Table 6. Statistics on Vietnamese foundries (1998)

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Provinces, cities, and industries

Number of foundries

Capacity in tonnes/year

Workforce

Number of silicosis cases

Number of compensated cases

Number of work-related accidents

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

1

Hanoi

6

3 978

266

175

91

47

37

10

9

9

2

Quang Ninh

4

 4 050

 340

232 

 108

29 

 28

1

29

5

3

Can Tho

1

60 000

111

110

01

0

0

0

0

16

4

Ho Chi Minh City

4

505

42

40

02

9

9

0

0

NR

5

Cao Bang

3

14 100

244

179

65

0

0

0

0

12

6

Dong Nai

5

91 068

317

278

39

6

4

2

1

8

7

Da Nang

2

8 048

124

124

0

3

3

0

3

19

8

Namdinh

1

300

34

20

14

2

2

0

2

NR

9

Son La

1

30

6

5

1

2

2

0

0

NR

10

Hai Phong

3

12 982

313

251

62

13

7

6

6

6

11

Nghe An

1

80

38

33

5

0

0

0

0

3

12

Thai Binh

1

500

20

17

3

0

0

0

0

NR

 Ministries:                             

13

Agriculture

13

   

42

36

6

0

0

0

0

NR

14

Industry

12

187 105

1 290

1087

203

171

142

29

42

68

15

Construction

6

    

226 

166

60

 22

22

0

1

NR

16

Transport

8

  

135

87

48

17

13

4

8

NR

17

National Defence

12

4 539 

 480

335 

145

62 

48 

14

14

6

  

Total

 83

   

 4 028

3 175 

853 

383

317 

66 

 115

  

Note: NR = not reported