Regulations on environmental monitoring system in Vietnam

Environmental monitoring system in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 107 of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020, regulations on the environmental monitoring system are as follows:

(1) The environmental monitoring system shall cover:

- National environmental monitoring, which is a network of background and impact environmental monitoring stations and locations serving the monitoring and providing information on background and impact environmental quality in inter-regional, inter-provincial and transboundary areas;

- Provincial environmental monitoring, which is a network of background and impact environmental monitoring stations and locations serving the monitoring and providing information on background and impact environmental quality in areas within a province;

- Environmental monitoring in service of field and sector management prescribed in Article 109 of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020;

- Environmental monitoring for investment projects, in businesses, dedicated areas for production, business operation and service provision and industrial clusters;

- Biodiversity monitoring in wildlife sanctuaries.

(2) Organizations joining the environmental monitoring system include:

- Environmental monitoring authorities;

- Organizations in charge of on-site sampling and sample measurement;

- Environmental sample testing and analysis laboratories;

- Organizations verifying and calibrating environmental monitoring equipment;

- Organizations managing and processing environmental monitoring data and preparing environmental monitoring reports.

(3) The environmental monitoring system must be synchronized and interconnected to create a consistent and comprehensive network nationwide.

(4) The comprehensive planning for national environmental monitoring is the technical and specialized planning containing the following main contents:

- Analyzing and assessing current state of the national environmental monitoring network; system of environmental testing and analysis laboratories and environmental monitoring data management system;

- Viewpoints, objectives and selected scheme for comprehensive planning for national environmental monitoring in conformity with environmental zoning, monitoring orientations and environmental warning in the environmental protection planning;

- National environmental monitoring network, including orientations for environmental component monitoring points, parameters and frequency nationwide and automatic monitoring stations; orientations for development of system of environmental testing and analysis laboratories and environmental monitoring data management system;

- List of national environmental monitoring projects;

- Orientations for connection of national environmental monitoring network, database and data with provincial environmental monitoring network and connection of environmental monitoring network;

- Roadmap and resources available for the implementation of the planning.

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Objects subject to environmental monitoring in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 108 of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020, regulations on objects subject to environmental monitoring in Vietnam are as follows:

(i) Environmental components to be monitored include:

- Water, including surface water, groundwater and seawater;

- Ambient air;

- Soil and sediments;

- Biodiversity;

- Noise, vibration, radiation, light.

(ii) Waste sources, waste and pollutants to be monitored include:

- Wastewater and exhaust gases;

- Controlled industrial waste for identifying hazardous waste as prescribed by law;

- Radioactivity;

- Persistent pollutants that are released into and accumulate in the environment;

- Other pollutants.

Mai Thanh Loi

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