Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a national teleconference on the environmental protection in Hanoi on August 24.
Deputy Prime Ministers Truong Hoa Binh, Vu Duc Dam and Trinh Dinh Dung attended the event.
Speaking at the conference, PM Phuc said that environmental protection is no longer an issue of the future, but the present. Therefore, it is important to have both short-term and long-term measures, the Government leader stated, adding that sustainable environment can help Vietnam stay firm in the global production value chain.
The PM stressed that environmental protection should be a compulsory requirement throughout the country’s development process.
He also emphasised the environmental criterion in choosing investment projects.
It is time to change the way of thinking towards attaching economic growth with environmental protection for sustainable development, PM Phuc added.
He noted that the heads of people’s committees at all levels should take the responsibility for the environmental protection work in their localities.
The PM asked for closer coordination between ministries, agencies and localities in carrying out the work.
He assigned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to supervise the enforcement of environment-related laws and promote the efficiency of operations of environment polices.
The ministry was also urged to build a set of criteria to assess the environmental protection in localities from 2017.
He requested the building of environmental protection monitoring systems in key economic zones and environmentally sensitive areas.
The Cabinet leader assigned relevant ministries and agencies to research the establishment of an emergency response committee.
The Government will issue a direction on environmental protection, he added.
The report of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment revealed at the conference showed that more than 2,000 investment projects need to make reports on their impact on the environment.
Vietnam is currently home to 283 industrial zones which discharge over 550,000cu.m of wastewater per day.
Besides, 787 urban areas discharge into the environment 3 million cu.m of wastewater per day, but only 40 out of the urban areas have standard waste treatment systems with a total capacity of 800,000cu.m per day.
The use of nearly 43 million motorbikes and over 2 million cars across the country generate huge gas emission that is polluting the air environment.
Over 23 million tonnes of domestic waste, 7 million tonnes of industrial waste, and 630,000 tonnes of harmful waste, together with 337 insanitary landfills and over 100 low-capacity incinerators are also the reasons for environmental pollution.
Besides, discarded packaging from around 100,000 tonnes of plant protection chemicals each year is another source of dangerous pollutants.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the conference.
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Speaking at the conference, PM Phuc said that environmental protection is no longer an issue of the future, but the present. Therefore, it is important to have both short-term and long-term measures, the Government leader stated, adding that sustainable environment can help Vietnam stay firm in the global production value chain.
The PM stressed that environmental protection should be a compulsory requirement throughout the country’s development process.
He also emphasised the environmental criterion in choosing investment projects.
It is time to change the way of thinking towards attaching economic growth with environmental protection for sustainable development, PM Phuc added.
He noted that the heads of people’s committees at all levels should take the responsibility for the environmental protection work in their localities.
The PM asked for closer coordination between ministries, agencies and localities in carrying out the work.
He assigned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to supervise the enforcement of environment-related laws and promote the efficiency of operations of environment polices.
The ministry was also urged to build a set of criteria to assess the environmental protection in localities from 2017.
He requested the building of environmental protection monitoring systems in key economic zones and environmentally sensitive areas.
The Cabinet leader assigned relevant ministries and agencies to research the establishment of an emergency response committee.
The Government will issue a direction on environmental protection, he added.
The report of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment revealed at the conference showed that more than 2,000 investment projects need to make reports on their impact on the environment.
Vietnam is currently home to 283 industrial zones which discharge over 550,000cu.m of wastewater per day.
Besides, 787 urban areas discharge into the environment 3 million cu.m of wastewater per day, but only 40 out of the urban areas have standard waste treatment systems with a total capacity of 800,000cu.m per day.
The use of nearly 43 million motorbikes and over 2 million cars across the country generate huge gas emission that is polluting the air environment.
Over 23 million tonnes of domestic waste, 7 million tonnes of industrial waste, and 630,000 tonnes of harmful waste, together with 337 insanitary landfills and over 100 low-capacity incinerators are also the reasons for environmental pollution.
Besides, discarded packaging from around 100,000 tonnes of plant protection chemicals each year is another source of dangerous pollutants.
