Vietnam: Business entities must take responsibility for environmental protection

Vietnam: Business entities must take responsibility for environmental protection (Illustrative photo)

Under Article 57 Draft Law on Environmental Protection (amended), business entities in Vietnam comply with legal regulations on environmental protection and bear the following responsibilities:

- Collect and treat wastewater to meet environmental technical standards; in cases where operations are within industrial clusters, concentrated production, business, and service areas, or urban areas or densely populated areas with centralized wastewater collection and treatment systems that meet environmental technical standards, the regulations of the investment and management entity of such systems must be followed;

- Collect, classify, store, reuse, recycle, and treat waste according to legal regulations;

- Minimize, collect, and treat dust and exhaust gases in accordance with legal regulations; ensure that no harmful gases leak or disperse into the environment; limit noise, vibration, lighting, and heat that adversely affect the environment;

- Ensure resources and equipment meet the capabilities for preventing and responding to environmental incidents;

- Large-scale production facilities in industrial sectors at risk of environmental pollution must assign environmental protection officers who are trained in environmental sciences or relevant fields. These officers must process a certificate of pollution control as prescribed by the Government of Vietnam; have an environmental management system according to ISO 14,000 standards and process a certificate issued by a conformity assessment organization registered under the legal regulations on the eligibility for providing conformity assessment services.

More details can be found in Draft Law on Environmental Protection (amended).

Nguyen Phu

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