Vietnam: Contents of sea and island environment pollution control

1. Content of sea and island environment pollution control

According to Article 43 of the Law on natural resources and environment of sea and islands 2015 of Vietnam, contents of sea and island environment pollution control include:

- Carry out investigation, statistical work, classification and assessment of waste sources from mainland, activities on sea and islands; state of environmental pollution;

- Conduct regular monitoring and assessment of current conditions of water, sediments, ecosystems and biodiversity of sea and island areas;

- Conduct investigation and assessment of loading capacity of environment in the areas running high or very high risk of pollution; make public announcement of areas out of capacity to receive waste;

- Prevent, detect, handle and overcome pollution and degradation of environment, ecosystems; improve and remediate environment and ecosystems polluted and degraded;

- Identify level of risk of environmental pollution; zone and map risk of environmental pollution;

- Cope with environmental emergencies;

- Grant permits and control sea dumping;

- Cooperate with state agencies and foreign agencies and organizations in sharing information and assessing sea water environment quality; control cross-border environmental pollution according to law provisions;

- Make public announcements of areas running the risk of environmental pollution, information about water, sediments of sea and island areas.

2. Principles of sea and island environment pollution control

- Control of sea and island environment pollution must be regularly conducted with the task of prevention being prioritized; carry out early and effective remedy for pollution, sea environment emergencies, degradation of sea and island environment.

- Sea areas must be zoned for risk of pollution to come up with effective solutions for pollution control.

- Waste sources from mainland, activities on sea and islands, waste of unclear origin and from border crossing must be tightly controlled. Control of waste sources, waste matters must involve consideration of loading capacity of sea and island environment.

- Effectively coping with sea environment emergencies and early prevention of spread of pollution

- Close coordination among relevant sectors, levels, organizations and individuals for control of sea and island environment pollution.

This is the content specified in Article 42 of the Law on natural resources and environment of sea and islands 2015 of Vietnam.

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