| THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------ |
| No: 64/2003/QD-TTg | Hnoi, April 22, 2003 |
DECISION
APPROVING THE PLAN FOR THOROUGHLY HANDLING ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH CAUSE SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the December 27, 1993 Law on Environmental Protection;
In order to enhance the environmental protection work in the period of national industrialization and modernization;
At the proposals of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, the Minister of Science and Technology as well as the concerned ministries, branches and localities,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the plan for thoroughly handling establishments which cause serious environmental pollution (hereinafter called the plan for short) with the following principal contents:
I. THE PLAN’S OBJECTIVES:
1. Immediate objectives till 2007:
To concentrate efforts on thoroughly handling 439 establishments causing serious environmental pollution out of a total of 4,295 polluting establishments, which had been scrutinized and listed by 2002, including 284 production and business establishments, 52 rubbish dumps, 84 hospitals, 15 plant protection drug warehouses, 3 toxic chemical storage zones and 1 wartime bomb warehouse, in order to settle immediately the hottest and most burning environmental pollution spots in urban centers, densely populated areas and severely polluted areas, thus contributing to protecting the environment and community’s health; to step up the work of pollution prevention and preclusion, step by step control and limit the rate of increase in the number of establishments causing serious environmental pollution throughout the country.
