📋 Tender Overview
Continuing the agenda of the 10th Session, October 28, the National Assembly considered the Report of the National Assemblys Supervision Team on the implementation of policies and laws on environmental protection since the 2020 Law on Environmental Protection took effect. Contributing to the successful implementation of socio-economic development goals and targets. The Supervision Teams report affirmed that the promulgation and implementation of policies policies and laws on environmental protection since the Law The year 2020, which took effect, has achieved many positive and important results, contributing to the successful implementation of goals and targets for sustainable socio-economic development, ensuring national defense, security, foreign affairs, social security and international integration. Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Le Minh Hoan moderated the meeting on October 28. Specifically, the Government, Prime Minister, Ministries, branches and localities have issued more than 500 documents guiding and implementing the Law on Environmental Protection, of which, the Government, Prime Minister, Ministries and branches have issued more than 30 documents, thereby basically institutionalizing and fully concretizing the Party and States guidelines and policies on environmental protection and response. Respond to climate change and thoroughly grasp environmental principles is one of the three pillars Economy - Society - Environment for sustainable development, shifting strongly to an environmental management mechanism using economic tools with the participation of the entire society. The promulgation of legal documents is carried out seriously, ensuring constitutionality and legality. Important national strategies and plans were developed and approved, including the National Environmental Protection Strategy and the first development of the National Environmental Protection Plan. The system of national standards and technical regulations on the environment continues to be reviewed and updated, approaching international levels. Environmental protection work has had many changes, achieving and exceeding many important goals and targets set out in the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party; Vietnams sustainable development index increased, ranking first in ASEAN. 3/5 targets have exceeded the plan set for 2025, including: rate of collection and treatment of urban solid waste ensuring standards and regulations; Proportion of industrial parks and export processing zones in operation with centralized wastewater treatment systems meeting environmental standards; forest cover rate. State budget spending on environmental causes is guaranteed to be no less than 1% of total state budget spending and increases over the years (2024 reaches 1.12%). Socialized resources and investment from businesses for environmental protection have also seen positive changes. In addition, major waste sources have been proactively and strictly controlled, preventing major environmental incidents from occurring; Many models of urban and rural areas, industrial parks, industrial clusters, craft villages, and ecological and environmentally friendly production facilities have appeared. Many large projects with strictly controlled environmental protection have come into official operation, making important contributions to economic growth. Investment in installing automatic wastewater monitoring equipment and continuously transmitting data directly to state management agencies has received attention and investment. The proportion of industrial parks and industrial clusters in operation with centralized wastewater treatment systems increased compared to the previous period. The rate of increase in pollution and environmental degradation has been prevented, environmental quality has gradually improved, especially the quality of the soil environment, surface water environment of some main river basins, coastal sea water, and underground water. Response to climate change has had positive changes; The resilience and adaptive capacity of natural, economic and social systems are enhanced, ensuring sustainable livelihoods; Greenhouse gas inventory at enterprises has been implemented; Green transformation in industries and fields towards the goal of net zero emissions by 2050 is strongly promoted; The legal corridor for developing the carbon market in Vietnam has been and is being formed. Regarding climate change response in the Mekong Delta, many structural and non-structural solutions are being implemented. The situation of environmental pollution is still complicated. However, besides the results achieved, the Monitoring Team found that the organization of implementation of the Law on Environmental Protection in 2020 still has some limitations and inadequacies, among which are: Environmental pollution still occurs, still still complex developments pollution, sometimes at a serious level, especially air pollution (due to fine dust) in big cities; The air quality index sometimes exceeds the safety threshold, negatively affecting peoples health. There are times when Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City fall into the group of most polluted urban areas in the world. The circulation, reuse of wastewater, and recycling of some types of industrial solid waste are still limited; Some types of hazardous waste, packaging of plant protection chemicals generated from households... have not been collected and treated separately; In some localities, medical facilities have difficulty collecting, transporting, and treating hazardous medical solid waste. Some policy objectives of the Law on Environmental Protection expressed in other relevant laws have not achieved the desired effect. Status of environmental complaints and denunciationsLaws, crimes, and violations of environmental protection laws also occur in some localities, with complicated incidents causing social order and safety. According to the report of the National Assemb
