Officials still must work out details -- including the plants' exact location -- before they obtain a final greenlight from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
He says senior leaders probably decided to restructure Vinashin as a show of displeasure with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's fast growth economic policies.
The disease was a "large danger to the health and lives of young children," Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said in a statement. Yet attempts to prevent it were ineffective, he said.
