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Vietnam: Industrial park investor shall report on environmental protection in 2020

11:30, 03/01/2020

On December 31, 2019, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam issued the Circular No. 25/2019/TT-BTNMT to elaborate some Articles of the Government’s Decree No. 40/2019/ND-CP dated May 13, 2019 on amendments to Decrees on guidelines for the Law on Environmental Protection and provide for management of environmental monitoring services.

According to the Circular No. 25/2019/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, investors in construction and trading of technical infrastructures of industrial parks shall comply with reporting regulations in accordance with regulations on environmental protection in industrial parks. Specifically, owners of projects and production, trading and services establishments, except for the entities specified above shall:

- prepare an environmental protection report according to Appendix VI hereof;

- archive documents related to the report to serve the comparison by competent authorities upon inspection;

- submit annual environmental protection report (the reporting report begins from 01 January to 31 December inclusive) to competent authorities before January 01 of the next year. The first report shall be submitted before January 31, 2021.

- submit the report to:

+ the authority that has approved and certified the environmental impact assessment reports, environmental protection programs, environmental protection plans or equivalent environmental documents of the projects or establishments;

+ Departments of Natural Resources and Environment (of the provinces where the projects and production, trading and services establishments are available).

View full text at the Circular No. 25/2019/TT-BTNMT of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, effective from February 15, 2020.

Thu Ba

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