VFF leader lauds public involvement in environment protection
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has lauded millions of people in residential areas, religious and mass organisations for their environment protection
Hanoi (VNA) – Presidentof the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan haslauded millions of people in 110,000 residential areas, religious and massorganisations for their environment protection efforts over the past years.
Speaking to a conference in Hanoion December 26 reviewing the cooperation between the VFF and the Ministry ofNatural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in the field during 2012-2016, Nhanunderscored the significance of people’s role in supervising and uncoveringenvironment violations.
Though the legal framework onenvironmental protection and a number of green life and production models havebeen launched, it is still crucial to monitor waste-discharging businesses andunits and build community-based environmental management models, he said,adding that campaign “All people stay united to build new rural areas andcivilised urban areas” is the optimal solution.
He suggested assigning specific supervisiontasks to mass organisations, for example, the Vietnam General Confederation ofLabour could monitor enterprises’ waste discharge, the Vietnam Farmers’Association could watch the use of materials and chemicals in agriculturalproduction, and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union could be tasked with overseeinghousehold waste treatment.
The VFF Central Committee can takecharge of supervising waste discharge in industrial parks and major constructionprojects, he proposed.
Nhan urged the MoNRE to fund thebuilding of self-managed environment protection models in residential areas.
Under their coordinationprogramme for 2012-2016, the VFF and MoNRE have launched emulation movementsand campaigns to promote green growth and the proper use of natural resources intandem with climate change response.
From 2013-2015, the VFF’sstanding board paid field trips to inspect illegal sand and pebble exploitationthat led to riverside landslides, pollution in craft villages, and miningactivities, among others.
Most public petitions andcomplaints on pollution recorded and transferred by VFF chapters have beenaddressed by relevant agencies.
At the event, the VFF and MoNREsigned a cooperation agreement for 2016-2020, under which, they will worktogether to raise public awareness of laws and policies on environment protectionand climate change response, continue spreading effective models in residentialareas, oversee the implementation of relevant policies and offer personneltraining in the field./.
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Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
