Implementation of the law on solid waste management in Vietnam today: necessity, problem and solutions

¹ Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, 10000, Nguyen Trai Street, No 477, Thanh Xuan District, Ha Noi, Vietnam
² North-West Institute of Management, branch of RANEPA, 199178, Sredny prospect VO, 57/43, St. Petersburg, Russia
³ Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, 190005, 4 Vtoraya Krasnoarmeiskaya, Saint Petersburg, Russia

^* Corresponding author: tranminhducdanang@gmail.com

Abstract

Good management of solid waste aims to protect human health, preserve the environment, save resources and towards the sustainable development of the country. Solid waste management is expected to become increasingly complex in Vietnam due to socio-economic development and population growth. There are many factors influencing solid waste management, but it is indispensable for law to be a social management tool of the State. The provisions of the law on solid waste management and the process of law implementation need to be more and more complete in response to the increasing requirements for environmental protection. Therefore, the paper focuses on clarifying the current legal model in Vietnam that governs solid waste management relations and the process of law implementation on solid waste management in Vietnam, points out some shortcomings and problems concerning law implementation on solid waste management, thereby proposing solutions to improve the efficiency of law implementation in this field. Those are: 1/Completing decentralization in solid waste management; 2/Determining the priority order in controlling and limiting the sources of solid wastes; 3/Completing incentive mechanisms and policies, encouraging activities to reduce, reuse and recycle solid waste; 4/ Strengthening inspection, examination and handling of violations in solid waste management; 5/Promoting socialization in solid waste management.