Vietnam National University
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Critical Thinking Report
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Group members:
Nguyen Hung – ITITIU15045
Nguyen Nguyen Hung – BABAWE15129
Pham Nguyen Dang Khoa – ITITRG15005
Vu Thi Phuong Quynh – BABAIU14384
Ngo Thi Thanh Tam – BABAWE15300
Hoang Quang Trung – EEEERG15001

The environmental pollution has a great impact to the people’s daily life. However, some individual simply ignore this problem mainly for profit, and people are the one who suffering this impact. This happened in Bien Hoa city where the Dong Nai river encroachment project of Toan Thinh Phat company reverses citizen’s life, it made trasks stuck at the river bank which release smell to the residents nearby, also caused flood around that neighborhood. Related to this case, Duong Tan Vu, deputy of Bien Hoa’s urban management committee division, stated:
“It is not the project itself that cause river’s pollution, the asynchronous of infrastructure, drainage systems haven’t followed the city’s growth are factors that lead to the flood, the ventilation from other river is also an important matter.

THE RED HERRING
This argument contains a critical fallacy called “Red Herring”. Instead of blaming the company who cause this pollution, the deputy protect them by mentioning irrelevant issues. The statement not only make the citizen angry but also reduce the people’s trust

Environmental pollution is one of the greatest concerning in the world, and especially in Vietnam. One of the reasons for such a thing to happen is bad management skills and lack of responsibility of the people that are in power. For example, the case of Formosa Hà Tĩnh has gained a lot of attention lately. People have been outrageous about it and demanded the leaders of the company to answer the question: Why was that before the company built water treatment system, there were many aquatic species in the sea; however, after the company discharged the waste into the ocean, none of them survived?
Mr. Chu Xuân Phàm - Chairman of External Advisory Committee of Formosa Hà Tĩnh has stated that the local people as well as the government have to consider the situation thoroughly, since the waste discharge definitely has a negative impact on the environment.

"There is only one option, either the factory or the marine life".

His answer has left every local resident in resentment. In addition, it has acriticalfallacy, False Alternatives. Instead of working with the local residents to find a solution, Mr. Chu has concluded that there is no way of having both, the factory and the marine life. In a nutshell, both of his choices in conclusion is not relevant to the premises. This has led to our argument:
"If leaders are responsible, environmental pollution can be solved. However, the environment still occurs. Therefore, the leader is irresponsible. "We can test the valid with truth table”.

Another environmental problem caused by the release of crude sewage though sanitary channel is the erosion and exhausted soil, even the damaged vegetation. All the metal things get rust, vegatation is heavily destroyed and eroded. In a report in response to the demand of an explanation of people in Binh Duong province, Mr. Dao Anh Kiet ( Director of Natural Resources and Environment Department) stated that: ‘’ The vegetion along the 11 route, Le Minh Xuan industry site is still growing excellently’’. That makes a deputy confused and showed the evidence to the deputation with the branches of eroded wild grass, rusty steel things and pictures of opposite to the statement of Mr. Kiet.