achieved encouraging results.
To specify the provisions of the law and documents guiding its implementation, the province has issued detailed regulations; seriously and promptly directed the development and promulgation of plans and programs on environmental protection to ensure full concretization of goals, tasks, and solutions to implement national strategies, plans, and projects on environmental protection; promulgated local technical regulations; integrated environmental indicators into provincial planning, as a basis for agencies and units in the province to focus, unify, and synchronize implementation...
Investment in environmental protection and climate change response in the area has always been of interest and focus. The provincial budget has a separate expenditure item for environmental protection activities, increasing gradually over the years, ensuring that it is not less than 2% of total state budget expenditure in the annual budget estimate, exceeding the norm prescribed by the Central Government (not less than 1%). In the period of 2022-2024, the total budget expenditure for environmental protection activities is more than 2,549.7 billion VND.
Along with that, the province has strengthened the implementation of solutions to attract non-budgetary investment resources to promote the effective implementation of environmental goals. It has approved and received 6 projects from funding and aid sources. Regarding capital sources from enterprises, organizations and individuals participating in environmental protection activities, in the period of 2021-2024, the province has attracted investment in 5 projects with a total investment capital of over 48,038 billion VND. At the same time, it has promoted the mobilization of resources from non-state economic sectors, social organizations and communities to participate in environmental protection activities through the construction and replication of socio-economic models integrating environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, and climate change response such as eco-tourism models, community in some localities, cleaner production models, energy and resource saving in production, business and service sectors, etc.
The province pays attention to and directs the regular and continuous implementation of environmental pollution control from waste sources. Every year, the Provincial People's Committee issues an inspection and examination plan, focusing on large-emission production and business establishments, such as establishments engaged in mining, industrial production, urban infrastructure, tourism; in environmentally sensitive areas such as establishments interspersed in residential areas, the World Natural Heritage area of Ha Long Bay, economic zones, border gates, etc. Directing departments, branches, sectors, and local People's Committees to monitor the discharge of establishments through continuous and automatic monitoring of environmental monitoring data from environmental monitoring stations. Departments, branches, sectors, and local People's Committees maintain and effectively promote the hotline on environmental protection; monitor, grasp, and resolve environmental issues reflected in the press, recommendations of voters and people inside and outside the province.
Quang Ninh has made efforts to implement solutions to control environmental quality. For example, for surface water environment, the province has approved the Project to ensure water security in Quang Ninh province until 2025, with a vision to 2030; approved the list of water sources within the province; the list of water sources requiring protection corridors; the list of prohibited areas, restricted areas, and areas requiring registration for underground water exploitation; has deployed the installation of markers to protect water source protection corridors; increased afforestation and forest protection, especially protective forests and headwater forests to increase water generation capacity; implemented tasks and investment projects for wastewater collection and treatment systems in production areas and residential areas...
The province also strengthens waste management, focusing on implementing solutions to reduce, reuse, recycle and treat plastic waste, and prevent ocean plastic waste pollution. Forces regularly inspect and handle violations; there are clear decentralization, effective coordination, closer supervision and strengthening of post-inspection activities and strict project control; strengthening the fight against and prevention of environmental crimes. In 2024, 421 cases were detected and handled against 430 violators, of which 11 cases/20 defendants were prosecuted; in the first 6 months of 2025, the authorities prosecuted 4 cases/5 defendants.
With great efforts, environmental protection work in the province has achieved many encouraging results. Up to now, the rate of collection and treatment of solid waste in rural areas of the province has reached over 90%; the rate of hazardous waste treated according to regulations is 100%; 100% of industrial parks and industrial clusters in operation have centralized wastewater treatment systems that meet environmental discharge standards... Regarding the Provincial Green Index (PGI) in 2024, Quang Ninh ranked 16th in the top 30 provinces with PGI scores.
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