03/12/2019
Following the Prime Minister's guidance in Resolution No. 09/NQ-CP dated February 3, 2019, over the past time, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has cooperated with the concerned Ministries (Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Home Affairs, etc.) to review the current legal documents related to the state management of solid waste, proposing amendments and supplements to implement a consistent state management plan on solid waste; to carry out practical assessment of solid waste management in localities to provide information on the current situation of solid waste collection, transportation and treatment. Based on the results of inspecting the solid waste management in recent years and perfecting the plan to unify the focal point of solid waste management, especially domestic solid waste, MONRE plans to organize a National Conference on Solid Waste Management in end of September 2019 in Hà Nội.
The objectives of the Conference are to assess the situation, challenges and opportunities for solid waste management and issues raised for the State management of solid waste, focusing on domestic solid waste; to propose, amend, adjust and supplement mechanisms, policies and laws on domestic solid waste management to submit to the Government and the Prime Minister for consideration and promulgation; at the same time, to unify the awareness and actions on the immediate and long-term guidelines and solutions in the management of domestic solid waste in our country in the coming time.
The Vietnam Environment Administration reports the detailed scheme for organizing
the National Conference on Solid Waste Management on August 13, 2019
Based on the outcome of the Conference, MONRE will develop a draft directive on strengthening urgent solutions for domestic solid waste management, including contents related to “Adjusting and supplementing mechanisms, policies, laws, organizational models on solid waste management in general and domestic solid waste in particular”, submitted to the Prime Minister for consideration and signing for promulgation.
At the meeting on the preparation of the National Conference on Solid Waste Management, on behalf of the Leader of the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA), the Deputy General Director Hoàng Văn Thức reported to the Deputy Minister on the detailed organization plan of the Conference. Accordingly, the Conference will include 1 plenary session and 3 thematic seminars. Besides, there is an exhibition of models, equipment and technologies in solid waste collection, transportation and treatment. Currently, VEA is actively perfecting the report on the current status of solid waste management nationwide and the list of recommended solid waste treatment technologies.
Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Minister Võ Tuấn Nhân emphasized that the Conference is an important forum for managers, scientists, enterprises, socio-political organizations to exchange, discuss and evaluate the current status of solid waste management; the investment and socialization activities in the field of collection, transportation and treatment of domestic solid waste; the solid waste treatment models and technologies suitable to the practical conditions in Việt Nam. The Deputy Minister suggested that in order to ensure the successful organization of the Conference, VEA should closely coordinate with the relevant units to well prepare for the conference organization activities, to make a clear list of participants and guests; to develop detailed scenarios for the time and content of the Conference's presentations; to well organize the information and propaganda activities to create a concrete change, to raise the awareness of managers, enterprises and the community in the treatment and classification of waste at source and limiting plastic waste.
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The program of the National Conference on Solid Waste Management: - Thematic seminar 1: Mechanisms, policies and laws on solid waste management, which focuses on the following contents: Assessing the promulgation of policies and mechanisms related to the domestic solid waste management and treatment; investment and socialization in activities of domestic solid waste collection, transportation and treatment; reporting the current state of the organizational structure of the State management on solid waste from the central to local levels and proposing solutions to implement the Government’s Resolution No. 09/NQ-CP dated February 3, 2019; exchanging and discussing some contents related to the Draft Directive of the Prime Minister on strengthening urgent solutions for domestic solid waste management, including contents related to “Adjusting and supplementing mechanisms, policies, laws, organizational models on solid waste management in general and domestic solid waste in particular”. - Thematic seminar 2: Domestic solid waste treatment technologies, which focuses on the following contents: Overview of domestic solid waste treatment technologies and appraisal of domestic solid waste treatment technologies; reviewing and evaluating domestic solid waste treatment technologies in Vietnam, proposing solutions in the near future; international experience in domestic solid waste treatment technologies; proposing domestic solid waste treatment technologies in accordance with Vietnamese conditions. - Thematic seminar 3: The roles of community and socio-political organizations in the management and treatment of domestic solid waste, which focuses on the following contents: The roles of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Central Vietnam Women's Union, the Youth Union in the management of domestic solid waste; the current situation of plastic waste generation and proposed plastic waste management activities in the coming time; community activities in response to the anti-plastic waste movement launched by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc; plastic waste recovery and recycling solutions. - The plenary session includes the main contents: Showing the documentary about the current state of solid waste management and treatment in Vietnam; the overview report on the current status of solid waste management in recent years and implementation orientation in the coming time; the overview report on the domestic solid waste treatment technologies being applied in Vietnam and proposed orientations for domestic solid waste treatment technologies in the coming time; the report on the review and implementation of solid waste management planning and the assessment on the effectiveness of investment in building solid waste treatment facilities in the past; the report on the domestic solid waste management and treatment in Hanoi city, etc. It is expected that the Prime Minister will give a conclusion on the key tasks, strategic solutions to solid waste management, namely domestic solid waste. - Exhibition on domestic solid waste treatment models Within the framework of the National Conference on Solid Waste Management, MONRE will organize an exhibition on domestic solid waste treatment technologies. Attending the exhibition is an opportunity for the State management agencies in charge of environment, organizations and enterprises to introduce and display their technology products and models for solid waste treatment to other units for exchanging and replicating the models, thereby contributing to the cause of environmental protection. |
Phuong Tam
(Source: Vietnam Environment Administration Magazine, English Edition II - 2019)
