Vietnam: Greenery coverage in an industrial park must account for at least 10 percent of the industrial park’s total area

According to Circular No. 35/2015/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, state management agencies and domestic and foreign organizations and individuals involved in environmental protection of economic zones; and industrial parks, export processing zones and hi-tech parks shall meet environmental protection requirements in industrial park construction planning.

Specifically, according to Circular No. 35/2015/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, environmental protection requirements in industrial park construction planning are specified as follows:

- A plan on functional quarters within an industrial park must ensure minimum impacts of polluting production activities on other production activities and facilitate the prevention of and response to environmental incidents.

- Projects in an industrial park must ensure an environmental safety distance according to national technical regulations on technical infrastructural facilities to mitigate possible impacts on other establishments in the industrial park and surrounding socio-economic subjects.

- Technical infrastructure for environmental protection shall be arranged in a way suitable to various forms of investment in an industrial park, ensuring minimum bad impacts on the surrounding environment.

- Greenery coverage in an industrial park must account for at least 10 percent of the industrial park’s total area.

View more details at Circular No. 35/2015/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, effective from August 17, 2015.

Thu Ba

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