincial People's Committee.