Facilities that have not completed environmental protection works will be shut down.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong chaired the meeting. Photo: Mai Hoa

This information was presented at the meeting of the Provincial People's Committee on the afternoon of April 11 to evaluate the implementation results of Plan No. 99/KH-UBND, dated February 9, 2018 of the Provincial People's Committee on implementing Resolution No. 08-NQ/TU, dated December 9, 2017 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on Strengthening the Party's leadership in environmental protection (BVMT) in the province, period 2017 - 2020, orientation to 2025.

Complete some of the set targets

According to the report of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Resolution No. 08/NQ-TU and Plan No. 99/KH-UBND have been implemented by provincial departments, branches and district-level Party committees and authorities on the basis of closely following the 18 proposed environmental targets.

Up to now, through the synthesis of results from departments, branches and localities, the whole province currently has 3/18 targets that have met and exceeded the set targets. Including the rate of urban areas of type IV or higher with centralized wastewater treatment systems that meet requirements; the rate of industrial parks with centralized wastewater treatment systems that meet standards; the rate of medical wastewater at district and provincial levels that is treated to meet environmental standards.

There are 5 indicators that are close to reaching the target, including the proportion of rural population using hygienic water; the proportion of urban population type V using clean water; the proportion of urban population type IV or higher using clean water; the rate of collection and treatment of solid waste in urban areas; the proportion of public green space in urban areas and residential areas.

It is worth mentioning that departments, branches and districts in the process of building, planning, planning and projects have paid attention to prioritizing environmental protection factors; creating a foundation for sustainable development in the future...

Wastewater treatment pond of Thai Duong Animal Feed Joint Stock Company. Photo courtesy

Will stop operations for facilities that do not meet standards

Besides the changes, the implementation of targets and tasks according to Resolution No. 08-NQ/TU and Plan No. 99/KH-UBND for the period 2017 - 2020 is still limited. It is noteworthy that only 35% of projects have been confirmed to have completed environmental protection works compared to the target of 100% by 2020.

Investment in building wastewater treatment systems in industrial clusters compared to before Resolution No. 08-NQ/TU and Plan No. 99/KH-UBND has not changed; only 40% of industrial clusters have centralized wastewater treatment systems that meet standards compared to the target of 100% by 2020.

The rate of pesticide residue pollution points that have been investigated, zoned, and have treatment projects established has only reached 27% compared to the target of 100% by 2020.

The collection and treatment of solid waste in urban and rural areas is quite high, however, the issue of concern is that the treatment is environmentally friendly, which is low. Similarly, the treatment of pesticide packaging according to standards is still low. Some "black" spots of environmental pollution have not been promptly and thoroughly treated...

From the above-mentioned shortcomings and limitations, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong requested departments, branches and localities to adhere to the targets and tasks set out in Resolution No. 08-NQ/TU and Plan No. 99/KH-UBND for the two phases, focusing on striving to achieve the targets in the first phase in 2020.

Environmental protection needs to be taken care of in mineral exploitation. Photo: Mai Hoa

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee urged departments, branches and localities to strengthen inspection, examination and supervision of production and business establishments in their fields and areas of management to ensure that waste discharged into the environment meets standards. If it does not meet standards, they will be required to stop operations to focus on investing in building environmental protection works; along with that, enterprises with large waste discharge sources are required to install automatic monitoring systems.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong also emphasized a number of tasks that need to be focused on related to the treatment of domestic solid waste; handling pesticide residues and promptly handling "black" spots of environmental pollution arising in the province.