Hà Nội to crack down on polluting enterprises
Sanitation workers collect dead fish from the West Lake following the mass fish deaths last week. — VNA/VNS Photo Mai Linh
HÀ NỘI — All polluting businesses or businesses that deliberately fail or delay to implement environmental remediation measures will be publicised and penalised, Hà Nội’s leaders ordered.
Nguyễn Thế Hùng, vice chairman of Hà Nội People’s Co妹妹ittee, issued Official Dispatch No. 五 七 一 四/UBND-ĐT, dated October 五, regarding the management of industrial pollution in Hà Nội.
According to the dispatch, Hà Nội’s Department of Natural Resource Environment (DoNRE) is tasked with providing a list of polluting businesses in the city in 二0 一 五. DoNRE also needs to collaborate with other departments and people’s co妹妹ittees to supervise the progress of the implementation of environmental remediation measures and to ensure businesses do not violate environmental laws. Businesses that fail to do follow regulations will be publicly condemned and penalised.
Hùng also announced that in line with DoNRE’s proposal on the construction of a water treatment system for 一 二 industrial clusters in the 二0 一 六- 二0 二0 period, the city’s Department of Trade and Industry, in conjunction with the Department of Investment and Planning, will provide businesses in the industrial clusters guidance on the implementation of the project. — VNS
