The Party Executive Committee of Nghe An province passed a Resolution on environmental protection work.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council chaired the meeting. Also attending were comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of a number of Central Party Committees, comrades of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, and the Provincial Party Executive Committee.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

SOLVING PRACTICAL PROBLEMS

The viewpoints, objectives, requirements and tasks set out in the draft Resolution aim to address the current practical issues facing the province, which are environmental protection, with the main focus being on preventing and limiting negative impacts on the environment; combined with overcoming pollution and environmental degradation, effectively responding to environmental incidents. Rational use of natural resources, biodiversity and response to climate change.

According to the drafting agency, determining the key environmental protection goals and tasks in the province for the 2022-2030 period is consistent with the province's socio-economic development situation and the 2020 Law on Environmental Protection.

Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Hoang Quoc Viet presents the draft Resolution. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the meeting, comrades in the Provincial Party Executive Committee exchanged many opinions related to the goals, targets, orientations, and specific solutions of the draft Resolution.

Comrade Le Ba Hung - Director of the Department of Information and Communications said that the presiding agency should choose key content to focus on advising the Provincial Party Executive Committee to direct and the Provincial People's Committee to implement to ensure the sustainable development of Nghe An province's environment.

Regarding the target groups, Nghi Loc District Party Secretary Pham Hong Quang suggested that by 2025, 100% of industrial parks and industrial clusters must ensure that they meet the operational target of having a centralized wastewater treatment system; it should not stop at 77% as in the draft.

Comrade Pham Hong Quang - Secretary of Nghi Loc District Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Waste treatment, especially household waste in rural areas, is also an issue that has received many opinions. Comrade Pham Tuan Vinh - Secretary of Thai Hoa City Party Committee said that there should be a roadmap for planning appropriate waste treatment plants.

Also related to this content, from a practical survey inside and outside the province, Tan Ky District Party Secretary Bui Thanh Bao suggested that there should be mechanisms and policies to support investors in waste treatment plants.

Comrade Pham Tuan Vinh - Secretary of Thai Hoa Town Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Discussion opinions also suggested that the province should have a policy to develop recycled products to better serve the policy of developing a circular economy; encourage the use of clean energy sources.

Regarding this content, comrade Nguyen Quang Tung - Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association suggested that there should be policies to support and encourage the production of organic microbial fertilizers from household waste, waste and agricultural by-products.

Sharing the same view, Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee Vo Van Dung commented that the solution for environmental protection is leaning towards treatment, not focusing on regeneration. From the viewpoint that waste is considered a type of resource, he suggested paying more attention to this issue to have a suitable approach.

Comrade Pham Thi Hong Toan - Secretary of Cua Lo Town Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

To raise awareness of environmental protection, in addition to propaganda and mobilization work, comrade Pham Thi Hong Toan - Secretary of Cua Lo Town Party Committee said that a penalty - reward mechanism should be built to both encourage and deter.

Regarding this content, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Nhu Khoi commented that the current level of penalties for environmental protection violations is not only low, but also somewhat confusing with "who will punish and who will punish". Therefore, after issuing the Resolution associated with the implementation of the Law on Environmental Protection in 2020, it is necessary to recalculate the operating mechanism, especially for the urban rules team in Vinh city to build discipline and raise awareness of environmental protection among the people.

Comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Commenting on the draft Resolution, comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized 3 factors affecting the environment: Exploitation of minerals and resources; waste discharge activities and impacts of natural phenomena.

On that basis, he emphasized the need to identify the target to prevent, handle and prevent towards 4 groups of solutions including: Limiting and controlling mineral and resource exploitation activities; limiting and handling well the acts of discharging waste into nature and the environment; improving the capacity and effectiveness of overcoming environmental pollution incidents associated with recovery; at the same time aiming at solutions to prevent and limit negative natural phenomena.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Based on that analysis, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee analyzed and discussed a number of contents on adjusting the layout; at the same time, emphasized a number of contents in the draft Resolution that need to be addressed.

Speaking on this content, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province Nguyen Duc Trung also discussed a number of issues related to the viewpoints on building targets and implementation roadmap in the draft Resolution, especially in connection with implementation resources, thereby ensuring harmony between economic development and good implementation of environmental protection work.

Regarding the issue of implementation after the Resolution is issued, the head of Nghe An provincial government affirmed: The Provincial People's Committee will have a specific plan for implementation, including specific solutions and measures.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

ENHANCE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL PEOPLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Concluding this content, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy emphasized the importance of promulgating and implementing the goals and tasks of the Resolution, in which special attention should be paid to and work selected to be performed, especially the issue of waste treatment and providing standard domestic water, because these are two contents directly and closely related to the entire life and health of the people.

Regarding this issue, regarding the construction of waste treatment plants, the Provincial Party Secretary requested that in conjunction with the construction of provincial planning, the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee should direct the study of the construction of factories in clusters in localities; then calculate and issue incentive and support policies in this field.

The head of the Provincial Party Committee also requested the development of a system of reasonable mechanisms and policies to ensure resources, progress, and implementation roadmap set out in the Resolution to encourage environmental protection work.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee delivered a concluding speech on the draft Resolution on environmental protection. Photo: Thanh Duy

Along with that, it is necessary to step up propaganda work, raise awareness, and create public opinion and social consensus to condemn wrongdoings and substandard acts in environmental protection; on the other hand, it is necessary to promote the responsibility of all people in environmental protection.

The Provincial Party Secretary also emphasized the extremely important issue of focusing on improving State management capacity in the field of environmental protection, especially handling environmental black spots and hotspots.

At the meeting, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy also discussed specifically some contents on the structure, targets, tasks... of the draft Resolution.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

Given the importance of the Resolution on strengthening the Party's leadership in environmental protection in Nghe An province for the period 2022-2030, comrade Thai Thanh Quy requested that every year the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee must report the implementation results in writing to the Provincial Party Executive Committee.