The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) will spend 30 percent of its budget and personnel on irregular inspections of suspected environmental violations this year.
Authorities in Hai Duong Province inspect a stretch of the Bac Hung Hai irrigation channel in the province in February 2018. Stretches of the channel in Hanoi and in the provinces of Hung Yen and Hai Duong have been severely polluted in the past years, affecting several households. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) willspend 30 percent of its budget and personnel on irregular inspections ofsuspected environmental violations this year, said MONRE deputy chief inspectorLe Vu Tuan Anh.
TheMONRE will conduct irregular inspections of river basins where violations ofenvironmental regulations have been reported, such as Bac Hung Hai and Duy Tienirrigation channels, Anh said.
Theministry will also conduct irregular examinations of environmental issues in Hanoiand in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Ha Nam and Nam Dinh, headded.
‘Irregularinspections’ are those conducted after environmental issues have been broughtto MONRE’s attention by local residents or the media, Anh explained.
Speakingabout the MONRE’s inspection plan for this year, Anh said the ministry wouldwork to identify the management responsibilities of the People’s Committees in thefour provinces of Bac Kan, Bac Ninh, Quang Nam and Ca Mau with regard toenvironmental and natural resource issues.
Itwill conduct thorough inspections of establishments that pose high risk ofenvironmental pollution such as dyeing, plating and thermoelectric productionfacilities, as well as operation of reservoirs across the country, Anh said.
MONREwill also inspect land use and management of 19 industrial parks, industrialclusters and economic zones in the six provinces and cities of Thai Nguyen, CanTho, Dong Nai, HCM City, Bac Ninh and Binh Dinh, he said.
Some300 cases of environmental violations were reported to MONRE in the firstquarter of this year.-VNA
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Authorities in Hai Duong Province inspect a stretch of the Bac Hung Hai irrigation channel in the province in February 2018. Stretches of the channel in Hanoi and in the provinces of Hung Yen and Hai Duong have been severely polluted in the past years, affecting several households. (Photo: VNA) 
