Vietnam: Zones where land subsidence and deformation of topography has occurred shall be subject to restriction on groundwater extraction

10:30, 05/01/2019

On December 26, 2018, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 167/2018/NĐ-CP on restriction on groundwater extraction.

The State has classified areas restricted from groundwater extraction into 05 categories, of which restricted area 1 includes the following areas:

- Zones where land subsidence and deformation of topography have occurred.

- Zones where there is saltwater intrusion and the total dissolved solids (TDS) are from 1.500 mg/l or above.

- Zones where there are landfills as specified in the regulations on environmental planning, development and protection.

- Zones where there are wells which contain polluted groundwater and negatively affect the health of human and living beings and no technological measures have been developed to handle such cases and to ensure that the national technical regulations on the quality of domestic water are satisfied.

- Concentrated cemetery zones or other zones at risk of groundwater pollution listed by the People's Committees of provinces or central-affiliated cities.

View more restricted areas at Decree No. 167/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from February 10, 2019.

- Thanh Lam -

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