Illegally extracting natural resources is strictly prohibited in Vietnam

Specifically, according to Article 7 of the Law on Environmental Protection 2014 of Vietnam, acts which are prohibited in environmental protection include:

- Ruin and illegally extract natural resources.

- Obtain biotic resources by means of mass-killing equipment, devices and methods; carry out such production process in wrong seasons and in breach of legal regulations on the permitted productivity.

- Obtain, trade and consume wild plants and animals identified in the list of preferentially-protected endangered, precious and scarce species, regulated by the competent authority.

- Transport and bury poisons, radioactive substances, wastes and other hazardous substances in violation of the technical process of environmental protection.

- Get rid of untreated wastes or sewage to meet the rigorous standards stipulated in technical regulations on environment; spread toxics, radioactive substances and other hazardous substances out to the land, water and air.

- Discharge hazardous wastewater, waste substances and microorganisms and other poisonous agents which can impose risks to human beings and creatures into water sources.

- Discharge smoke, dirt and gas containing toxic agents or smells into the air; emit the radiation, discharge the radioactivity and get substances to be exposed to the ionization, which exceeds the acceptable level stipulated in the technical regulations on environment.

- Generate noises and vibrations in excess of the acceptable level stipulated in the technical regulations on environment.

- Import and transit waste substances from overseas countries in any form.

- Import and transit untested animals, plants, and microorganisms that are not identified in the list of permitted species.

- Manufacture and trade products likely to pose risks to human beings, creatures and ecology; manufacture and utilize raw materials and building materials containing toxic agents in excess of the acceptable level prescribed in the technical regulations on environment.

- Sabotage or infringe upon natural heritage sites and wildlife sanctuaries.

- Wreck structures, equipment and facilities used for environmental protection activities.

- Carry out illegal operations and live in areas defined as banned areas by the competent authority due to their seriously dangerous environment for human beings.

- Conceal acts of environmental depletion as well as interfere with the environmental protection and misrepresent the information that can cause bad effects on the environment.

- Abuse the power or authority, or overuse powers or lack responsibilities of the competent entities to infringe upon the regulations on environmental management.

The Law on Environmental Protection 2014 of Vietnam takes effect from January 01, 2015.

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