On the afternoon of October 28, continuing the program of the 10th Session, the National Assembly discussed in the hall the results of the thematic supervision "Implementation of policies and laws on environmental protection since the Law on Environmental Protection (BVMT) 2020 took effect".
National Assembly Delegate (NAD) Ta Van Ha - Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Society - highly appreciated the monitoring report of the Supervisory Delegation this time. However, a necessary content is to change the thinking in building and perfecting the legal system on environmental protection, which is that waste is a resource.
As members of the Supervisory Team, we see a core issue arising: the current policy and legal mechanism is still heavy in administrative management and handling; there is a lack of tools to encourage and turn this waste into raw materials and lacks motivation for businesses to invest in this field - delegate Ta Van Ha said.
According to delegate Ha, when visiting a number of countries, many countries have succeeded in considering waste, wastewater, and emissions not as a burden but as a secondary source of raw materials.
However, in our country, the current legal framework and policies have not created attraction for investors, the cost of waste treatment is still mainly burdened on the state budget and businesses.
"Through discussions with businesses, they said that they need mechanisms to attract, to protect, so that people can confidently invest in technology and invest in the environmental field" - delegate Ha said.
Giving his opinion in the hall, delegate Nguyen Cong Hoang (Thai Nguyen National Assembly delegation) said that many voters are very concerned about environmental issues because they are related to people's health and lives.
This delegate proposed a number of solutions to contribute to the environmental protection such as having a mechanism and piloting some localities, for example saying no to plastic bags, saying no to plastic bottles.
It is necessary to establish an assessment board and post-audit environmental criteria like economic indicators and other indicators to compete.
At the same time, mandatory public disclosure of environmental indicators nationwide, encouragement of socialization of environmental waste treatment technology, and support mechanisms for businesses, such as tax reduction, electricity bill reduction in environmental treatment, etc.
In particular, according to delegate Hoang, the punishment of alcohol concentration violations is carried out very strictly and effectively. Should we take such drastic measures to punish environmental violations? This delegate asked and said that if the law was enforced, it would be very good.
Delegate Hoang cited that in Singapore, 20 years ago, if a person only needed to pollute the environment, discharge waste or for example throw a toothpick on the street, he would be fined 200 Singapore dollars, a second violation of 3,000 dollars, plus public service workers and could be prosecuted for criminal liability.
