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Many of Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem)’s chemical plants continued to invest in improving their wastewater, exhaust and waste collection and treatment systems last year. They paid special attention to choosing less polluting technologies that met Vietnam’s requirements for environmental protection.

Vietnamese and Japanese businesses presented air pollution control technologies and technological applications for waste and waste water management at a workshop in Hanoi on January 10.

The Government has issued a Decree on environmental protection fee for exploiting menirals.

On November 29, 2018, in Hanoi, under direction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), Vietnam Energy Association (VEA) in cooperation with the Central Economic Committee, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), Vietnam National Coal – Mineral Industries Holding Corporation (Vinacomin) ad Petrovietnam (PVN) held the international conference on “ Sustainable energy development and environmental protection in Vietnam”.

Vietnamese Government has issued new Decree on Environmental Protective Fees (EPFs) in mining minerals, according to which the EPF for: crude oil is 100,000 dong/ton, natural and coal gases -  50 dong/m3, associated gas – 35 dong/m3.

The 3,200 MW Bac Lieu LNG Power Project is the largest project with 100% foreign direct investment in the Mekong Delta region. The Environmental Impact Assessment of the project has been approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on Sept.01, 2021.

Ministry of Finance is drafting a Decree on protection environmental fees for exploitation of crude oil, natural & coal gases and minerals.

In October 2020, NIRAS was awarded a multi-million US dollar contract to conduct an international standard Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the 3.5GW La Gan offshore wind farm in Binh Thuan Province of Vietnam. The La Gan project is being jointly developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), Asiapetro and Novasia, and is expected to be one of the first large-scale offshore wind farms in Vietnam.