Updating new knowledge for localities in Nghe An in implementing the Law on Environmental Protection

On the morning of June 24, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Nghe An organized an online training course for districts, cities and towns to disseminate and implement Decree No. 40/2019/ND-CP dated May 13, 2019 of the Government on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Decrees detailing and implementing the Law on Environmental Protection; combined with improving the quality of appraisal and strengthening pollution control. Photo: Thanh Le

The conference heard representatives of the Legal Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment disseminate information about the process of building the decree; administrative procedures and business investment conditions that have been cut; introduced some new points of the decree, and answered questions from delegates attending from online bridges about related contents.

Decree 40/2019/ND-CP has been developed and completed in the spirit of thoroughly grasping and closely following the direction of the Prime Minister in Directive No. 25/CT-TTg dated August 31, 2016 on a number of urgent tasks and solutions on environmental protection and related documents.

In particular, it emphasizes the viewpoint of "not developing the economy at all costs; not trading the environment for the economy", innovating the environmental management method "from passive resolution to proactive prevention" with many new and breakthrough regulations to gradually transform the growth model towards sustainability.

Mr. Luong Duy Hanh - Department of Legislation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment implementing Decree No. 40/2019/ND-CP dated May 13, 2019 and related contents. Photo: Thanh Le

At the same time, the Decree has strongly reformed administrative procedures and business registration, which have been reduced from "pre-inspection" to "post-inspection" such as: Abolishing and reducing over 25 administrative procedures and business registration, especially eliminating the "ask - give" mechanism, creating transparency, strongly decentralizing to localities and removing difficulties and obstacles for people and businesses; integrating a number of administrative procedures in the fields of environmental protection, water resources, minerals, seas and islands.

These are important contents to equip environmental protection workers and local leaders with basic knowledge of the legal basis and foundation for state management of environmental protection; to help advise on better implementation of the propaganda work to implement the Law on Environmental Protection at the local level.

Youth Union members of Thanh Chuong District clean up the garbage dump under Ro Bridge to create a sports playground. Photo: Document