What do you know about Smart Cities in Viet Nam?
Find out more at the webinar marking the launch of handbooks detailing the smart cities landscape and opportunities in Viet Nam and across Asia Pacific.

 Date: Thursday 29th July
 Time: 15:00 ICT / 16:00 SGT / 09:00 BST
>> Register and further information at: http://ow.ly/9dLI50FyVqO

With increased investment and subsequent growth in the manufacturing, industrial, financial, services and agricultural industries, technological and physical infrastructure will be required. By 2025, the Vietnamese government aims for 61% of citizens to have access to fibre optic connections, 25% of monetary transactions to be online, and 71% of the population to have health insurance.

Dear members,

As you might be aware, MONRE has recently issued the Draft Decree guiding the Law on Environment Protection 2020 for public comments. If you wish to raise any concern related to this Draft, please kindly send us by COB Wednesday, 4 August 2021 for our timely submission to the government.

Please be kindly noted:

• Your comments should follow the enclosed template and be made in Vietnamese (with rough translation of English).
• The Draft Decree (Draft 02) in Vietnamese is enclosed for your convenience. Since the document is quite long, VBF tends to select some important contents for English translation only and will send to you asap.

We would like to enclose the English translation of some important Chapters for your reference as follows:

• Chapter III: Environmental zoning, strategic environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment
• Chapter IV: Environmental licenses and environmental registration
• Chapter VI: Waste management
• Chapter VII: Responsibility for recycling and treatment of disposed products and packages of producers and importers
• Chapter XI: Economic instruments and resources for environmental protection - Section 2: Insurance on environmental damage compensation liability; incentives for and assistance in environmental protection

Attached are:

DRAFT DECREE GUIDING IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME ARTICLES OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION LAW 2020