High Quality Human Resource Development Solutions

- Integrate environmental protection tasks into the industry's development activities, especially conducting environmental impact assessments in tourism development planning.

- Develop strict and reasonable regulations and rules between tourism exploitation and business and environmental resource protection.

- Manage tourism development according to State laws. Have strict rewards and penalties for violations of environmental protection rules (polluters must pay, those who benefit from the environment must contribute economically, and reward tourism businesses that implement good measures to handle environmental pollution).

- When implementing projects in Binh Thuan province, all investors must have an environmental impact assessment report from the competent authority. Investors are required to make financial contributions to remedy the consequences, causing negative impacts on the tourism environment.

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- The policy of encouraging and supporting the development of environmentally friendly tourism, especially marine ecotourism, has been clearly demonstrated in Vietnam's tourism development strategy.

- Strictly handle project owners who only focus on leveling the ground to divide and sell land without paying attention to building urban technical infrastructure, affecting environmental sanitation, disrupting planning and natural landscapes. In addition, all other economic sectors must strictly comply with the provisions of the law related to environmental protection; conservation and management of aquatic biological resources; protection of natural heritage; prevention of pollution caused by ships.

3.4. Specific solutions

3.4.1. Solutions for tourism product development

Develop a system of quality, unique, diverse and synchronous tourism products with high added value, ensuring to meet the needs of domestic and international tourists. Diversify tourism types, prioritizing the development of sea and island tourism, eco-tourism and cultural tourism.

Based on the potential of tourism resources of the province, we aim to form tourist areas with unique tourism products. According to the planning of Binh Thuan province to 2030, the orientation of organizing Binh Thuan tourism space is to form the following 5 tourist areas:

Phan Thiet city tourism area : is a national and international tourism center, including Phan Thiet city, part of Bac Binh area (from Hong Phong to Hoa Thang) and the coastal strip of Ham Thuan Nam district. The typical tourism products of the area are: high-class beach resort tourism; high-class entertainment, recreation and sports tourism; MICE tourism; shopping tourism; cultural tourism, festivals of national and international scale.

La Gi - Ham Tan tourist area : is a tourist cluster in the southwest of Binh Thuan province, including La Gi town, the coastal strip of Ham Tan district and the area around Song Dinh 3 lake. The typical tourism products of the area are: cultural-religious-festival tourism, ecological resort tourism of the sea - scenic lake, entertainment.

Bac Binh - Tuy Phong tourist area : is a tourist cluster in the Northeast of Binh Thuan province, including part of the coastal range of Tuy Phong district and Phan Ri Cua town, Cho Lau town, Phan Ri Thanh. Typical tourism products of the area are: Cham cultural tourism, beach resorts, Vinh Hao hot mineral spring treatment, Cu Lao Cau marine reserve eco-tourism, home-stay tourism.

Ham Thuan Bac - Duc Linh - Tanh Linh tourist area : is a tourist cluster in the Northwest of Binh Thuan province, including part of Ham Thuan Bac, Tanh Linh and Duc Linh districts. Typical tourism products of the area are: resort tourism, forest ecology - scenic lake, visiting Ong Mountain nature reserve, adventure sports, hunting, origin tourism, learning about the culture of Cho Ro, Co Ho, Raglai ethnic groups.

Phu Quy Island Tourism Area : Phu Quy is an island in the middle of the ocean consisting of a large island surrounded by small islands, forming an island complex with many unique shapes, with great potential for developing the marine economy, especially the tourism industry. The typical tourism products of the area are: eco-tourism (protected areas)

Phu Quy marine reserve); high-end sea-mountain resort tourism; high-end entertainment tourism; sports tourism; fishing village community tourism.

3.4.2. Solutions for developing high-quality human resources

Strengthen and expand cooperation with prestigious domestic and international universities, colleges, vocational high schools and vocational training institutions, open training courses abroad and in the province on tourism.

Universities, colleges, vocational schools, professional high schools, and continuing education centers in Binh Thuan province need to invest in and train tourism professionals to provide human resources for on-site tourism services.

There are policies to use and attract talents to the province, create favorable conditions, support tourism workers, and improve the quality of tourism services.

There are policies to encourage socialized investment in education and training, forming quality non-public schools specializing in tourism.

Strengthen training for business managers, improve professional training in tourism for state managers.

Trained tourism human resources must have professional skills, foreign language proficiency, communication and behavioral skills, and knowledge of tourist attractions.

3.4.3. Investment solutions for tourism development

Prioritize investment in building new tourist areas and spots in the province according to the plan to create a premise for Binh Thuan tourism to develop.

Reasonable use of capital from tourism infrastructure development programs, national action programs on tourism, and national target programs on culture to ensure effective investment.

Encourage investment projects in potential areas such as: Ham Thuan Nam, Ham Tan, La Gi, Ham Thuan Bac, Bac Binh, Tuy Phong, Tanh Linh...

Continue to implement projects in the areas of La Gi, Thuan Quy, Tan Thanh (Ham Thuan Nam), Tien Thanh (Phan Thiet), Hoa Thang (Bac Binh), Ham Thuan-Da Mi (Ham Thuan Bac)... Prioritizing high-end entertainment projects and shopping centers.

Promote investment in building infrastructure for transportation, electricity, water, communications and environmental management in tourist areas.

3.4.4. Solutions for monitoring environmental impact assessment work

3.4.4.1. Impact on the natural environment

a. Air environment monitoring

- Conduct air and noise environment monitoring: Parameters to be monitored: temperature, humidity, CO, NO 2 , NH 3 , SO 2 , H 2 S, dust, volatile organic compounds, total organic gases, and persistent organic substances. Monitoring locations are at tourist areas, urban traffic intersections, and major traffic routes in the region.

- Improve and upgrade the transportation system, reduce emissions and noise from vehicles.

- Building a public passenger transport network between urban areas, tourist areas, and concentrated residential areas.

- Strengthen security and order in tourist areas, limit vehicles honking loudly in densely populated areas.

- Restaurants, hotels, and tourist areas must build waste and garbage treatment plants and not discharge waste directly into the environment.

- Encourage the establishment of green belts in tourist areas to contribute to creating a fresh, clean atmosphere.

b. Water environment monitoring

Conduct monitoring and analysis of the quality of surface water, groundwater and coastal seawater in tourism development areas such as Ham Tan, Ham Thuan Nam, La Gi, Phan Thiet city and Tuy Phong:

- Monitoring of inland surface water environment: parameters to be monitored are temperature, pH, BOD5 , COD, As, SS, Coliform...

- Monitoring groundwater environment: parameters that need to be monitored are temperature,

pH, BOD5 , COD, As, SS, Coliform, lead, zinc, Manganese...

- Monitoring coastal seawater environment: parameters to be monitored are temperature, pH, hardness, BOD5 , COD, As, Coliform, grease, etc.

Strengthen inspection and monitoring of sources of water pollution, focusing on tourism businesses, seafood processing facilities, and mineral exploitation and processing facilities.

For coastal residential areas, waste must not be discharged directly into the sea and must have a waste collection system in accordance with regulations. Strengthen the collection and disposal of waste from coastal households, especially residential areas located near tourist areas, cultural and historical relics.

For ships traveling on the sea or on rivers, there must be a system to collect wastewater and waste oil, and must not discharge directly into rivers or the sea. Strictly carry out technical and environmental safety inspections for water transport vehicles, and control changes in flow and pollution.

Raise awareness and community participation in the economical use of water resources, ensure reasonable exploitation and use, and avoid wasting water resources.

It is necessary to strictly plan the exploitation of underground water resources, minimize the use of shallow wells that do not meet technical requirements, and have an active plan to plant and protect forests to contribute to increasing underground water resources.

It is necessary to renovate, upgrade and build more reservoirs to ensure water supply for people.

Conduct administrative sanctions or suspend operations against tourism businesses that do not comply with environmental protection regulations.

Build wastewater and waste treatment plants in tourist areas and densely populated urban areas. Increase the collection of domestic waste from tourism in tourist areas and concentrated beaches and bring it to the waste treatment complex.

Tourist accommodation establishments must commit to protecting the environment according to regulations and must have a wastewater treatment system that meets environmental standards.

Quickly deploy and implement projects to prevent, minimize, handle and control pollution in tourist areas such as: projects to delineate and protect water basins,

especially the province's large reservoirs; the project to strengthen management, exploitation and rational use of groundwater resources in coastal tourist areas.

c. Soil environmental monitoring

Conduct soil environment monitoring, monitoring parameters: acidity, salt content, water retention, soil stability...

Monitoring content: amount of pesticides used in golf courses. Area of land polluted by domestic waste; soil erosion, leaching, desertification, lateriticization, salinization, and acidification.

d. Biodiversity protection

Protect existing forest areas and continue to accelerate concentrated and dispersed forest planting according to the "5 million hectares of forest" new planting program to achieve forest coverage of 43.2% by 2015 and increase the province's vegetation coverage to 53-55% by 2020.

Developing protective forests in Bac Binh, Ham Thuan Bac, Ham Thuan Nam, Duc Linh, Tanh Linh districts, planting coastal protective forests, combating desertification. Improving the regional microclimate, protecting young forests, special-use forests, and protective forests.

Establish green belts around irrigation lakes to protect the water supply for daily life and production in the province.

Strengthening the apparatus and quality of the forest rangers; inspection and handling of violations of laws on forest protection and development and nature reserves.

Timely prevent forest exploitation activities of local people in nature reserves such as Ta Cu and Ong Mountain while improving the quality of life for local communities.

Strengthening the monitoring of forest environment and biodiversity, preventing and strictly handling acts of illegal logging, appropriation and exploitation of biodiversity resources.

Research, plan and build a number of unique natural heritage sites to preserve nature and serve tourism development.

Establish a management and protection apparatus for Cu Lao Cau and Phu Quy island conservation areas, strictly prohibiting the exploitation of marine resources by destructive measures.

There are specific policies to attract social components to participate in biodiversity conservation in Ta Cu Nature Reserve, Ong Mountain Nature Reserve, Phu Quy Island Marine Reserve and Cu Lao Cau. There are specific programs to raise awareness of biodiversity protection for the community as well as sectors and levels.

Coordinate with the community to participate in protecting, managing and wisely using terrestrial ecosystems, seagrass ecosystems, and coral reef ecosystems. Organize awareness raising for communities in island and islet areas and tourists.

Regulate the maximum number of visitors to highly sensitive eco-tourism destinations such as nature reserves, marine and island ecological reserves, and areas with many rare species of animals and plants.

Conduct environmental impact assessments for key socio-economic development projects of the province, especially projects that have a major impact on river water resources and conservation areas.

Quickly deploy and implement biodiversity conservation projects such as: projects to plant, protect and increase the coverage of protective forests; projects to strengthen management and development of biodiversity in nature reserves; projects to investigate, patrol and control to prevent exploitation of coral reefs, seaweed and seagrass... in marine reserves; projects to improve the quality of forest rangers, inspection work and handling of violations of laws on forest protection, reserves and natural heritage.

e. Using technology and techniques to protect the environment

Encourage and prioritize research and application of new environmental protection technologies in tourism development.

Use environmentally friendly means in ecotourism in nature reserves and marine reserves.

Prioritize tourism investment projects with specific solutions to reduce and resolve pollution to keep the environment clean, bringing direct benefits to the community and long-term benefits to the whole society.

Ensure appropriate investment in effective tourism science and technology research, attracting the intelligence of scientists, especially in the field of environmental protection.

Encourage the application of technologies that reduce energy consumption, clean water and reuse waste in tourism service establishments; use biodegradable polymers in production and life (replacing common plastic products), reducing environmental pollution; encourage and support the development of environmentally friendly tourism, especially eco-tourism.

Encourage the development of clean industry to reduce emissions and limit environmental pollution, protect tourism resources, and contribute to stable and sustainable economic development.

f. Propaganda, advertising, and socialization of environmental protection work

Promote propaganda and enforcement of the Law on Environmental Protection, and strictly prohibit acts that cause environmental pollution.

Pay attention to and promote the role of political - social - professional organizations, unions, and communities in participating in and supervising environmental protection work.

Environmental education at the grassroots level, focusing on environmental education for students at all levels, is a long-term strategic solution.

Raising awareness of people in rural areas in protecting the ecological environment, beautifying the homeland, preserving culture, traditional crafts of fishing villages, ethnic minorities, etc. to create tourism products. This is a unique feature that is very attractive to international tourists.

Develop a local environmental protection strategy based on the principle of prevention and limiting negative impacts on the environment. Flexible combination

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