The ministry seeks 2% of the total annual budget compared to the current spending level of only 1%.
According to the statement, sent to the Daily by the ministry, besides a petition for raising the budget, the ministry also wanted the national assembly to modify and supplement the laws for environmental protection. The country’s law-making body should particularly amend the environment protection law to meet the demands of economic and social development of the country in the future.
On Friday the ministry will announce a five-year national environment report with overall assessments of the country’s environment status from 2006 to 2010.
Bui Cach Tuyen, deputy minister of natural resources and environment, told the Daily on Wednesday that the report would focus on all environmental aspects of the country. The announcement takes place at the Fortuna Hotel in Hanoi.
According to Vietnam’s environment protection law, evaluation is imperative on the environment status of all industries every year.
Beside the assessment of pollution in trade villages and industrial parks and the air quality in urban areas, the environment report of 2006-2010 will also focus on appraising the environment of hydropower plants, a decline in bio-diversification as well as the impact of climate change on the environment.
According to the ministry, in the five-year period the country has faced numerous environment problems such as an increase in pollution, a serious decline of bio-diversification, a threat to environmental security and inadequate environmental management.
Van Nam
(Monre)