Vietnam, Germany Join Hands in Soil Environment Protection
The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection of Germany and the Department of Environmental Pollution Control, under Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), co-held a workshop on soil environment protection in Hanoi on October 17.
At the event, delegates discussed cooperation between Vietnam and Germany in protecting the soil environment, challenges to Vietnam in conserving soil, and the legal framework and reform in this regard, among others. Some German experts tipped ways to support Vietnam in better protecting the soil environment.
Dr. Michael Zschiesche, head of the Independent Institute for Environmental Issues, suggested that both countries increase exchanges on pollution control measures, such as tax, fee, and technology tools; as well as co-hold workshops and training courses.
Sharing ways to protect the soil environment in Vietnam, he recommended the country study the relationship between soil and climate and issue effective measures to manage agricultural land areas towards maintaining 3.8 million hectares of rice farming.
In addition, Dr. Thomas Strassburger, head of the department of soil protection and remediation and mining law, expected that Vietnam would have more remarkable outcomes in protecting the soil environment and hoped that Germany could assist Vietnam in ensuring the agricultural land area for food security safeguard.