The directive stated that environmental pollution in some places is still very serious, especially air pollution in large cities, water pollution in densely populated areas, production, business, service establishments, craft villages... In Hanoi alone, the level of air pollution at some times of the year is among the highest in the world , and water environmental parameters of inner-city rivers exceed the permissible limits for many consecutive years.
To overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings and limitations, effectively and clearly resolve the situation of environmental pollution, establish order and discipline in compliance with environmental laws, and strive to achieve sustainable development goals, the Prime Minister requested to urgently build and complete the national environmental database, integrate and synchronize it into the National Data Center. In the immediate future, focus on completing the automatic and continuous environmental monitoring database in concentrated production, business and service areas, industrial clusters and production, business and service establishments with large sources of emissions, environmental quality in large cities, connect and share with the Ministry of Public Security to serve the work of preventing, combating and handling crimes and violations of environmental laws.
The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Public Security to inspect, investigate, and strictly and thoroughly handle crimes and violations of environmental laws; detect, recommend, and urge ministries, branches, and localities to thoroughly resolve environmental pollution in urban areas, craft villages, river basins, areas with concentrated production and business activities, and concentrated residential areas, especially in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, to prevent complex crimes and violations of environmental laws. The Ministry of Public Security directed and guided the Commune-level Police to fully and effectively exercise their authority to investigate criminal cases and handle administrative violations of environmental protection.
The Government Inspectorate has a plan to conduct specialized inspections on the implementation of state management of environmental protection in areas where serious environmental pollution occurs, projects using state budget capital for environmental protection with signs of violations, slow progress, waste, and inefficiency; recommend competent authorities to consider and handle the responsibilities of heads of units and localities who are irresponsible in leading, directing, inspecting, checking, supervising or not fully performing their duties and tasks, allowing serious environmental pollution to occur in the management area; if signs of criminal law violations are detected, transfer them to the Ministry of Public Security for investigation and handling according to the provisions of law.
The Prime Minister also requested to publicize the list of production facilities that must install, have installed, or have not installed automatic continuous environmental monitoring equipment...
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/thu-tuong-yeu-cau-dieu-tra-xu-ly-nghiem-vi-pham-ve-moi-truong-post803524.html
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