500 billion chartered capital to promote environmental activities

Vietnam Environment Protection Fund has just submitted to the Prime Minister to propose to increase charter capital to VND 500 billion (compared with the current capital of VND 200 billion) to further promote environmental protection activities in 2008.

In 2007, the Fund spent 51 billion VND on environmental activities with 10 projects in the fields of waste water treatment, solid waste treatment, emissions, garbage collection and eco-friendly technology investment. school, doubled in 2006.

At the 2007 summation meeting and the direction of the 2008 Vietnam Environmental Protection Fund's operational plan on January 9, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Pham Khoi Nguyen, and Chairman of the Environmental Protection Fund Vietnamese school said that he was not satisfied with the operation of the Environmental Protection Fund because it should have worked much better.

Pollution of craft village environment
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It is expected that after the establishment of the Fund for 1-2 years, the capital will increase at least VND 1,000 billion but not reach. According to the head of the Environmental Protection Fund, due to the mechanism, the fund's additional source of funds from the environmental protection fee is not able to return to the Fund, while some "" sources " are considered to be large from fees. sewage back please . free of charge!

It is noteworthy that in some localities with large waste sources such as Quang Ninh, Da Nang, Phu Tho . Currently the initial capital is not only not increased but "shrink" is still half. Environmental Protection Fund in the state of . capital preservation.

"If there is VND 1,000 billion, the Fund will do more big things, for example, to provide scholarships to excellent students in the environmental industry, awarding environmental prizes, and supporting localities affected by natural disasters. Especially as a midwife for projects to invest in clean technology, waste treatment technology - which is currently increasing and polluting and costing landfill "- Minister Nguyen said.

Accordingly, the Fund will follow the problem of solving environmental pollution, environmental protection fee collection is not general but must have a specific level of how much crude oil, from industrial waste water %, how much is the waste, or how much the environmental violation penalty is, who punishes and punishes . Then how about the source of the source because the source is now very "drip" .

Director of Vietnam Environment Protection Fund Tran Hong Ha said that in 2008, the Fund strives to lend VND 70 billion, funding and co-financing of VND 5 billion, interest support of VND 1 billion, supplementing capital environmental protection fee of VND 30 billion and from budget allocated for environmental management activities VND 2 billion.

Kieu Minh