Vietnam Environment in 2005: Has not changed clearly!

In the afternoon of December 16 in Hanoi, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment published the 2005 Environmental Change Report. This is considered an "environmental handbook" for managers, policy makers and scientists, researchers and everyone who is interested in the environmental situation in Vietnam.

The national environmental status report 2005 was built on the basis of the importance of environmental protection (environmental protection) and challenges in the present time, when our country is preparing implementing the socio-economic development plan for the 2006-2010 period, becoming an official member of the WTO.

The current environmental situation is stated in detail: The continental water environment pollution of surface water and underground water is becoming more serious, especially in river basins and small rivers and canals in the inner city. Marketing. Groundwater also has local pollution and salinity resulting in serious deterioration in both quality and quantity of water resources.

The seawater environment is also at risk of becoming more and more pronounced by human activities, especially where there are concentrated urban residential areas and industrial facilities.

The air environment is also pressing in urban areas , industrial zones and some craft villages have negative effects on human health, adversely affecting the ecosystem and causing climate change. The main air pollutants are: SO2, NO2, CO, H2S, suspended dust, lead and volatile organic substances. According to current environmental monitoring data, the air in big cities in our country has been polluted with dust and CO, but the air quality in rural areas is still good.

The soil environment is also polluted by the use of chemical fertilizers , pesticide pollution, waste pollution into the environment leading to land degradation and desertification. According to the data of the coordination office of the Convention on Desertification, Vietnam currently has about 7,055,000 hectares under strong impact by desertification concentrated in the central provinces; eroded soil in the Northwest, Central Highlands; saline soils contaminated with alum in the Mekong Delta and dry land seasonally or permanently concentrated in the South Central Coast.

Most solid waste is concentrated in urban areas. According to statistics, the average amount of solid waste is about 0.6-0.9kg / person / day in big cities and ranges from 0.4-0.5kg / person / day in small cities. And hazardous waste arises from the activities of villages, industrial and medical production. The total amount of hazardous solid waste from craft villages nationwide is about 2,400 tons / year (Bac Ninh, Ha Tay, Hanoi, Hung Yen .). The amount of hazardous medical waste needs to be treated about 34 tons / day .

Biodiversity in our country is also facing the risk of recession due to many reasons such as: changing the purpose of land use without planning; unsustainable exploitation and use of biological resources; invasive alien organisms; Environmental pollution; Forest fires; natural disasters .

In addition, there are natural disasters and environmental incidents with storms and floods last year, causing great loss of life and property.

The outstanding environmental issues in 2004 and early 2005 were mentioned in the 5 chapters of the 2005 Environmental Status Report, including several measures to address environmental issues.

Mr. Tran Hong Ha, Director of Environment Protection Department (MoNRE), said the report will be a useful document for parliamentary delegates, managers, policy makers, scientists and researchers. rescue and all those interested in environmental protection in Vietnam.