The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a policy dialogue on environment and sustainable development in Ho Chi Minh City on June 5.
A trê planting event in Vung Tau (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)
Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) – The Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment (MoNRE) and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce andIndustry jointly held a policy dialogue on environment and sustainable developmentin Ho Chi Minh City on June 5.
Participants from various enterprises in the southern region and relevantagencies focused on issues related to the adjustments and completion of the Lawon Environmental Protection and relevant legal documents, as well as resourcesfor sustainable production and consumption, environment treatment technologyand a number of urgent environment problems in the southern region.
They also discussed challenges facing enterprises in observinglegal regulations in protecting the environment, the control of waterenvironment pollution, the assessment of environmental impacts as well as themanagement of harmful waste and environment monitoring.
According to MoNRE Deputy Minister Nguyen Linh Ngoc, Vietnamis burdening many pressures from socio-economic development activities.
Currently, the country has 67 industrial parks and 532industrial clusters operating without complete wastewater treatment system,along with more than 5,000 craft villages directly affecting the community.
At the same time, 36 industrial production facilities needspecial monitoring and 132 projects are rated as unfriendly to the environment,he noted.
Vo Tan Thanh, VCCI Vice President in Ho Chi Minh City saidthat Vietnam has yet to pay adequate attention to the protection of environment.Climate change and extreme weather conditions require the country to change itsgrowth model towards minimising and stopping the exploitation of fossil fuel andincreasing the use of renewable and green energy.
He called for business community to green the productionthrough the increase of advance technology.
Nguyen Van Tai from the Vietnam Administration of Environmentsaid that the MoNRE is working to implement the Prime Minister’s direction on anumber of urgent solutions on environmental protection, laying the foundationfor sustainable economic development in coming years.
Also on June 5, as part of the Action Month for the Environmentand World Environment Day 2017, another conference was also held in Vung Taucity, the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on measures to enhance publicawareness of risks to health and environment due to burning activities.-VNA
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A trê planting event in Vung Tau (Illustrative image. Source: VNA) 
