Gov't approves national strategy on waste prevention and control until 2035
VGP - The Government has approved the National Strategy on waste prevention and control until 2035 in a bid to unlock resources and boost economic growth.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh signed Decision No. 806/QD-TTg dated April 22, 2025 approving the National Strategy on waste prevention and control until 2035.
The strategy targets to cut administrative procedures and compliance costs for people and businesses, with a goal to make Viet Nam among top 50 countries in the world and top three ASEAN countries in terms of e-government and digital economy by 2030.
Preventive measures, supervision, inspection, examination, detection will be strengthened to deter wasteful behaviors.
Issues and incidents that cause great waste and frustration in public opinion, creating strong influence must be resolved.
Eight groups of specific tasks
Specifically, the strategy identifies eight groups of tasks and solutions to waste prevention and control:
1. Completing policies and laws in the fields of socio-economic management and waste prevention and control;
2. Building and streamlining the apparatus and building a contingent of effective and efficient cadres and civil servants;
3. Effective managing and using resources, human resources, material resources, and enhancing sustainability; improving energy efficiency;
4. Promoting administrative reform, with a focus on cutting administrative procedures and compliance costs for people and businesses;
5. Resolving the long-standing problems of important national projects, key projects, low-efficiency projects, backlogs, prolonged causes of great loss and waste; weak commercial banks;
6. Strengthening inspection, supervision, audit, investigation, and handling of waste cases;
7. Raising awareness, promoting the role and responsibility of the Fatherland Front, organizations and people in preventing and combating waste;
8. Strengthening the capacity of cadres and civil servants to carry out waste prevention and control work.
On March 17, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Directive No. 08/CT-TTg underscoring the importance of waste prevention and control.
The Government also established the Steering Committee for Wastefulness Prevention and Control was established in December 2024. The body is in charge of assisting the Prime Minister in researching, directing, and addressing important inter-sectoral tasks related to prevention and control of wastefulness./.
