Economic zones must have green space with the ratio prescribed by the law on construction of Vietnam

According to Article 50 of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 of Vietnam, an economic zone must have environmental protection infrastructure, including:

- A solid waste collection and storage system;

- A rainwater collection and drainage system;

- A wastewater collection, drainage and treatment system which ensures that treated wastewater complies with environmental protection requirements; automatic and continuous wastewater monitoring system if the economic zone has a centralized wastewater treatment system and is required to carry out automatic and continuous monitoring in accordance with this Law;

- Green space with the ratio prescribed by the law on construction.

Concurrently, economic zone management boards must have an environmental protection department and personnel in charge of environmental protection majoring in the environment or field suitable for their assigned tasks. Every economic zone management board shall:

- inspect and supervise the construction of environmental protection infrastructure in dedicated areas for industrial production of the economic zone as prescribed by law;

- cooperate with local environmental protection authorities in appraising environmental impact assessment reports (EIARs), issuing environmental licenses, carrying out environmental protection inspection and perform other environmental protection-related tasks in the economic zone as prescribed by law;

- carry out inspection of environmental protection by businesses, dedicated areas for production, business operation and service provision and industrial cluster in the economic zone according to the plan approved by the provincial People’s Committee;

- promptly discover violations against the law on environmental protection committed by entities and propose penalties therefor as prescribed by law;

- perform other environmental protection-related tasks assigned by the provincial People’s Committee as prescribed by law;

- submit a report on environmental protection by the economic zone as prescribed by law;

- assume other responsibilities prescribed by law.

View more details at the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2022.

Ty Na

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