On May 12, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a direct and online meeting with 25 provinces and centrally-run cities on the draft Decree detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Geology and Minerals (Drowth Decree).
In his concluding remarks, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha emphasized that the Decree must go into detail and clarify the issues that need to be guided for implementation, and that businesses and management agencies must agree on how to understand and how to do things, without needing to have additional documents.
The drafting agency thoroughly grasps and explains comments; carefully reviews regulations to cover the entire scope of the Law on Geology and Minerals, especially the work of state management of geology, which is very important, serving all areas from national defense and security to economic development, urban areas, security issues, climate change safety...
The Deputy Prime Minister requested to promote the application of technology, reduce administrative procedures, shorten time, and reduce costs for businesses.
"If decentralization and delegation of authority are based on paperwork and travel many times, it will be very harsh, it must be done one door, one unit, one file" - said the Deputy Prime Minister.
Regarding the orientation of decentralization, delegation of authority to localities, and assignment of tasks to ministries and branches, the Deputy Prime Minister proposed to closely follow the provisions in the Law on Geology and Minerals.
"A thing is not assigned to two people, both simplifying procedures but being clear and transparent, avoiding taking advantage and improving" - the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, the central level manages the strategy, planning, inspection, and examination; has a mechanism for investment in surveying, exploring, and investigating reserves of strategic, essential, national-scale, and valuable minerals.
Localities, in addition to being decentralized to manage group IV and group III minerals, can conduct surveys, explorations, investigations, additional assessments, and updated reports to the planning for group I and group II minerals that have not conducted basic explorations and investigations and have not been included in the national planning.
Regulations on licensing and evaluating mineral reserves from the exploration results of enterprises must include both major minerals and accompanying minerals; ensure no loss; encourage investment in accompanying mineral exploitation technology, "public and transparent so that enterprises can feel secure in implementation".
The Deputy Prime Minister also gave his opinion on the direction of receiving the drafting agency for a number of important contents.
Typically, the area for classification is not subject to bidding or auctioning for mineral exploitation; criteria for processing and enriching exploited minerals before export; ensuring safety and the environment when exploiting soil and wastewater in mines such as accompanying minerals.
In addition, the procedures for closing mines and carrying out flexible remediation are suitable for the environment and actual terrain; methods for determining fees for mineral exploitation rights, resource taxes; recovery when discovering strategic, essential minerals with large reserves in project and construction works...
