Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Anumber of industrial zones (IZs) around Vietnam now possess concentrated wastetreatment systems that contribute to mitigating environmental pollution, theMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment has reported.
The country is now hometo 375 IZs on a total area of nearly 97,800 ha, of which 280 are in operationand home to 9,114 domestic and 9,022 foreign-invested projects.
Deputy head of the NationalAssembly (NA)’s Committee on Science, Technology and Environment Tran Van Minhsaid that as of February, there were 14 decrees from the Government, 17 decisions from the Prime Minister, 54 circulars and joint circulars, and 48national technical standards relating to the environment.
Local authorities have alsoissued a raft of legal documents on environmental protection at IZs. Twenty-ninelocalities nationwide have also issued cooperative mechanisms on Statemanagement at IZs and industrial clusters as well as eight local standards.
Of the 280 operational IZs, 250 or 89.28 percent have concentrated wastewater treatmentsystems.
All IZs have conducted environmental impact assessments and formulated detailedenvironmental protection schemes. As many as 219 zones have installed automatedwastewater monitoring systems. The wastewater treatment facilities in the IZs can treat more than 1 million cu.m each day.
In accordance with Decree No. 82/ND-CP, several IZs have switched toecological models meeting international standards, attracting high-tech, eco-friendlyindustrial production and service projects.
Four IZs nationwide are piloting ecological models - Khanh Phu and GianKhau in the northern province of Ninh Binh, Hoa Khanh in the central city of DaNang, and Tra Noc in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
From 2015-2019, ministries and authorities in cities and provincesimposed fines totalling 301 billion VND (13 million USD) on more than 4,600 establishments, including IZs, for legalviolations in environmental protection./.
