Decision No. 1292/QD-TTg approving the Plan of Action to develop the environmental industry and energy conservation in implementation of Vietnam's industrialization strategy within the framework of Vietnam-Japan cooperation through 2020, with a vision toward 2030.

This Decision approves the Plan of Action to develop the environmental industry and energy conservation in implementation of Vietnam's industrialization strategy within the framework of Vietnam-Japan cooperation through 2020, with a vision toward 2030. This Decision the Plan of Action aims to develop the environmental industry and energy conservation in implementation of Vietnam's industrialization strategy within the framework of Vietnam-Japan cooperation through 2020, with a vision toward 2030, under the Prime Minister's Decision No. 1043/QD-TTg of 1 July 2013 with the following major contents: 1. Orientation To strongly develop the environmental industry and energy conservation into a mainstay industry by 2020, making important contributions to the economy and being capable of meeting the requirements of environmental pollution treatment and sustainable energy use. 2. Objectives - To complete mechanisms and policies on incentives and support for and create an environment conducive to investment in the development of the environmental industry and energy conservation. - To intensify examination and supervision and raise awareness about, capacity of enforcement of, and compliance with, the law on environmental protection and energy conservation. - To attract investment in development and transfer of environmental industry and energy conservation technologies for enterprises to produce products meeting national environmental protection and energy conservation requirements. - To build capacity for research, receipt, master and transfer of technologies to manufacture environmental treatment and energy conservation equipment suitable to Vietnam's practical conditions.
The Plan of Action, consisting of six sections, is divided into 36 actions classified into five fields (see Appendix) as follows: a/ Field of manufacturing environmental treatment equipment: actions from 1 to 6. b/ Field of environmental services: actions from 7 to 11. c/ Field of recycling and reuse of waste: actions from 12 to 16. d/ Field of energy conservation and greenhouse gas emission reduction: actions from 17 to 25. dd/ Field of mechanisms, policies and support activities: actions from 26 to 36.