On January 6, 2025, the Government promulgated Decree 05/2025/ND-CP amending and supplementing several articles of Decree 08/2022/ND-CP (Decree 08) dated January 10, 2022 on elaboration of certain articles of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (EP Law) (Decree 05). Decree 05 took effect on January 6, 2025 with several amended and supplemented regulations related to environmental impact assessment (EIA) as follows:
(i) Amendment and supplementation of the projects subject to EIA in the List of Group I investment projects and the List of Group II investment projects (specified in Appendix III, Appendix IV of Decree 08);
(ii) Amendment and supplementation of several regulations on consultation in EIA towards strengthening this activity;
(iii) Amendment and supplementation of the regulations on responsibilities of project owners to implement EIA during the preparation and execution of investment projects before operation upon any change as compared to the decision on approval of EIA report appraisal result.
