On November 4, discussing at the National Assembly hall the assessment of the results of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan for 2024 and the expected socio-economic development plan for 2025, National Assembly delegate Pham Van Hoa (Dong Thap delegation) mentioned the issue of mineral management, exploitation and use.
According to delegates, the Law on Geology and Minerals, expected to be passed at this session, has amended many shortcomings in state management and implementation, aiming to exploit, protect and effectively use minerals.
Minerals are valuable resources of the country, most of which are not renewable or developed but are increasingly depleted, requiring management, exploitation, and economical use, contributing commensurate with their value to the state budget, contributing to the important development of the country.
However, the delegate pointed out that in many places there are still issues that need to be thoroughly researched because "minerals are a delicious bait that those who know how will exploit thoroughly, regardless of the consequences, as long as it benefits them."
According to delegate Pham Van Hoa, many valuable minerals are mixed in with rocks and soil, so organizations and individuals take advantage of loopholes in the law in management, circumventing the law to exploit these rare and precious goods together with common materials for consumption without being detected.
In addition, illegal mining of precious minerals occurs locally in some places and still escapes the eyes of the authorities. This situation not only causes national resources to be lost and wasted, but also results in many more deaths due to clandestine and unsafe manual mining.
On the other hand, the declaration of the amount of ore and minerals recovered depends on the self-awareness of organizations, businesses and individuals, so it is very difficult for state management agencies to control. Not to mention the mineral mines licensed for exploitation under the request-grant mechanism also cause losses to the state budget.
In mountainous areas, there are accompanying minerals such as soil, rock, coal slag mixed with precious minerals that have not been used, exploited, discarded, forgotten, wasted, and in some places piled high, causing the risk of landslides, environmental pollution, and threatening the lives and health of people. Meanwhile, there is not enough soil and rock for construction works.
Delegate Pham Van Hoa recommended that the Government, ministries and sectors have necessary solutions to use soil and rocks from mineral mines. In particular, sea sand needs to be carefully studied and assessed for its impact so that its use does not affect the environment.
As for the research on building overpasses on weak, low-lying land in the Mekong Delta, it needs to be quickly implemented. The Can Tho - Chau Doc expressway section can be piloted to gain experience.
Regarding this content, delegate Tran Huu Hau (Tay Ninh delegation) previously made a comparison, minerals are like "a delicious piece of fat placed on a cat's mouth".
Delegate Tran Huu Hau said: “We cannot only strengthen education and remind cats that: Must maintain moral qualities, must not steal food because it is the owner's food..., but must cover and lock them tightly; otherwise, we will almost certainly have to chase, beat, lock up cats, even execute cats; losing cats that are good at catching mice, which is their innate function.”
