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Some events oil spill Thursday, June 24, 2010

A summary of the events of Thursday, Day 65 June 24 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with April 20 explosion and fire at the aircraft deepwater drilling Horizon Transocean Ltd. owned and leased by BP PLC, which is responsible for the cleanup and containment. The explosion killed 11 workers. Since oil was poured into the Gulf of underwater breathing well.

BP is now running for the oil leak in the explosion in the wreckage of deepwater drilling Horizon, April 20, 2010 inclusive. BP officials said that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could grow at a rate of more than ten times the current budget. The current level of oil leakage around 5,000 barrels day. In the worst cases could number up to 60,000 barrels per day (equivalent to 2.5 million gallons). When BP said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, many local maritime industry who are affected, began to demand compensation.

However, group of Vietnamese fishermen are now facing not one but two problems - the loss of fishing income and also the language barrier. It prevents fishermen from understanding the message of BP for the temporary relief program. 200 Vietnamese fishermen from Texas to Florida gathered on Friday last, New Orleans East, her complaints to BP and the federal vote. According to local fishermen, the contractor who is employed by BP compensate fishermen should not accept applications for any representative who can speak Vietnamese. Thus, the Vietnamese fishermen now prevented from acquiring the capacity residential and the first temporary relief. Their life is in a suspended state.

BP is also another program called "vessels of opportunity" aimed at a line of floating barriers to create the floating oil on America's richest fishing grounds. Therefore, for BP asked Vietnamese fishermen to participate in the program in order to collect the supply and installation of equipment on their ferry ships, the floating oil. But only five Vietnamese for the program, understand because most of them the application form in English writing and signed.

A fishing ban was also implemented by the government since the second in May for at least 10 days, and this has a huge impact on fisheries because the fishing season lasts from May to December. Therefore, participation in this program to clean-up can also make money for immediate fishermen during this time down.

Some U.S. citizens believe that these fishermen should at least be able, simple English, as they lived in America for about 20-30 years. Vietnamese communities to work very hard to isolate it from other communities. This seems to have escaped especially the older generation, the Vietnamese communists in Vietnam during the bloody Vietnam War. Many of them settled America and remained fishermen. They continue their lifestyle, living without much interaction with the Indians. However, it is also good Knowing that their younger generation is now in American schools and universities.

At the meeting, a spokesman for BP told Vietnamese fishermen for patients as necessary steps for the future make messages will also be informed in Vietnamese. You start by relief program for the first translation of all forms in the Vietnamese Language. BP has also promised to organize the formation of oil next spill to the Vietnamese fishermen with a professional interpreter Vietnamese on the site.

Overall, this incident shows how important it is consider using language to communicate, especially if your audience is a multi-ethnic.

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