Hanoi (VNA) -Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has approved a national plan to respondto oil spills.
The move aims to help promptlydeal with oil spills, minimise the number of oil spills and reduce the damageby oil spills on the environment, economy and society.
The plan tackles several oilspill possibilities, such as spills from oil tankers, spills due to brokenpipelines and spills at oil refinery factory, among others.
To handle oil spills, the planpointed out major solutions, such as strengthening human resources, perfectingpolicies and mechanisms, enhancing international co-operation and ensuringenough facilities to deal with oil spills, he added.
The Deputy PM assigned theNational Committee for Natural Disaster Response and Search and Rescue toreceive and verify information related to oil spills then issue an action planand work with relevant units to fix the situation.
The committee was told to setup a special team with participants from ministries, sectors and localities toquickly respond to major oil spills and assist localities to fix minor oilspills, he said.
If the committee could not dealwith a large oil spill, it should request Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phucconsider calling for international support, he said.
Dung asked the Ministry ofNational Defence, Coast Guards and Border Guards and the Ministry of PublicSecurity to join hands to search and rescue people and collect floating oil ifnecessary.
The Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment would take responsibility for remedying theenvironmental consequences caused by an oil spill, he added.
In a related development, theenvironment ministry issued a circular to regulate marine oil spill clean-upand recovery efforts last week. The circular will take effect from March 12.
Under the circular, an initialand preliminary assessment on the level of pollution will be made within thefirst 10 days after an oil spill is reported.
If the investigation shows thelevel of oil in the water is higher than national standards, a more detailedassessment of environmental damage will be completed within 20 days afterpreliminary investigation results.
Statistics show an estimated200 million tonnes of oil are transported each year through the sea in Vietnam.About 10 oil spills are recorded annually./.
Marine pollution will culminate in the degradation of marine biodiversity, especially coral reefs which cover about 1,122 sq.km. of seabed off the country’s coast.
Some 200 people in the northern province of Quang Ninh were provided with necessary knowledge and skills to respond to oil spills during a training course held in the locality on March 28.
A training course was held in the central coastal province of Quang Binh on May 9 to provide local relevant forces with necessary knowledge and skills to deal with oil spills and improve search and rescue efforts.
A drill was held in the central coastal province of Thanh Hoa on July 10 to provide local relevant forces with necessary knowledge and skills to cope with oil spills.
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