Governance & Policy
Vietnam Law on Environmental Protection 2020
Vietnam's revised framework environmental law, adding extended producer responsibility, a pathway to a carbon market, and strengthened enforcement.
Definition
Vietnam's Law on Environmental Protection No. 72/2020/QH14, in force since 2022, replaces the 2014 law as the country's environmental framework. It introduces extended producer responsibility for packaging, tyres, batteries and electronics, provides the legal basis for a domestic carbon credit market and emissions trading pilot, strengthens environmental audit and inspection, and classifies investment projects by environmental risk.
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At a glance
- Subject
- Governance & Policy
- Editorial status
- Editorial draft
- Definition status
- Established
- Last updated
- 19 August 2026
- Also known as
- LEP 2020 · Law 72/2020/QH14
Overview
What it means
Vietnam moved from a pollution-control statute toward circular-economy and carbon-market instruments in a single reform.
How it is used
Producers register EPR obligations; large emitters prepare for the ETS pilot; industrial parks upgrade under stricter conditions.
Why it matters
It is the environmental law of one of Asia's fastest-industrialising economies and the foundation of its coming carbon market.
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