Economic development along with environmental protection is always a concern Binh Duong provincial leaders. It is expected that in the period 2016-2020, the province will spend tens of thousands of billion to promote environmental protection. Currently Binh Duong is implementing synchronous solutions to improve the quality of the environment, ensuring the province sustainable development.
High-tech industrial park of Binh Duong New City. Photo: Quoc Chien
Various environment measures
It can be seen that the speed of industrialization and urbanization is spreading from the south to the north of the province, and with the rapid increase of the population, there has been a lot of pressures on the environmental protection. school of Binh Duong. Under these conditions, in order to well perform environmental protection, in the past years, the investment capital source in the environmental field of Binh Duong has increased in each period. Specifically, the environmental protection plan for 2016-2020 has been concretized into 23 key tasks and projects and a list of 14 priority investment projects to be implemented in order to achieve the objectives. and the task set out. Total investment capital for this plan is VND 12,174 billion; of which VND 4,232 billion was from investment and development, VND 68 billion from non-productive capital and VND 7,874 billion from official development assistance (ODA).
At present, the joint program of action on environmental protection and response to climate change is actively contributing to the improvement of the living environment of all sectors and units in the province, sustainability for the community. In particular, in 2017, the whole province organized 30 training courses on environmental protection, energy saving, waste classification at source for community. In addition, many new projects, upgrading and expansion of wastewater treatment systems, clean water supply etc. have been implemented in key areas of the province such as Di An, Thuan An Town, Phan Cao Son, Head of Natural Resources and Environment Department of Thuan An Township, said that the town is gradually moving production establishments polluting out of residential areas; Cattle and poultry establishments also relocated out of residential areas. Besides, the dredging of channels, canals, clearing the flow, salvaging shafts ... are maintained locally annually.
In Ben Cat District, the past time has also spent a large amount of money to invest in improving the quality of living environment. Mr. Huynh Thu Lap, Vice Chairman of Ben Cat People's Committee, said that environmental projects are always of local concern in order to prevent risks of environmental incidents in the area. Environmental projects such as Ben Cat wastewater treatment project, public green park project, Thoi Hoa ward, public space green tree project.
Heading to sustainable development
According to the plan, 2016-2020 Binh Duong strive for economic growth rate of 13% / year, the population is expected to reach 2.5 million people; The province has 31 industrial zones with an area of 11,463 ha and 13 industrial clusters with an area of 909 ha. By 2020, the GRDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita reached VND 142.6 million. In particular, Binh Duong will become a modern industrial province and a first-class city before 2020. That is the basis for Binh Duong to invest a lot of capital in environmental projects to improve the Environmental criteria that grade I cities must meet standards.
Mr. Nguyen Hong Nguyen, Deputy Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said Directive No. 25 / CT-TTg dated August 31st, 2016 of the Prime Minister on a number of tasks and solutions for environmental protection. and Directive No.30 / CT-UBND of the provincial People's Committee on accelerating the implementation of the environmental protection plan of Binh Duong province in the period of 2016-2020 is the "guide" for Binh Duong on the road of industrial development. , urban. In 2018, the province invested nearly VND 700 billion in key environmental projects and projects spreading in 9 districts, towns and cities with the active participation of related departments. . This may include the project on waste classification at the source, the project on zoning of wastes on canals, rivers, streams in Binh Duong province. existing industrial and spontaneous industrial clusters ...
According to experts, Binh Duong's choice of sustainable development paths shows the correct vision of provincial leaders. In this way, the completion of socio-economic indicators may be slower, but the environment will be stable and sustainable. There are places to trade economic development at all costs and then leave the consequences difficult to solve the environment, and at the same time destabilize security and social order. In fact, Binh Duong's industrial and urban development over the past 20 years has shown that Binh Duong is always consistent with its economic development viewpoint: "Do not trade anything for development." Dozens of projects with tens of millions of dollars have been withdrawn from the list of investment projects because they can pollute the environment.
Mr. Mai Hung Dung, Standing Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, said that in order to well serve the sustainable development of the province, the environmental protection must always be promoted and need the contribution of the whole community. Relevant agencies and departments should take the initiative in preventing environmental pollution with the following measures: To promote the arrangement of industrial production projects into concentrated industrial clusters; Not accept potential projects of environmental pollution; Along with that, the post-inspection work will be performed well after issuing the investment license; Resolving that the new facilities do not have an operational waste treatment system. At the same time, the units should accelerate the progress of projects, works, solutions delivered in the Environmental Protection Plan in Binh Duong period 2016-2020.
Reported by Phung Hieu – Translated by Vi Bao
