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Approving the Plan for Thoroughly Handling Establishments Which Cause Serious Environmental Pollution

DECISION No. 64/2003/QD-TTg

The plan's objective is to thoroughly handle a total of 4,295 polluting establishments which cause serious environmental pollution. The thorough handling of environmental pollution-causing establishments shall be conducted on the principle of ensuring the sustainable development in a resolute manner and suitable to the reality of each locality, each branch and each establishment.

The plan consists of Stage I (2003-2007) which are concentrated efforts on thoroughly handling 439 establishments and Stage II (2008-2012) which are synchronous measures, based from Stage I, by continuing to handle the remaining 3,856 establishments which cause serious environmental pollution and newly arising establishments. The plan also contains basic solutions such as perfecting the system of relevant legal documents to ensuring the high efficiency of the plan implementation, diversification of investment capital sources for the plan implementation, and tax exemption from those owners who implement the plan and enhancement of State management. To organize the organization of implementation of the plan, an inter-branch Steering Committee is to be based at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and to be operated under the Regulation issued by its head in accordance with the current law provisions.

http://vbqppl.moj.gov.vn/law/en/2001_to_2010/2003/200304/200304220003_en