Minister of Natural Resources and Environment 'listens to farmers', unlocks land resources

At the Forum "Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers' Union - Minister of Natural Resources and Environment listens to farmers speak" held on November 24 in Hanoi, many opinions, proposals and aspirations of the people were sent with the desire to have their questions answered about legal regulations on environmental protection in agriculture and rural areas, policies to remove difficulties and obstacles in the treatment of household waste, agricultural waste, craft village environment; clean water supply and wastewater treatment in rural areas.

Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers' Union Luong Quoc Doan and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Do Duc Duy chaired the Forum Listening to Farmers Speak.

Support businesses and cooperatives to invest in agricultural waste treatment technology

Regarding the question of delegate Vo Quan Huy about policies to support businesses and cooperatives to invest in technology, capital for waste treatment, garbage in agricultural production... to ensure meeting the criteria for exporting products.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Do Duc Duy affirmed that on this issue, the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 has provisions and Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection has provisions on this content.

However, according to Minister Do Duc Duy, through research and practice, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment found that the above regulations are not really comprehensive and suitable to reality. Accordingly, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has coordinated with relevant ministries and the State Bank to propose the Government to add more regulations and policy mechanisms related to the two issues.

Firstly, the responsibility of manufacturers and businesses for fertilizer and pesticide packaging is that manufacturers and importers are responsible for managing their product packaging when it is discarded into the environment.

The second is related to policy mechanisms to support green production and green credit. Accordingly, enterprises and cooperatives implementing environmental protection projects and green production will enjoy green credit and green production mechanisms. Access to this policy will help units facilitate their export to international markets.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Do Duc Duy.

According to Minister Do Duc Duy, regarding the second content, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will study and continue to support enterprises and cooperatives with policy mechanisms for more favorable access. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment hopes that in 2025, it will amend the limitations and shortcomings in Decree 08/2022/ND-CP, thereby fundamentally solving environmental problems in agricultural and forestry production, creating conditions for Vietnam's agricultural and forestry production to enter the world market, especially demanding markets such as the United States and the EU.

Collection and treatment of domestic solid waste as prescribed by law.

Answering the question of delegate Nguyen Manh Hieu, Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Phu Yen Commune, Phu Xuyen District - one of the 10 Outstanding Young Faces of the Capital in 2023, Mr. Hoang Van Thuc, Director of the Department of Environmental Pollution Control (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) said that regarding craft village emissions, the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 stipulates that service business establishments and production and business establishments must treat their emissions.

According to Mr. Hoang Van Thuc, waste treatment in craft villages is still limited. Currently, we have over 2,000 craft villages generating a lot of waste, including traditional craft villages.

The Law on Environmental Protection stipulates that local authorities encourage people in craft village service businesses to develop investment and waste treatment.

For additive craft villages that are at risk of causing pollution, investment in waste treatment is needed. If there is recycling technology, treatment will be done or transferred to another unit for treatment.

Currently, localities have a policy for individual businesses to move to industrial parks for processing. This policy has been applied very effectively and has solved environmental problems.

Answering the question of Mr. Vo Quan Huy, Director of Huy Long An Company Limited (Duc Hue District, Long An), the excellent Vietnamese farmer owns 1,000 hectares of land growing bananas for export. Mr. Hoang Van Thuc said that the collection and treatment of domestic solid waste is currently regulated in the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 and can be divided into groups of recyclable waste, organic waste, and other groups.

In which, the State will be able to guide the collection and recycling of organic waste at home in rural areas, remote areas without collection conditions... for which it is encouraged. For urban areas, it is necessary to focus on collection and classification. Areas with collection areas will guide families to collect and classify for immediate disposal.

Mr. Hoang Van Thuc, Director of the Department of Environmental Pollution Control (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) answered questions at the Forum.

Also according to Mr. Hoang Van Thuc, in recent times, during the rice harvest season, farmers in the provinces often burn straw, causing environmental pollution. The Department of Environmental Pollution Control has coordinated with localities to research and have a plan to collect and invest in processing it into resources to serve the production of other products very effectively. For rubber trees, there have been many collection facilities to bring it back for effective treatment.

In particular, many provinces currently have very effective solid waste treatment models. For example, Hai Phong has a very good technology for treating solid waste such as tree branches, which needs to be replicated in other localities.

(Source: Natural Resources and Environment Newspaper)

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