On July 31, at the National Assembly House, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Le Minh Hoan chaired a working session of the thematic monitoring delegation on "Implementation of policies and laws on environmental protection since the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 took effect" with the Ministry of Science and Technology (KH-CN).
Reporting at the working session, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Xuan Dinh acknowledged that in recent times, the Vietnamese standards and regulations system (TCVN, QCVN) has made an important contribution to improving the effectiveness of environmental management, supporting environmental inspection, examination, licensing and promoting modern environmental treatment technology; at the same time, strengthening the technical basis for participating in the carbon market, greenhouse gas inventory, traceability of green products and meeting the requirements of international commitments.
However, the rate of TCVN harmonizing with international standards is still low, only reaching about 30%. The QCVN system is also not complete, not covering new and urgent areas such as: greenhouse gas control, carbon credits, environmentally friendly products, waste recycling and reuse, circular economy ...
“Most of the TCVNs are currently being developed through self-study methods, based on international reference documents, and have not yet shifted to fully accepting international or foreign standards. Meanwhile, resources for developing standards are still scattered, lacking experts, limited in funding, and there is no effective mechanism to mobilize social resources,” Deputy Minister Le Xuan Dinh stated.
According to the leader of the Ministry of Science and Technology, a number of legal documents and QCVN of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (now the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) also cite a large number of international technical standards such as ISO, ASTM, SMEWW... These are all specialized technical documents, highly systematic, causing difficulties in direct application. For example, Circular 10/2021/TT-BTNMT (regulations on environmental monitoring techniques and management of information and data on environmental quality monitoring) cites nearly 700 standards, of which TCVN accounts for only about 20%.
To meet the requirements of domestic environmental management and gradual international integration, Deputy Minister Le Xuan Dinh said that it is necessary to synchronize the national and international standards system, thereby creating favorable conditions for testing, monitoring and technological innovation.
The foreign language proficiency of technical staff, especially in localities, is still limited, making it difficult to access and directly apply international standards. In that context, it is very necessary to build TCVN in a way that fully accepts international and foreign standards.
After listening to the opinions of the members of the monitoring delegation and the explanations of the leaders of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (formerly), Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Le Minh Hoan suggested that the Ministry of Science and Technology should have a deeper understanding of its role and responsibility in environmental protection, especially in the new context.
Considering that policies and laws on environmental protection in the new context will be difficult to effectively implement if they are not closely linked to the development, application of science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Le Minh Hoan emphasized that, first of all, the Ministry of Science and Technology must urgently complete institutions and policies on science and technology related to environmental protection, fully comply with the provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 and guiding documents; promptly review, amend, supplement and promulgate TCVNs and QCVNs on environmental protection appropriately, facilitating the deployment and implementation process.
Concluding the working session, Chairman of the Committee on Science, Technology and Environment Le Quang Huy proposed that, based on the direction of the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly and the opinions of the delegation members, the Ministry of Science and Technology should absorb and complete the report to send to the monitoring delegation before August 8, 2025.
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/can-thiet-phai-dong-bo-hoa-he-thong-tieu-chuan-quoc-gia-va-quoc-te-post806266.html
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