The Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam shall organize appraisal of environmental impact assessment reports for investment projects classified as state secrets

According to Article 35 of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 of Vietnam, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall organize appraisal of environmental impact assessment reports (EIARs) for the following investment projects, except for the investment projects specified in Clause 2 of this Article:

- Group I investment projects mentioned in Clause 3 Article 28 of this Law;

- Group II investment projects in Points c, d, dd and e Clause 4 Article 28 of this Law subject to investment guideline decision or approval by the National Assembly and Prime Minister; investment projects involving 02 provinces or more; investment projects located within territorial waters to which responsibility of the provincial People’s Committee for administrative management are yet to be assigned; investment projects subject to issuance of the mineral mining license, license to extract and use water resources, ocean dumping permit and marine area transfer decision by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam.

Concurrently, the Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of Public Security shall organize appraisal of EIARs for investment projects classified as state secrets in the field of national defense and security.

Provincial People’s Committees shall organize appraisal of EIARs for investment projects within their provinces, except for the investment projects in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article. Ministries and ministerial agencies shall cooperate with provincial People’s Committees and appraise EIARs for investment projects subject to investment guidelines and decisions by such provincial People’s Committees.

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

Ty Na

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