In order to concretize some provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (LEP 2020) approved by the National Assembly on November 17, 2020, the Government is drafting a Draft Decree providing details for some articles of this law (Draft Decree). So far, the collection of comments from concerned experts and agencies to complete the contents of these regulations has finished.

After more than 5 years of implementation, besides the contributions in creating positive changes in environmental protection, the LEP 2014 has also revealed deficiencies, shortcomings and overlaps with other legal provisions, etc. To overcome the limitations of LEP 2014 and generate new mechanisms in environmental protection, the LEP 2020 was approved by the National Assembly on November 17, 2020. This article analyzes some new points of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 that can directly impact businesses.