G/TBT/N/VNM/204  
 
2 August 2021  
(21-6030) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  VIET NAM   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment  
No.10 Ton That Thuyet Street, Nam Tu Liem District  
Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: (84 -4) 37956868  
Fax : (84 -4) 38359221  
Website: http://www.monre.gov.vn/wps/portal/Trangchu  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Vietnam Environment Administration  
No.10 Ton That Thuyet Street, Nam Tu Liem District  
Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: (84 -4) 37956868 (3241)  
Fax: (84 -4) 38223189  
E-mail: pcvepa@gmail.com   
Website: http://www.vea.gov.vn  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  - 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft D ecree 
implementing a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection (511 page(s), 
in Vietnamese)  
6. Description of content:  This Decree details several articles of the Law on Environmental 
Protection on the protection of environmental component s; environmental zoning, 
strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment; environmental 
license, environmental registration; environmental protection in production, business, 
service, urban, rural, and several fields; waste management; responsibility for recycling 
and handling discarded products and packages of producing or importing organizations 
and individuals; environmental monitoring; environmental information system and 
database; prevention and response to environmental incidents, compensation for 
environmental damage; economic tools and resources for environmental protection; State 
management, inspection, inspection and provision of online public services on 
environmental protection.  G/TBT/N/VNM/204  
 
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  This Decree applies to agencies, organizations, communities, households, and individuals 
engaged in activities related to the contents mentioned above in the territory of the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Vietnam Environment Administration  
No.10 Ton That Thuyet Street, Nam Tu Liem District  
Ha Noi, Viet Nam  
Tel: (84 -4) 37956868 (3241)  
Fax: (84-4) 38223189  
E-mail: pcvepa@gmail.com   
Website: http://www.vea.gov.vn  
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