Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MoNRE) with a first-class Labour Order. (Photo: VNA)The PM made the statement while addressing a Hanoi ceremonyto celebrate MoNRE’s 20th anniversary (August 5, 2002 – 2022)where he presented the ministry with a first-class Labour Order.
He urged the ministry to complete and put into use a centralised,multi-purpose, integrated and interconnected national database on land by 2025at the latest.
The ministry must also enhance the efficiency of the management and use of natural resources while addressing issues related to land and mining management and effectively responding to decline and depletion of water resources to maintain water security, he added.
PM Chinh delivers his remarks at the ceremony to celebrate the MoNRE's 20th anniversary. (Photo: VNA)
It must also develop a mechanism for sharing resources andresolving disputes in trans-boundary water management and use, particularlyalong Mekong and Red Rivers, the PM said.
He called on MoNRE to unleash potential of coastalareas and bring their advantages into full play, and to build a world-standard oceanand coastline governing system, referring to the fact that Vietnam is aiming tohave a blue economy, with sustainable growth of the marine-based economy,improvement of the marine environment, and restoration and preservation of criticalmarine ecosystems, by 2030.
PM Chinh asked the ministry to translate the Law on Environmental Protection into reality, saying it must relocate polluting industrialfacilities out of urban and residential zones and improve the environment aroundindustrial clusters, craft villages and river basins. The PM added that MoNRE should bolster the development of the environment industry as well aspromote re-use and recycling of waste to turn them into new products orresources.
The PM also highlighted Vietnam’scommitments in the Paris Agreement and to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, the UK,which would give the country not only broader access to know-hows, technologiesand finance to restructure the economy towards green and circular models, butalso ability to actively respond to climate change.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong sends a letter of congratulations and a basket of flowers to MoNRE on the occasion. (Photo: VNA)
On the same day, General Secretary of the Communist Party ofVietnam Nguyen Phu Trong sent a letter of congratulations and a basket of flowers to MoNRE. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue also sent baskets of flowers to the ministry./.
PM Chinh delivers his remarks at the ceremony to celebrate the MoNRE's 20th anniversary. (Photo: VNA)He called on MoNRE to unleash potential of coastalareas and bring their advantages into full play, and to build a world-standard oceanand coastline governing system, referring to the fact that Vietnam is aiming tohave a blue economy, with sustainable growth of the marine-based economy,improvement of the marine environment, and restoration and preservation of criticalmarine ecosystems, by 2030.
PM Chinh asked the ministry to translate the Law on Environmental Protection into reality, saying it must relocate polluting industrialfacilities out of urban and residential zones and improve the environment aroundindustrial clusters, craft villages and river basins. The PM added that MoNRE should bolster the development of the environment industry as well aspromote re-use and recycling of waste to turn them into new products orresources.
The PM also highlighted Vietnam’scommitments in the Paris Agreement and to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, the UK,which would give the country not only broader access to know-hows, technologiesand finance to restructure the economy towards green and circular models, butalso ability to actively respond to climate change.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong sends a letter of congratulations and a basket of flowers to MoNRE on the occasion. (Photo: VNA)
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