Vietnam: Determination of the rate of wastewater treatment service fee in Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park

10:35, 18/06/2018

Recently, the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam issued Circular No. 32/2018/TT-BTC providing guidelines for the Government's Decree No. 74/2017/ND-CP on specific policies for Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park (HHTP).

According to Circular No. 32/2018/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, the rate of wastewater treatment service fee shall be determined as follows:

- Fees charged for using wastewater treatment services of state-funded wastewater treatment systems are collected under the provisions of Point c Clause 3 Article 7 of Decree No. 74/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government;

- If contents of pollutants contained in the wastewater meet HHTP internal standards promulgated by HHTP Management Board, the rate of wastewater treatment service fee shall be determined by adopting the following formula:

The wastewater treatment service fee rate (VND/m3)

Total estimated cost of operation of the wastewater treatment system according to its design capacity per year

Total estimated maintenance cost per year

Total design capacity of the wastewater treatment system (m3/year)

Where:

- If contents of pollutants contained in the wastewater do not meet HHTP internal standards, the wastewater treatment service fee rate shall be the fee rate prescribed in Point b hereof plus a surcharge decided by the HHTP Management Board.

- Total amount of fees paid by an entity for treatment of wastewater discharged to the wastewater treatment system equals the wastewater treatment service fee rate prescribed in Point b or Point c hereof multiplied by the volume of wastewater discharged.

View more details at Circular No. 32/2018/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, effective from May 15, 2018.

- Thanh Lam -

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