- 1 Circular No. 04/2008/TT-BTNMT of September 18, 2008, guiding the formulation and approval or certification of environmental protection schemes and the examination and inspection of implementation of environmental protection schemes.
- 2 Circular No. 05/2008/TT-BTNMT of December 8, 2008, guiding strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection commitment.
THE GOVERNMENT |
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No. 21/2008/ND-CP | |
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 29, 2005 Law on Environmental Protection;
Pursuant to the June 29, 2006 Law on Standards and Technical Regulations;
At the proposal of Minister of Natural Resources and Environment;
DECREES:
1. To amend and supplement Article 4 as follows:
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- Transitional provisions, review and conversion of environmental standards into environmental technical regulations.
1. Environmental standards announced by the State for compulsory application shall be converted into environmental technical regulations as follows:
a/ Standards of surrounding environment quality shall be converted into technical regulations on surrounding environment quality;
b/ Standards of waste shall be converted into technical regulations on waste.
2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall review and convert national standards of surrounding environment quality and national standards of waste promulgated before January 1, 2007, into national technical regulations on surrounding environmental quality and national technical regulations on waste.
3. The review and conversion of standards of surrounding environment quality and standards of waste into technical regulations on surrounding environment quality and technical regulations on waste shall be conducted in accordance with the current provisions of law on standards and technical regulations.
2. To amend and supplement Article 5 as follows:
Article 5.
- Responsibilities, order and procedures for formulation, promulgation and stipulation of application of environmental technical regulations.
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2. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall formulate and promulgate local technical regulations on waste to suit their local characteristics.
Local technical regulations on waste must be stricter than national ones and be applied according to corresponding roadmaps and coefficients of regions, areas or sectors prescribed in decisions promulgating national technical regulations on waste.
3. The order and procedures for formulation, evaluation and promulgation of environmental technical regulations comply with the provisions of law on standards and technical regulations.
4. Organizations and individuals are obliged to observe technical regulations on surrounding environment quality and technical regulations on waste promulgated by competent state agencies.
3. To amend and supplement Clause l of Article 6 as follows:
"1. To replace the list of projects subject to making of environmental impact assessment reports included in Appendix I to Decree No. 80/2006/ND-CP with the list included in the Appendix to this Decree.
For projects subject to making of environmental impact assessment reports emerging outside the list included in the Appendix to this Decree, the Minister of Natural Resources and environment shall consider, decide and report them to the Prime Minister."
4. To add the following Article 6a:
Article 6a.
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1. Commune, ward or township Fatherland Front Committees (below referred to as commune-level Fatherland Front Committees) shall represent communities in contributing opinions in the process of making environmental impact assessment reports of investment projects in their localities.
2. The project owner shall send a document on the project's major investment items, environmental issues and environmental protection measures and request the commune-level People's Committee and Fatherland Front Committee of the place where the project is to be executed to give opinions.
3. Within fifteen (15) working days after receiving a written request for opinions, commune-level People's Committee and Fatherland Front Committee shall give their opinions in writing and make them public to local people.
Past this time limit, if they issue no written replies, the commune-level People's Committees and community representatives shall considered having agreed with the project owner.
4. Consultation of commune, ward or township People's Committees and representatives of communities in the process of making environmental impact assessment report is not required for the following projects:
a/ Investment projects located within industrial parks, export processing zones or hi-tech parks, if the projects on construction of infrastructure of these industrial parks, export processing zones or hi-tech parks have had their environmental impact assessment reports approved by competent state agencies.
If the environmental impact assessment reports of projects on construction of infrastructure of these industrial parks, export processing zones or hi-tech parks were approved after July l, 2006 inspection and certification by a competent state agency in charge of environmental protection of the strict implementation of the environmental protection contents of the approval decision and environmental impact assessment report is required.
b/ Projects in a sea area for which the administrative management responsibility of a commune People's Committee cannot be identified for consultation in the course of making environmental impact assessment reports;
c/ Investment projects in the domain of security or defense involving national secrets.
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Article 11.
- Appraisal and approval of environmental impact assessment reports
1. People's Committees of provinces and central run cities (below referred to as provincial level People's Committees) shall organize an appraisal council or authorize a specialized environmental protection agency of the same level to organize an appraisal council or select an appraisal service organization to appraise environmental impact assessment reports of investment projects in their localities, except for projects specified at Points a and b, Clause 7, Article 21 of the Law on Environmental Protection.
2. The time of submission of environmental impact assessment reports for appraisal and approval is prescribed below:
a/ Owners of investment projects on mineral exploitation shall submit environmental impact assessment reports for appraisal and approval before applying for mineral exploitation permits;
b/ Owners of investment projects on construction of works or involving construction items shall submit environmental impact assessment reports for appraisal and approval before applying for construction permits, except for projects specified at Point a of this Clause;
c/ Owners of investment projects not falling into categories specified at Points a and b, of this Clause shall submit environmental impact assessment reports for appraisal and approval before commencing their projects.
3. Appraisal councils or appraisal service organizations have the function of giving advice to assist competent agencies in examining and assessing the quality of environmental impact assessment reports serving as the basis for consideration and approval according to regulations.
4. When necessary, before the opening of official meetings of appraisal councils, agencies responsible for conducting the appraisal may carry out the following support activities:
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b/ Taking samples for analysis and verification;
c/ Consulting the community in the place where the project is to be executed;
d/ Collecting comments of related experts outside the appraisal council, related scientific and technological institutions, social and professional organizations, and non-governmental organizations;
e/ Holding appraisal seminars.
5. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall issue regulations on the operation of appraisal councils and appraisal service organizations appraising environmental impact assessment reports.
6. To amend Point b, Clause 1 of Article 13 as follows:
"b/ The project is executed only after 24 months following the date of approval of its environmental impact assessment report.
In case of no change in design capacity, technology and surrounding environment, it is not required to make an additional environmental impact assessment report but a written explanation must be submitted to the approving agency.''
7. To amend and supplement Article 17 as follows:
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- Registration and certification of written environmental protection commitments.
1. The time of registration and certification of written environmental protection commitments is specified as follows:
a/ Owners of investment projects on mineral exploitation shall register their written environmental protection commitments for certification before applying for mineral exploitation permits;
b/ Owners of investment projects on construction of works or involving construction items shall register their written environmental protection commitments for certification before applying for construction permits, except for projects specified at Point a of this Clause;
c/ Owners of investment projects not falling into categories specified at Points a and b, of this Clause shall register their written environmental protection commitments for certification before commencing their projects.
2. The registration of written environmental protection commitments for investment projects to be executed in two or more rural districts, urban districts, towns or provincial cities (below collectively referred to as districts) is prescribed as follows:
a/ Owners of investment projects shall register written environmental protection commitments with the People’s Committee of the district where the environment will be most negatively affected by the project;
In case a project will exert the same negative impact on a number of localities, the project owner may select one of these localities for registering written environmental protection commitments.
b/ The district-level People’s Committees with which project owners register written environmental protection commitments shall consult district-level People’s Committees of other concerned districts before certifying written environmental protection commitment and notify their certification to these localities.
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For projects which do not generate any waste in a sea area for which the administrative management responsibility of a district-level People’s Committee cannot be identified, they are not required to register written environmental protection commitments.
4. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall guide the form and contents of certificates of written environment protection commitments.
8. To add the following Article 17a:
Article 17a.
- Appraisal and approval environmental impact assessment reports, certification of written environmental protection commitments of investment projects in economic zones, industrial parks, export processing zones and hi-tech parks.
1. State agencies competent to conduct appraisal and approval of environmental impact assessment reports and certify written environmental protection commitments may authorize management boards of economic zones to appraise and approve environmental impact assessment reports and certify written environmental protection commitments of projects in economic zones provided that these management boards have units or sections specialized in environmental protection.
2. State agencies competent to conduct appraisal and approval of environmental impact assessment reports and certify written environmental protection commitments may authorize management boards of industrial parks, export processing zones or hi-tech parks to appraise and approve environmental impact assessment reports and certify written environmental protection commitments of investment projects in these industrial parks, export processing zones or hi-tech parks when the following conditions are fully met:
a/ The management boards have units or sections specialized in environmental protection;
b/ Projects s on construction of infrastructure of these industrial parks, export processing zones or hi-tech parks have had their environmental impact assessment reports approved.
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3. Authorized management boards of economic zones, industrial parks, export processing zones and hi-tech parks shall send reports on results of appraisal and approval of environmental impact assessment reports to provincial-level environmental protection agencies and results of certification of written environmental protection commitments to district-level environmental protection agencies of the localities where the economic zones, industrial parks, export processing zones or hi-tech park are located.
9. To add the following Article 17b:
Article 17b.
- Elaboration and approval of environmental protection schemes and examination and inspection of environmental protection work in consolidated production, business and service zones and production, business and service establishments having operated since before July 1, 2006, without decisions on approval of environmental impact assessment reports or certificates of registration of satisfaction of environmental standards.
1. Owners of consolidated production, business and service zones and owners of production, business and service establishments having operated since before July l, 2006, without decisions on approval of environmental impact assessment reports or certificates of registration of satisfaction of environmental standards, shall elaborate environmental protection schemes and submit them before June 30, 2008, to state agencies in charge of environmental protection specified in Clause 2 of this Article for approval or certification.
2. The responsibility to approve and certify environmental protection schemes and examine and inspect environmental protection work of owners specified in Clause l of this Article is prescribed as follows:
a/ Provincial-level environmental protection agencies shall approve and certify environmental protection schemes and examine and inspect environmental protection work of consolidated production, business and service zones and production, business and service establishments of a nature and size corresponding to those required to make environmental impact assessment reports;
The provincial-level environmental protection agency of the place most negatively affected by a consolidated production, business and service zone or a production, business and service establishment shall consult provincial-level environmental protection agencies of concerned localities before approving an environmental protection scheme, for consolidated production, business and service zones and production, business and service establishments located in two or more provinces and centrally run cities.
b/ District-level environmental protection agencies shall approve and certify environmental protection schemes and examine and inspect environmental protection work of consolidated production, business and service zones and production, business and service establishments in their localities, except for those mentioned at Point a of this Clause.
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3. An environmental protection scheme of a consolidated production, business and service zone or a production, business and service establishment of a nature and size corresponding to those required to make environmental impact assessment reports has the following principal details:
a/ General information on the size, characteristics and major activities of the consolidated production, business and service zone or production, business and service establishment related to the environment;
b/ An overview of related natural economic, social and environmental conditions;
c/ The current status of the environment in the area directly and negatively affected by the operation of the consolidated production, business and service zone or production, business and service establishment;
d/ Statistics on and assessments of sources negatively affecting the environment;
e/ Comprehensive solutions, environmental protection facilities and an implementation plan.
4. An environmental protection scheme of a consolidated production, business and service zone or a production, business and service establishment of a nature and size corresponding to those required to make environmental protection commitments has the following principal details:
a/ Statistics on and assessments of major waste sources;
b/ Solutions, environmental protection facilities and an implementation plan.
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10. To add the following Article 17c:
Article 17c.
- Management of dossiers, examination and inspection of environmental protection work of consolidated production, business and service zones and production, business service establishments which were granted certificates of registration of satisfaction of environmental standards before July 1, 2006.
1. Provincial-level environmental protection agencies shall manage dossiers of certification of registration of satisfaction of environmental standards and examine and inspect environmental protection work of consolidated production, business and service zones and production, business and service establishments of a nature and size corresponding to those required to make environmental impact assessment reports in their localities.
2. District-level People’s Committees shall manage dossiers of certification of registration of satisfaction of environmental standards and examine and inspect environmental protection work of consolidated production, business and service zones and production, business and service establishments other than those mentioned in clause 1 of this Article.
3. State management agencies in charge of environmental protection at all levels shall transfer dossiers of certification of registration of satisfaction of environmental standards of consolidated production, business and service zones and production, business and service establishments which they are keeping to agencies assigned to manage these dossiers under Clauses l and 2 of this Article before June 30, 2008.
11. To add the following Article 17d:
Article 17d.
- Provisions on environmental protection applicable to investment projects and consolidated production, business and service zones and
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1. Investment projects and consolidated production, business and service zones and production, business and service establishments in the security and defense domain must comply with environmental protection requirements and procedures in accordance with the law on environmental protection.
2. The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Defense shall appraise and approve environmental impact assessment reports and certify written environmental protection commitments of investment projects and examine and inspect environmental protection work of consolidated production, business and service zones and production, business and service establishments in the security and defense domain.
12. To add the following Article 21a:
Article 21a.
- Provisions on discharge of waste in the sea
1. It is strictly prohibited to discharge hazardous wastes in the sea of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
2. It is prohibited to discharge wastes in the sea areas of nature conservation zones, natural heritage areas, areas with new natural eco-systems, and regular or seasonal reproduction grounds of marine and aquatic species.
3. Ordinary wastes of means of transport and offshore oil rigs which have been treated in accordance with technical regulations on wastes may be discharged in the sea, except sea areas specified in Clause 2 of this Article.
4. The discharge of wastes from the mainland which have been treated in accordance with law and wastes dredged from canals and fairways in the sea is subject to consent of provincial-level environmental protection agencies.
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'' 3. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall guide the examination, evaluation and verification of waste treatment equipment and facilities before they are put into operation.''
14. To add the following Article 23a:
"The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall guide the elaboration of environmental planning integrated into land use planning, socio-economic development planning and branch or domain development planning."
Article 2. - Implementation provisions
1. This Decree takes effect 15 days after its publication in ''CONG BAO.''
2. Dossiers received before the effective date of this Decree shall be processed under the provisions of Decree No. 80/2006/ND-CP.
3. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies and presidents of provincial/municipal People’s Committee shall have to implement this Decree.
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LIST OF PROJECTS SUBJECT TO MAKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORTS
(Attached to the Government’s Decree No. 21/2008/ND-CP dated February 28, 2008)
Ordinal number
Projects
Size
1
Important national projects and works in which investment guidelines are submitted to the National Assembly for decision under the National Assembly’s Resolution No. 66/2006/NQ11 dated June 29, 2006
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Projects using part or the whole of land areas of nature conservation zones, national parks, historical-cultural relic areas, world heritages, biosphere reserves, and famous scenic places, ranked or not yet ranked, which are protected under decisions of provincial/municipal People’s Committees
All
3
Projects involving risks of directly and badly affecting water sources in river basins, coastal areas and areas having protected eco-systems
All
Group of construction projects
4
Projects to build infrastructures in urban centers or residential areas
Covering 50 ha or more
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Projects to build infrastructures in industrial parks, hi-tech parks, industrial clusters, export-processing zones or trade village clusters
All
6
Projects to build supermarkets of markets
With 200 business places or more
7
Projects to build sports centers
Covering 10 ha or more
8
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With 50 hospital beds or more
9
Projects to build hotels and rest homes
With 100 rooms or more
10
Projects to build tourist and entertainment resorts
Covering 10 ha or more
11
Projects to build tourist service establishments (infrastructure and physical foundations) in coastal areas and on islands
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12
Projects to build golf courses
With 18 holes or more
13
Projects to build cemeteries (burial, incineration or other forms)
All
14
Projects to build underground works
All
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Projects to build houses with basements
Basement of 10m or more deep
16
Projects to build combat works, military training centers, shooting grounds and defense ports
All
17
Projects to build military warehouses
All
18
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All
19
Projects to build prisons and detention camps
All
Group of projects to manufacture construction materials
20
Cement production projects
Design capacity of 300,000 tons or more of cement per year
21
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Design capacity of 1 million tons or more of cement per year
22
Projects to produce bricks and roofing tiles
Design capacity of 10 million ore more standard tiles and bricks per year
23
Projects to produce other construction materials
Design capacity of 10,000 tons ore more of products per year
Group of traffic projects
24
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500 m or more in length
25
Projects to build motorways, and roads of grades I to III
All
26
Projects to build, renovate and upgrade motorways, and roads of grades I to III
50 km or more in length
27
Projects to build grade-IV roads
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28
Projects to build railways
50 km or more in length
29
Projects to build overhead railways
All
30
Projects to build telpher lines
500 m or more in length
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Projects to build permanent road and railway bridges
200 m or more in length (excluding the length of access roads)
32
Projects to build traffic works
Requiring resettlement of 1,000 or more people
33
Projects to build river ports and seaports
Accommodating vessels of 1,000 DWT or more
34
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Accommodating fishing vessels with 100 arrivals or more per day
35
Projects to build airports and airfields
All
36
Projects to build passenger car terminals
Covering 0.5 ha or more
37
Projects to produce hot asphalt concrete
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Group of energy and radiation projects
38
Projects to build nuclear reactors
All
39
Projects to build production, business and service establishments using radioactive substances or discharging radioactive wastes
All
40
Atomic power or thermal nuclear projects
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41
Thermo power projects
Design capacity of 30 MW or more
42
Wind power projects
Covering an area of 100 ha or more
43
Solar power projects
Covering an area of 100 ha or more
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Hydropower projects
With a reservoir of a capacity of 300,000 m3 or more of water
45
Projects to build high-voltage power lines
100 km or more in length
46
Projects to manufacture electric wires and cables
Capacity of 2,000 tons or more of aluminum per year (or equivalent)
Group of electronic and telecommunications projects
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Projects to build radio transmission and radio transmission-receipt stations
Design capacity of 2 kW or more
48
Projects to manufacture electric and electronic appliances
Design capacity of 10,000 or more appliances per year
49
Projects to manufacture electric and electronic components
Design capacity of 500 tons or more of products per year
50
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100 km or more in length
51
Projects to manufacture telecommunications cables
All
Group of projects on irrigation, forest exploitation and forestation
52
Projects on reservoirs and irrigation lakes
With a reservoir of a capacity of 300,000 m3 or more of water
53
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Covering 200 ha or more
54
Seaward expansion projects
All
55
River and sea embankment projects
1,000 m or more in length
56
Projects involving exploitation or conversion of use purposes of headwater protection forests, breakwater forests or special-purpose forests
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57
Projects involving exploitation or conversion of use purposes of natural forests
Covering 20 ha or more
58
Forestation and forest exploitation projects
Forestation of 1,000 ha or more; exploitation of forests of 200 ha or more
59
Projects to build consolidated rubber, cassava, sugarcane, coffee, cocoa, tea and pepper growing areas
Covering 100 ha or more
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Projects to build consolidated vegetable and flower growing areas
Covering 100 ha or more
Group of mineral exploitation projects
61
Projects to exploit minerals on the mainland for use as construction materials
Exploitation capacity of 50,000 m3 or more of materials per year
62
Projects to exploit minerals for use and ground fill-up materials
Exploitation capacity of 100,000 m3 of more of materials per year
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Projects to exploit, dredge and salvage- exploit minerals in river beds for use as construction materials
Capacity of 50,000 m3 or more of materials per year
64
Projects to exploit solid minerals (without using chemicals)
A mined volume (including minerals and discharged earth and rock) of 100,000 m3 or more per year
65
Projects to exploit and process solid minerals containing hazardous substances or involving use of chemicals
All
66
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- Design capacity of 50,000 tons or more of products per year
- A volume of 500,000 tons or more of discharged earth and rock per year, for coal sorting
67
Projects to exploit groundwater
Exploitation capacity of 10,000 m3 or more of water per day and night
68
Projects to exploit natural mineral water (underground or on surface) for bottling
Exploitation capacity of 120 m3 or more of water per day and night
69
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Exploitation capacity of 500 m3 or more of water per day and night
70
Projects to exploit surface water
Exploitation capacity of 50,000 m3 or more of water per day and night
Group of oil and gas projects
71
Projects to exploit oil and gas
All
72
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All
73
Projects to produce petrochemical products (surfactants, plasticizers, methanol)
All
74
Projects to build oil and gas pipelines
All
75
Projects to build oil and gas entrepots
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76
Projects to build oil and gas depot areas
All
Group of waste treatment projects
77
Projects on re-processing and treating ordinary solid wastes
All
78
Projects to build dumping sites for industrial and hazardous wastes
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79
Projects to build dumping sites for garbage
For 500 households or for use by people of a district or more
80
Projects to build concentrated industrial wastewater treatment systems outside industrial parks, export-processing zones and hi-tech parks
All
81
Projects to build concentrated daily-life wastewater treatment systems
Design capacity of 1,000 m3 or more of wastewater per day and night
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Projects on purchase and preliminary processing of scraps (including imported scraps)
Design capacity of 3,000 tons/year`
83
Projects on vessel clean-up (all types of vessels)
All
84
Projects to dismantle old vessels (of all kinds)
All
Group of mechanical engineering and metallurgical projects
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Ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy projects
Design capacity of 3,000 tons or more of products per year
86
Steel rolling projects
Design capacity of 5,000 tons or more of products per year
87
Vessel building and repair projects
Vessels of 1,000 DWT or more
88
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Design capacity of 500 units or more per year
89
Projects to manufacture, assemble and repair motorcycles
Design capacity of 10,000 units or more per year
90
Projects on mechanical engineering and manufacture of machines and equipment
Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
91
Projects on metal plating, coating and polishing
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92
Projects to manufacture shaped aluminum
Design capacity of 2,000 tons or more of products per year
93
Projects to manufacture and repair weapons and military materials and technical equipment
All
Group of timber processing and glass, ceramic porcelain production projects
94
Timber processing projects
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95
Plywood processing projects
Design capacity of 100,000 m2 or more per year
96
Household woodwork manufacture projects
Design capacity of 10,000 or more products per year
97
Projects to produce fine art articles
Design capacity of 1 million or more products per year
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Projects to produce glass, ceramic and porcelain
Design capacity of 1 million products or more per year
99
Projects to produce sanitary porcelain
Design capacity of 10,000 tons products or more per year
100
Projects to produce enameled tiles
Design capacity of 1 million m2 or more per year
101
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Design capacity of 1 million or more products per year
Group of food processing and beverage projects
102
Food processing projects
Design capacity of 5,000 tons or more of products per year
103
Cattle and poultry slaughter projects
Design capacity of 1,000 cattle or 10,000 poultry or more per day
104
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Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
105
Sugar production projects
Design capacity of 20,000 tons or more of sugar per year
106
Alcohol and spirit production projects
Design capacity of 100,000 liters or more of products per year
107
Beer and beverage production projects
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108
Monosodium glutamate production projects
Design capacity of 5,000 tons or more of products per year
109
Milk processing projects
Design capacity of 10,000 tons or more of products per year
110
Edible oil processing projects
Design capacity of 10,000 tons or more of products per year
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Confectionery production projects
Design capacity of 5,000 tons or more of products per year
112
Ice production projects
Design capacity of 3,000 ice bars or more per day and night (for 50 kg bars) or 150,000 kg or more of ice water per day and night
Group of agricultural product processing projects
113
Cigarette production projects
Design capacity of 30,000 packs or more per year
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Cigarette materials processing projects
Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
115
Cereals processing projects
Design capacity of 10,000 tons or more of products per year
116
Rice grinding and processing projects
Design capacity of 20,000 tons or more of products per year
117
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Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
118
Cashew nut processing projects
Design capacity of 10,000 tons or more of products per year
119
Tea processing projects
Design capacity of 10,000 tons or more of products per year
120
Coffee processing projects
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Group of feed processing and cattle, poultry rearing and aquaculture projects
121
Cattle, poultry and aquatic animal feed processing projects
Design capacity of 5,000 tons or more of products per year
122
Projects to process aquatic by-products
Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
123
Projects to process fish meal
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124
Aquaculture projects (intensive/semi-intensive farming)
Water surface area of 10 ha or more
125
Extensive aquaculture projects
Water surface area of 50 ha or more
126
Projects on aquaculture on sand
All
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Large-scale cattle raising projects
1,000 cattle heads or more
128
Large-scale poultry raising projects
20,000 poultry heads or more; 200 or more for ostriches; 100,000 or more for quails
Group of chemical fertilizer and plant protection drug projects
129
Projects to produce chemical fertilizers
Design capacity of 2,000 tons or more of products per year
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Projects on warehouses of chemicals and plant protection drugs
Storage capacity of 2 tons or more
131
Projects to produce plant protection drugs
All
132
Projects to bottle and pack plant protection drugs
Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
133
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Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
Group of chemical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic projects
134
Projects to produce pharmaceuticals
Design capacity of 50 tons or more of products per year
135
Projects to produce vaccines
All
136
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Design capacity of 50 tons or more of products per year
137
Projects to produce cosmetics
Design capacity of 50 tons or more of products per year
138
Projects to produce plastics and plastic products
Design capacity of 500 tons or more of products per year
139
Projects to produce plastic packages
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140
Projects to produce paints and base chemicals
Design capacity of 500 tons or more of products per year
141
Projects to produce detergents and additives
Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
142
Projects to produce projectile power, explosives and fire equipment
All
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Projects to produce industrial explosives
All
144
Salt production projects
Covering 100 ha or more
Group of paper and stationery production projects
145
Projects to produce pulp and paper (from raw materials)
Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
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Projects to produce paper from pulp and recycling
Design capacity of 5,000 tons or more of products per year
147
Projects to produce stationery
Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
Group of dyeing textile and garment projects
148
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All
149
Projects on non-dyeing textiles
Capacity of 10 million m or more of fabric per year
150
Projects to produce and process garment products involving laundering and bleaching
Design capacity of 50,000 or more products per year
151
Projects on production and processing of garment products without laundering and bleaching
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152
Industrial laundering projects
Design capacity of 50,000 or more products per year
153
Projects to produce silk and artificial yarn
Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
Group of other projects
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Projects on rubber latex processing plants
Design capacity of 5,000 tons or more of products per year
155
Projects on rubber processing plants
Design capacity of 1,000 tons or more of products per year
156
Projects to manufacture footwear
Design capacity of 1 million or more of products per year
157
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Design capacity of 50,000 or more of products per year for cars and tractors; 100,000 or more products per year, for bicycles and motorcycles
158
Projects to manufacture accumulators and batteries
Design capacity of 50,000 kWh per year or 100 tons or more of products per year
159
Projects on leather tanning plants
All
160
Projects to produce and extract liquefied CO2 gas
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161
Projects to manufacture fire-fighting equipment and products
All
162
Other projects on renovation, upgrade and expansion
Of a nature, size and capacity equivalent to projects numbered 1 to 161, except for projects numbered 25 and 26 of this Appendix
- 1 Decree of Government No. 80/2006/ND-CP, detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection
- 2 Decree No. 29/2011/ND-CP of April 18, 2011, providing strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection commitment
- 3 Decree No. 19/2015/ND-CP dated 14 February 2015, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection
- 4 Decree No. 19/2015/ND-CP dated 14 February 2015, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection
- 1 Circular No. 05/2008/TT-BTNMT of December 8, 2008, guiding strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection commitment.
- 2 Circular No. 04/2008/TT-BTNMT of September 18, 2008, guiding the formulation and approval or certification of environmental protection schemes and the examination and inspection of implementation of environmental protection schemes.
- 3 Law No. 68/2006/QH11 of June 29, 2006 on standards and technical regulations
- 4 Law No.52/2005/QH11 on environmental protection, passed by the National Assembly
- 5 Law No. 32/2001/QH10 of December 25, 2001 on organization of the Government