Technical & Facilities

Disposal facilities - Landfills over the country. List could be provided by VEPA; Sanitary Landfilling or Insanitary Dumping; D1 or D5 - Medical waste incinerators over the country; Incineration; D10 - Hazardous waste incinators. List could be provided by VEPA Further information could be obtained fro...

Environmentally sound management

Legislation, regulations and guidelines Circular 122011TT-BTNMT on hazardous waste management and issues two kind of wastes: -Wastes that are always HW including some kinds of e-waste -Wastes that are suspicious for HW: Need to analyze the concentration of hazardous component to identify National Tech...

Export/Import Restrictions

Waste importation into Vietnam is prohibited The State allows importation of certain categories of scrap materials for use or recovery as secondary materials for industrial production Decision No. 122006Q?-BTNMT. Decree No. 122006ND-CP dated 23 January 2006 of the Government providing guidelines on impl...

Waste Definition

National definition of waste Law on Environmental Protection in 2005 enter into force since 1 July 2006 generally defines the following: Waste means any matter in form of solid, liquid or gas which is discharged from manufacturing, business, services or living activities or from other activities. Vietna...

Country Contacts

Party to the Basel Convention: 13.03.1995 Accession Competent Authority Focal Point Vietnam Environ...