Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha thanked the National Assembly deputies for their dedicated, responsible, and realistic opinions, with 60 opinions in the hall and previously 163 opinions in the group. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said he would fully absorb the accurate opinions of the National Assembly deputies.
Building a mechanism for the Mekong Delta to adapt to climate change
Regarding solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, the Prime Minister has directly directed and, together with development partners, identified Vietnam's needs in the process of equitable transition and the need for equitable participation of developed countries.
Regarding climate change, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said that this issue is of great concern to the Party and State, including the issuance of Resolution 24-NQ/TW in 2013 to proactively respond to climate change, strengthen resource management and environmental protection.
“The climate change strategy was adjusted after Vietnam attended COP26, clearly defining the viewpoint and goals of climate change adaptation, solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and green growth solutions to realize this goal. The Government has advised the Politburo to issue resolutions related to energy issues,” said the Deputy Prime Minister.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, regarding the issue of climate change adaptation, currently, the Mekong Delta alone can be said to be a typical example. Because we have had comprehensive assessments of the impacts from upstream, assessed the impacts of climate change and especially identified the center of influence as the issue of water resources and issued the Master Plan for Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta, issued Resolution 120 of the Government related to action plans for adaptation of the delta. At the same time, we have issued a plan to implement the master plan for sustainable development of the Mekong Delta, including nearly 60 development projects in the region.
“In those projects, focusing on the 16 projects, the Prime Minister recently signed a resolution to mobilize 2.5 billion USD to focus on adaptive development in agriculture as well as building synchronous infrastructure, including immediate transformation from socio-economic infrastructure and transforming the economy in 3 directions, which are freshwater, the central area is brackish freshwater and the coastal area is saltwater,” said the Deputy Prime Minister.
This involves centralized water infrastructure and solving the problem of flooding in the upstream as well as the water supply section for the central delta and coastal areas. The Deputy Prime Minister said that these are extremely important conditions for localities in the region to link up to choose the most priority issues to focus resources on.
“Regarding climate change, I would like to briefly report like that, but in fact, we are implementing quite a lot of specific tasks...”, said the Deputy Prime Minister.
There will be a mechanism to encourage the purchase and sale of solar power.
Regarding the direct purchase and sale of electricity to large customers, focusing on renewable energy, the Deputy Prime Minister said that the Prime Minister also requested that a decree on issues related to rooftop solar power be issued this month (May).
“With the spirit of encouraging people to participate to make additional contributions to the power source and at the same time determining that households using rooftop solar power in industrial parks do not put this electricity on the line but completely buy and sell electricity directly, we support non-commercial incentives so that an important decree will be formed, which is the mechanism for direct electricity purchase and sale, which is the premise for us to move towards a competitive electricity market with other power sources,” said the Deputy Prime Minister.
Land acquisition price will be close to market price
Regarding the Land Law and land recovery issues, the Deputy Prime Minister said that the issues that the delegates spoke about today could account for up to 60% of the existing limitations, weaknesses, shirking of responsibilities, and fear of responsibility related to administrative procedures and are all related to three sets of laws, namely the Land Law, the Real Estate Business Law, and the Housing Law passed by the National Assembly.
“Currently, the Government is very determined. With such a spirit of collective work and common spirit, we have basically resolved the existence of these three laws,” said the Deputy Prime Minister.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, recently, the Prime Minister has directed the Deputy Prime Minister to personally spend time working with all 63 provinces and cities online with all associations and each enterprise in the localities to see if the draft laws have been put into practice, whether they have fully reflected and specifically implemented the laws.
“Up to now, we think that if the National Assembly allows it, even on July 1, the Government is determined to do it completely, which means it will involve 14 Decrees and about 10 circulars. Today, the Prime Minister has issued a telegram requesting localities to develop decisions and ministries and branches will participate to ensure legal connectivity and consistency.
Land valuation is the cause of all causes related to loss and causes of difficulties and shirking. I would like to report to delegate Vu Trong Kim that this reflection was only difficult before the 2024 Land Law. After the 2024 Law is issued, I believe that localities will trust it clearly, specifically, transparently and can be implemented," said the Deputy Prime Minister.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Government has also sought opinions from localities, clarifying the responsibilities of the advisory body, the responsibilities of the People's Council, the responsibilities of the decision-maker, and all of these processes have been implemented transparently, and especially the law has resolved a very difficult issue, which is appropriate land prices, close to market prices.
“In essence, we apply the market principle, that is, we apply the four methods that the world is currently calculating to apply. When we have data on land, then the method is to price land in bulk according to the value zone. We will have data on each plot of land and data on each point in time, at that time the problem of land pricing will not be difficult. Currently, we are in the transitional phase and we are affirming that these four methods will be done, without difficulty,” the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.
No worries about lack of sand for transport infrastructure
The final issue is about construction materials. The Deputy Prime Minister said that this is probably not a big issue for Vietnam, but it is happening in the context of expressway projects being pushed very fast in speed, progress and scale, so localities cannot meet the demand.
In fact, construction materials have been decentralized in planning, management, exploitation and control at the local level, but recently the National Assembly issued a resolution on specific mechanisms, and the Government issued 2 resolutions to resolve this.
"Basically, the Prime Minister is directing the amendment of the law on geology and minerals. In the immediate future, I think that with the resolution of the National Assembly and the resolution of the Government, if we actively implement it, there will be no difficulties. The Prime Minister has come in twice to directly direct and I personally implemented the direction of the Prime Minister and the ministers, had 3 meetings and even went to the site to survey how it was. Up to now, all problems have been resolved according to the following solutions: The first solution is to absolutely apply the specific regulations issued by the National Assembly and the Government. The second is to closely grasp the demand according to the progress and capacity of material sources," said the Deputy Prime Minister.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, Decree 157 of the Government has just been signed, which has resolved the issue of dredging waterways combined with sand mining, which can add an additional 45 million m3, thus ensuring a surplus compared to our current needs.
"We have 145 million cubic meters of saline sand in Soc Trang and the Ministry of Transport has piloted, researched and shown that it meets the physical and mechanical criteria as well as the conditions for filling and ensuring control of environmental issues when filling in the areas we are currently developing. Thus, in the long term, we will calculate the issue of construction materials to have a more long-term and scientific view, but for now, those solutions are enough to solve the problem," said the Deputy Prime Minister.
VOV.VN - Delegate Tran Van Sau said that 1.7 million people in the Mekong Delta have had to leave their homes, fields, and homeland due to drought, salinity intrusion, landslides, subsidence, etc. Given the factors caused by climate change, if timely action is not taken, in just a few decades the Mekong Delta will no longer exist.
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