The Law on Environmental Protection 2020 was passed by the 14th National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam at its 10th session on November 17, 2020, and takes effect from January 1, 2022, except for the provisions specified in Clause 2, Article 170.
Title: Law on Environmental Protection 2020
Type of Document: Law
Field: Natural Resources – Environment
Document No.: 72/2020/QH14
Issuing Authority: National Assembly
Signatory: Chairwoman of the National Assembly, Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân
Date of Issuance: November 17, 2020
Effective Date:
- Effective from January 1, 2022 (except for the provisions specified in Clause 2, Article 170).
- Clause 3, Article 29 (Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment) takes effect from February 1, 2021.
Status: In effect
Summary: Law on Environmental Protection 2020.
Legal documents ceasing to be effective as of the date this Law takes effect:
- Law on Environmental Protection No. 55/2014/QH13;
- Clause 3, Article 75 of the Law on Investment No. 61/2020/QH14;
- Article 7 of the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of 37 Laws Related to Planning No. 35/2018/QH14.
Attachments:
Law on Environmental Protection No. 72/2020/QH14
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- National Technical Regulation on Industrial Wastewater
- Circular No. 07/2025/TT-BNNMT dated June 16, 2025 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on Decentralization and Allocation of State Management Authority in the Fields of Environment and Climate Change
- Decision No. 232/QD-TTg dated January 24, 2025 of the Prime Minister approving the Scheme on the Establishment and Development of the Carbon Market in Vietnam
- Decree No. 29/2026/NĐ-CP dated 19 January 2026- On the Domestic Carbon Exchange
- Decree No. 05/2025/ND-CP dated January 6, 2025 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection
