Introduction

EIA is required in Vietnam since 1993, when the National Law on Environmental Protection (LEP) was issued. Procedural requirements followed by a Decree adopted in 1994. Since the revision of the LEP in 2005, also comprehensive SEA requirements exist. 

The central EIA and SEA authority in Vietnam is the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE).

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