Vietnam: Provisions on contents of environmental impact assessment report appraisal

According to the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 of Vietnam, contents of environmental impact assessment report (EIAR) appraisal are composed of:

- Conformity with the national environmental protection planning, regional planning, provincial planning and regulations of law on environmental protection;

- Conformity of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) method and other methods adopted (if any);

- Conformity of result of identification of a work item or activity likely to result in adverse environmental impacts;

- Conformity of result of assessment of state of the environment and biodiversity; identification of affected subjects and sensitive environmental factor at the project location;

- Conformity of result of identification and prediction of major environmental impacts and waste generated from the investment project; prediction of environmental emergencies;

- Conformity and feasibility of environmental protection works and measures; environmental improvement and remediation scheme (if any); biodiversity offsetting plan (if any); environmental emergency prevention and response scheme;

- Conformity of the environmental management and supervision program; adequacy and feasibility of environmental commitments made by the investment project owner.

Besides, an application for EIAR appraisal consists of:

- An application form EIAR appraisal;

- The EIAR;

- A feasibility study report of the investment project or equivalent document.

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

Ty Na

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