Promoting administrative procedure reform, improving the quality of staff in the Natural Resources and Environment sector

Correct advice, correct solution

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment focuses on developing a plan for allocating and zoning provincial land in the Nghe An Provincial Planning. Photo: Mai Hoa

DepartmentResources and Environmentassigned to manage the State in 8 areas; in which, land, minerals, environment are sensitive and complicated areas; related to, affecting the interests of many people, organizations, and businesses. On the other hand, in terms of institutions, legal regulations also pose shortcomings.

From that reality, in 2021, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment will continue to proactively research and review current regulations in light of reality to advise the province to issue a number of regulations within its authority.

The Department advised the Provincial Party Committee to issue a Resolution on strengthening the Party's leadership over work.environmental protectionin the province, period 2022 - 2030.

In 2021, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment advised the Provincial Party Committee to issue a Resolution on environmental protection for the period 2022 - 2030. Photo: Mai Hoa

Advise the Provincial People's Council to issue 5 resolutions approving the list of works and projects requiring land recovery and conversion of rice-growing land use purposes to implement works and projects in the province.

The Provincial People's Committee's staff issued 7 decisions; including Decision No. 05/2021/QD-UBND dated January 14, 2021 amending,land price listindustrial parks in the Southeast Economic Zone; Decision regulating the authorization of construction, appraisal and approval of specific land prices in Nghe An province; Decision No. 28/QD-UBND dated September 17, 2021 on regulations on granting, exchanging and re-granting Certificates for households and individuals...

During the year, the Department also appraised and submitted to the Provincial People's Committee for approval the 2021 land use plan for 21/21 districts, cities and towns; supplemented the 2021 land use plan for 14 districts, cities and towns.

Advise the Provincial People's Committee to report to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the results of the implementation of land use planning and plans for the period 2011 - 2020 and propose land use needs for the period 2021 - 2030; draft a plan for land allocation and zoning at the provincial level in the Nghe An Provincial Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, to submit to the Provincial People's Committee for comments from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment...

The Department also continues to effectively direct the implementation of many projects approved by the Provincial People's Committee. Such as the project to improve land use efficiency; the project to strengthen management of land originating from state-owned farms and forestry farms that are not subject to rearrangement under Decree No. 118/2014/ND-CP; the project to handle serious environmental pollution in the province; the project to handle chemical residues.plant protection…

Perform multiple key tasks

In 2021, although there were many factors affecting the industry's operations, especially the Covid-19 pandemic, with a spirit of determination, effort, and overcoming difficulties, the entire industry focused on completing many key tasks with large volumes.

Regarding land, in addition to receiving and appraising land recovery dossiers and compensation plans for land acquisition for districts to serve residential land auctions and carry out socio-economic development projects; the Department also appraises investment policy approval dossiers for 357 projects; 279 dossiers on land allocation, land lease, and change of land use purpose,Certificate of land use rights; 89 land acquisition records, compensation plans for site clearance. Organizing appraisal of transfer conditions for housing projects for 62 projects; consulting on processing 148 records to determine specific land prices; implementing auctions of land use rights for 6 land plots.

In the field of minerals, the Department coordinates with all levels and sectors to advise the Provincial People's Committee to supplement the planning for 30 land mines for filling materials and 1 construction sand mine; coordinates the implementation of mineral exploitation rights auctions for 59 mines.

Advised the Provincial People's Committee to approve the reserves of 22 mining areas; granted 19 mineral exploitation licenses and 48 mineral exploration licenses; revoked 2 mineral exploitation licenses and closed 2 mining areas.

Developing a plan for land allocation and zoning at the provincial level in the Nghe An Provincial Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050. Photo: Mai Hoa

In the environmental field, the Department has appraised and advised the Provincial People's Committee to approve 38 environmental impact assessment reports; issued 6 environmental protection plan dossiers; appraised and submitted to the Provincial People's Committee for approval 51 dossiers on oil spill response plans.

The Department focuses on handling establishments causing environmental pollution in the province, with 60/77 establishments having completed the thorough treatment of environmental pollution; urging and regularly monitoring the automatic monitoring database for 21/35 units generating large sources of waste, with the risk of causing environmental pollution...

State management of water resources, sea and islands; hydrometeorology and climate change has also implemented many positive solutions and measures. The Department proactively coordinates to resolve difficulties and problems at the grassroots level and with organizations and individuals in production and business related to the field of natural resources and environment.

Leaders and experts from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment review land use planning for locations of constructions and projects in the province. Photo: Mai Hoa

Regarding the tasks for 2022, the Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment said: The focus is to continue reviewing and advising the Provincial People's Committee to amend, supplement, and replace in order to perfect policies and laws on natural resources and environment.

Continue to effectively implement the project to improve land use efficiency; focus on reviewing and handling slow-to-implement projects; resolve waste, misuse of land, and violations of the law; issue land use right certificates to organizations and individuals.

Focus on directing environmental protection work, creating strong changes in awareness and actions of each organization and individual, contributing to protecting the common environment. The Department will also strengthen work with all levels, sectors, localities, organizations and units to promptly resolve difficulties and problems in the field of natural resources and environment.

In 2021, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment resolved 1,874 registration dossiers, issuance of Certificates of land use rights, house ownership rights and other assets attached to land, registration of land changes of organizations; resolved 172,627 registration dossiers, issuance of first-time Certificates of land use rights, issuance, re-issuance, registration of land changes, correction of errors on certificates of households.