At the ceremony, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra announced the President's appointment decision; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented the President's appointment decision; Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha presented flowers to congratulate the new Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented the President's decision appointing Mr. Dang Quoc Khanh, Secretary of Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee, as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment for the 2021-2026 term. Photo: VGP

Speaking at the ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested Minister Dang Quoc Khanh to continue promoting the tradition of solidarity of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and generations of cadres and leaders of the Ministry; on the basis of functions and tasks, continue to further innovate the work of the Ministry, in the spirit of "having tried, try harder; determined, try harder; tried, try harder" to do well the state management of natural resources and environment, because this is a field related to people, businesses, and the rapid and sustainable development of the country.

The Prime Minister requested Minister Dang Quoc Khanh and the entire Party Committee, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to continue to receive opinions from people, businesses, experts, scientists... to complete the draft, submit to the National Assembly for consideration the Land Law (amended); deploy and organize the implementation of the National Strategy on Green Development, including reducing stream emissions to zero by 2050; promote the construction and development of digital society, digital citizens, digital economy, digital Government, including building a database on land and environment; develop a circular economy; maintain solidarity and unity; train and foster human resources, cadres who are "both red and professional"...

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