The Law on Environmental Protection No. 72/2020/QH14 was approved by the XIV National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 10th session on November 17, 2020 and took effect from January 1, 2020. 2022.
The Law on Environmental Protection 2020 includes 16 chapters, 171 articles; was rearranged compared to the Law on Environmental Protection 2014, bringing regulations on the protection of environmental components to the top, clearly showing the cross-cutting goal of protecting environmental components, and protecting people’s health. is the central and decisive content for other environmental protection policies.
The Law synchronizes environmental management tools in each phase of the project, starting from the consideration of investment policy, project appraisal, project implementation until the project is officially put into operation and finished. end the project.
For the first time, the Law on Policy Framework Design aims to form a law on environmental protection that is comprehensive, comprehensive and in harmony with the socio-economic legal system; drastic reform, cutting over 40% of administrative procedures, reducing the time to carry out administrative procedures from 20-85 days, contributing to reducing compliance costs of enterprises.
