IMPACTS AND SAFEGUARD APPROACH OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS Positive Impacts In general, the VIPMP will result in positive impacts on water quality of Nhue and Day River and Dong Nai River Basin, improve aquatic ecosystems and landscape of the river, directly. Eliminating untreated industrial wastewater reduces the risk of potential and adverse impacts on environment and human health. Social Benefits. The project is expected to have significant positive impacts on social conditions in the target IZs areas by contributing to sound environmental governance, sustainable IZ development, and a reduction in the risks that IZ’s currently pose to public health and the environment. Table 4.1 Summary of environmental, economic and social impacts of VIPMP Activities Expected Results Impacts of Environment, Impact Economy and Society assessment Component 1: Enhance capacity on Institutional arrangement and performance To review, - Completed researches to propose to - Contribute into ensure of amend and complete amend the relevant contents in the implementation of the target of the additional environmental protection law 2005, environmental protection legislation documents which will be submitted to National strategies, which have been related to industrial Assembly in 2014. mentioned in the environmental wastewater pollution - Completed, modified, amended or social economic development management and set up new legislation documents strategies from now to 2020. sustainable related to general environmental development of IZ protection of basin and industrial zones as well as regulations related to collection, treatment and management of industrial waste - Support achievement of the - 17 automatic quality monitoring 1.2 Establish water general strategically objectives of stations will be installed in four quality monitoring social economic development and provinces for conducting on-line and station and automatic environmental protection master continuous monitoring of water information systems plan via development of quality in the contaminated areas in of water quality in the monitoring systems of national two river basins. river basin environment and natural resources, particularly the specific - design, set up and develop goals on environmental protection information system of monitoring stations connected to national in two river basins of Nhue - Day and Dong Nai. automatic environmental monitoring - Support the process of system making and policy development
IMPACTS AND SAFEGUARD APPROACH OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS Positive Impacts In general, the VIPMP will result in positive impacts on water quality of Nhue and Day River and Dong Nai River Basin, improve aquatic ecosystems and landscape of the river, directly. Eliminating untreated industrial wastewater reduces the risk of potential and adverse impacts on environment and human health. Social Benefits. The project is expected to have significant positive impacts on social conditions in the target IZs areas by contributing to sound environmental governance, sustainable IZ development, and a reduction in the risks that IZ’s currently pose to public health and the environment. Table 4.1 Summary of environmental, economic and social impacts of VIPMP Activities Expected Results Impacts of Environment, Economy and Society Impact assessment Component 1: Enhance capacity on Institutional arrangement and performance To review, amend and complete the additional legislation documents related to industrial wastewater pollution management and sustainable development of IZ - Completed researches to propose to amend the relevant contents in the environmental protection law 2005, which will be submitted to National Assembly in 2014. - Completed, modified, amended or set up new legislation documents related to general environmental protection of basin and industrial zones as well as regulations related to collection, treatment and management of industrial waste - Contribute into ensure of implementation of the target of environmental protection strategies, which have been mentioned in the environmental social economic development strategies from now to 2020. 1.2 Establish water quality monitoring station and automatic information systems of water quality in the river basin - 17 automatic quality monitoring stations will be installed in four provinces for conducting on-line and continuous monitoring of water quality in the contaminated areas in two river basins. - design, set up and develop information system of monitoring stations connected to national automatic environmental monitoring system - Support achievement of the general strategically objectives of social economic development and environmental protection master plan via development of monitoring systems of national environment and natural resources, particularly the specific goals on environmental protection in two river basins of Nhue - Day and Dong Nai. - Support the process of and policy development making
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