Subject

Issue date

Effect date

 Circular No. 08/2017/TT-BXD on construction solid waste management issued by the Minister of Construction

16^th May 2017

01^rst July 2017

Circular No. 07/2017/TT-BXD guiding on the method of pricing solid waste treatment services issued by the Minister of Construction

15^th May 2017

01^rst July 2017

Decision No. 11/2017/QĐ-TTg of the Prime Minister dated 11 April 2017 on the mechanism for encouragement of the development of solar power projects in Vietnam

11^rst Apr 2017

01^rst June 2017 – 30^th June 2019

Decree No. 33/2017/NĐ-CP dated April 03, 2017 of the Government on penalties for administrative violations against regulations on water and mineral resources

03^rd Apr 2017

20^th May 2017

Circular No. 02/2017/TT-BTC ngày 06/01/2017 of the Ministry of Finance guiding on the expenditure management for environmental activity

06^th Jan 2017

22^nd Feb 2017

Decree No. 164/2016/NĐ-CP of December 24, 2016, on environmental protection charge on mineral exploitation;

24^th Dec 2016

01^rst Jan 2017

Decree No. 155/2016/NĐ-CP dated November 18th, 2016 of the Government on penalties for administrative violations against regulations on environmental protection

18^th Nov 2016

01^rst Feb 2017

Decree No. 154/2016/NĐ-CP dated November 16, 2016 of the Government on environmental protection charge for wastewater

16^th Nov 2016

01^rst Jan 2017

Circular No. 19/2016/TT-BTNMT dated August 24,2016 of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on environmental protection report.

24^th Aug 2016

 10^th Nov 2016

Decree No. 60/2016/NĐ-CP dated July 01, 2016 of the Government providing for certain regulatory requirements for trade and investment in the environment and natural resource sector

1^st Jul 2016

1^st Jul 2016

Circular No. 18/2016/TT-BNNPTNT dated June 24, 2016 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development stipulating some contents on strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment under the management of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development 

24^th Jun 2016

10^th Aug 2016

Directive No. 25/CT-TTg dated August 31, 2016 of the Prime Minister on a number of urgent tasks and solutions for environmental protection

31^st Aug 2016

Decree No. 119/2016/NĐ-CP dated August 23, 2016 of the Government on policies on sustainable management, protection and development of coastal forests to cope with climate change

23^rd Aug 2016

10^th Nov 2016

Decision No. 1463/QĐ-TTg dated July 22, 2016 of the Prime Minister on Approving a plan to develop an environmental service enterprise network up to 2020, with a vision toward 2030

22^nd Jul 2016

22^nd Jul 2016

Decision No. 589/QĐ-TTg dated May 20, 2008 of the Prime Minister approving the master plan on construction of the Ho Chi Minh city region up to 2020, with a vision toward 2050

06^th Apr 2016

06^th Apr 2016

Decree No. 12/2016/NĐ-CP dated February 19, 2016 of the Government on environmental protection charge on mineral exploitation

19^th Feb 2016

1^rst May 2016

Circular No. 212/2015/TT-BTC dated December 31, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance Guiding enterprise income tax policies for environmental protection activities specified in the Government’s Decree No. 19/2015/ND-CP of February 14, 2015, detailing a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection

31^st Dec 2015

15^th Feb 2016

 Directive No. 30/CT-TTg dated November 27, 2015 of the Prime Minister on urge stricter control of investment projects that overuse natural resources and energies, causing environmental pollution

27^th Nov 2015

Circular No. 35/2015/TT-BCT dated November 27,2015 of Ministry of Industry & Trade on environmental protection in the industry and trade secto

27^th Oct 2015

10^th Dec 2015

Circular No. 32/2015/TT-BCT dated November 8, 2015 of  của Ministry of Industry & Trade on project development and model electricity sale contract applied to generation projects using solid wastes

08^th Oct 2015

07^th Dec 2015

Circular No. 41/2015/TT-BTNMT dated September 09th, 2015 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on environmental protection in import of scrap for use as raw production materials

09^th Sep 2015

27^th Oct 2015

Circular No. 132/2015/TT-BTC dated August 28, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance guiding the financial management for Vietnam Environment Protection Fund

28^th Aug 2015

1^st Jan 2016

  Circular No. 32/2015/TT-BCT dated November 8, 2015 of  của Ministry of  Industry & Trade on project development and model electricity sale contract  applied to generation projects using solid wastes

24^th Jul 2015

10^th Sep 2015

Circular No. 22/2015/TT-BTNMT dated May 28, 2015 of  Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on stipulating the environmental protection in the process of using drilling fluids

28^th May 2015

20^th Jul 2015

Official Letter No. 623/TTg-KTN  issued by the Prime Minister dated May 5, 2015 endorsed the pilot implementation of a project on application of "Technology to using domestic solid waste as alternative fuel in cement plants in Vietnam"

05^th May 2015

 Decree No. 38/2015/NĐ-CP dated April 22, 2015 of the Government on the  management of wastes and scraps

24^th Apr 2015

15^th Jun 2015

Decision No. 506/QĐ-BTNMT dated 5 March 2015 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment announcing the List of wholly or partly-expired legal documents in the fields under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s State management in 2014

05^th Mar 2015

Decree No. 19/2015/NĐ-CP dated February 14, 2015 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Evironmental Protection

14^th Feb 2015

01^st Apr 2015

Decree No.18/2015/NĐ-CP dated February 14, 2015, of the Government on Prescribing environmental protection master plan, strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment and environmental protection plan

14^th Feb 2015

01^st Apr 2015

Decree No. 03/2015/NĐ-CP dated January 6, 2015 of the Government on environmental damage assessment

06^th Jan 2015

01^st Mar 2015

Circular No. 55/2014/TT-BNNPTNT  dated December 31, 2014 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development guides the implementation of some environmental protection activities under the National Target Program on New Rural Development over period 2010-2020.

31^st Dec 2014

20^th Feb 2015

Decree No.127/2014/NĐ-CP dated December 31, 2014 of the Government on regulating the requirements applicable to environmental monitoring service activities

31^st Dec 2014

15^th Feb 2015

Decision No. 73/2014/QĐ-TTg dated December 19, 2014 of the Prime Minister providing the list of wastes permitted for import from overseas for use as production materials

19^th Dec 2014

05^th Feb 2015

Decision No.1696/QĐ-TTg dated September 23, 2014, of the Prime Minister taking measures to treat ash, slag and gypsum from thermal power, chemical or fertilizer plants for the production of building materials.

23^rd Sep 2014

Directive No. 26/CT-TTg dated August 25, 2014, of the Prime Minister on the implementation of The Law on environmental protection

25^th Aug 2014

Decree No. 80/2014/NĐ-CP dated August 6, 2014 of the government on the drainage and treatment of wastewater

06^th Aug 2014

01^st Jan 2015

Circular No. 20/2014/TT-BKHCN dated July 15, 2014 of the Ministry of Science and Technology on the import of used machinery, equipment and production line

15^th Jul 2014

01^st Sep 2014

Decision No. 879/QĐ-TTg dated June 09, 2014 of the Prime Minister approving the strategy on Vietnam’s industrial development through 2025, with a vision toward 2035

09^th Jun 2014

Circular No. 52/2014/TT-BTC dated April 24, 2014 of Ministry of Finance on the rates, collection, remittance and use the results of the appraisal fee, certification fee for qualified services performed environmental monitoring

24^th Apr 2014

10^th Jun 2014

Decision No. 31/2014/QĐ-TTg dated May 05, 2014 of the Prime Minister on supporting mechanism for development of power generation projects using solid waste in Vietnam

05^th May 2014

20^th Jun 2014

  Decision No. 166/QĐ-TTg dated January 21, 2014 of the Prime Minister on issue the plan    for implementation of national environmental protection strategy by 2020, with a vision to  2030

21^st Jan 2014

Decision No. 2612/QĐ-TTg dated December 30, 2013 of the Prime Minister approving the strategy for using clean technologies by 2020 with a vision to 2030.

30^th Dec 2013

Joint circular No. 19/2013/TTLT-BVHTTDL-BTNMT dated December 30, 2013 of MoCST and MoNRE in guiding environmental protection in tourism activities, organizing festivals, preserving and promoting the values ​​of relics

30^th Dec 2013

15^th Feb 2014

Decree No. 179/2013/NĐ-CP dated November 14, 2013 of the Government on the sanction of administrative violations in the domain of environmental protection

14^th Nov 2013

30^th Dec 2013

Circular No. 31/2013/TT-BYT dated 15 October 2013, of the Ministry of Heath on the observation of environmental impacts from medical examination and treatment activities of hospitals.

15^th Oct 2013

01^st Dec 2013

Decision No. 1788/QĐ-TTg dated October 1, 2013 of the Prime Minister approving the plan for thoroughly handling establishments which cause serious environmental pollution towards 2020

01^st Oct 2013

01^st Oct 2013