The recent adoption by the Political Bureau of Resolution No. 41-NQ/TW of November 15, 2004 on  environmental protection in the period of industrialization and modernization provides further impetus to the greater use of economic measures to facilitate environmental protection in Viet Nam, including both fees (charges), and funds. Such greater use of economic measures is listed among the Main Solutions (Section III) to achieve the objectives of Resolution No. 41-NQ/TW.

In August 2012, within the VPEG frame work, the Technical report on local environment protection funds in Vietnam providing experiences, practical lessons and recommendations for improvement has been made by Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kim Dung - VPEG Consultant. Objectives of this report are to assess the actual state of performance of the existing local environmental funds in Vietnam; and to make recommendations on how to design local environmental funds towards improving the performance of these institutions. All the recommendations in this report are structured based on practical experiences and lessons learnt from the operations of the currently existing local environmental funds in Vietnam, as well as from the obtained international experience.

We are pleased to provide you with the electronic copy of the report with the hope that it would be easier for the Environmental Protection Funds to achieve their expected results if they are designed with more clearly defined objectives, more simplified management structure and operational mechanisms, more transparent decision making process and improved auditing, monitoring and reporting responsibilities. The report is downloadable from VPEG website following this link:

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