Vietnam’s technical procedures for industry-level greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory development from February 11, 2024

Vietnam’s technical procedures for industry-level greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory development from February 11, 2024 

Specifically, technical procedures for industry-level GHG inventory development are as follows: 

- Identification of scope of industry-level GHG inventory development.

- Collection of activity data for industry-level GHG inventory development.

- Selection of industry-level GHG emission factors.

- Identification of method for industry-level GHG inventory development.

- Management and assurance about the quality of industry-level GHG inventory development.

- Assessment of uncertainties of industry-level GHG inventory development.

- Recalculation of industry-level GHG inventories.

- Preparation of reports on industry-level GHG inventory development.

Scope of industry-level GHG inventory development from February 11, 2024 

GHG inventories intended for industries, including energy, industrial processes and product use in the industry and trade encompass:

- GHG inventories intended for energy industry:

+ Emission of GHGs produced by burning fuels during electricity generation and energy consumption in industrial industries under management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam;

+ Emission of GHGs from mineral extraction.

- GHG inventories intended for industrial processes and product use:

+ Emission of GHGs produced by physical and chemical processes without energy consumption in chemical industries and metallurgy;

+ Emission of GHGs that are refrigerants in devices and the process production and trade in refrigerants.

See more details in Circular No. 38/2023/TT-BCT, effective as of February 11, 2024. 

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