Decision No. 11/2025/QD-TTg on promulgation of regulation on responses to waste-related emergencies

PRIME MINISTER OF VIETNAM ------- SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness --------------- No. 11/2025/QD-TTg Hanoi, April 23, 2025 DECISION PROMULGATION OF REGULATION ON RESPONSES TO WASTE-RELATED EMERGENCIES Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization dated February 18, 2025; Pursuant to the Law on Environmental Protection dated November 17, 2020; Pursuant to the Law on Civil Defense dated June 20, 2023; Pursuant to Decree No. 30/2017/ND-CP dated March 21, 2017 of the Government of Vietnam on the organization and operation of responses to incidents and natural disasters and search and rescue; Pursuant to Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP dated January 10, 2022 of the Government of Vietnam elaborating on several articles of the Law on Environmental Protection; Decree No. 05/2025/ND-CP dated January 6, 2025 of the Government of Vietnam on amendments to Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP dated January 10, 2022 of the Government of Vietnam elaborating on several articles of the Law on Environmental Protection; At the request of the Minister of Agriculture and Environment of Vietnam; The Prime Minister of Vietnam hereby promulgates the Decree on Regulation on responses to waste-related emergencies. Article 1. The Regulation on responses to waste-related emergencies is promulgated together with this Decision. Article 2. This Decision comes into force as of June 10, 2025. Decision No. 09/2020/QD-TTg dated March 18, 2020 of the Prime Minister of Vietnam on the promulgation of the Regulation on responses to waste-related emergencies shall cease to have effect as of the effective date of this Decision. Article 3. Head of the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense, Ministers, Directors of ministerial agencies, Directors of governmental agencies, Presidents of the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally affiliated cities, and relevant organizations and individuals shall implement this Decision. PP. PRIME MINISTER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Tran Hong Ha REGULATION RESPONSES TO WASTE-RELATERD EMERGENCIES (Enclosed with Decision No. 11/2025/QD-TTg dated April 23, 2025 of the Prime Minister of Vietnam) Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Scope 1. This Regulation provides for regulations on responses to waste-related emergencies that occur in manufacturing, trading, and service provision, including preparation for responses to emergencies; organization of responses to emergencies; post-emergency improvement and restoration of the environment; mechanisms for supporting responses and environmental restoration, participation of residential communities, and responsibilities of relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals. 2. This Regulation does not provide for offshore waste-related emergencies. Responses to offshore waste-related emergencies shall follow the toxic chemical-related emergency response laws, oil-spilling emergency response laws, and relevant laws. Article 2. Regulated entities This Regulation applies to agencies, organizations, residential communities, and individuals involved in responses to waste-related emergencies and post-emergency environmental restoration. Article 3. Waste-related emergencies, classification of waste-related emergencies, and principles of responding to waste-related emergencies 1. Waste-related emergencies are environmental emergencies caused by leakage, spillage, or dispersion of waste during the processes of generation, collection, storage, transit, transport, processing, handling, co-handling, recycling, energy recovery, and destruction of waste. 2. Waste-related emergencies shall be classified according to Article 123 of the Law on Environmental Protection as follows: a) In-facility waste-related emergencies; b) District-level waste-related emergencies; c) Provincial-level waste-related emergencies; d) National-level waste-related emergencies. 3. Principles of responding to waste-related emergencies: a) Carry out proactive prevention, proactively develop plans, and prepare resources and synergistic schemes to be ready to make responses upon waste-related emergencies; b) Receive and handle information on waste-related emergencies promptly and ensure information for responses and timely reports for competent authorities if the emergencies exceed the responding capacity; c) Ensure that responses to waste-related emergencies are carried out following the four on-the-spot motto (leadership on-the-spot; human resources on-the-spot; means and materials on-the-spot; logistics on-the-spot) and the three readies motto (proactive prevention, timely responses, and urgent and efficient remedy). Cooperate and mobilize all resources to improve the effectiveness of the preparation and responses to waste- related emergencies; d) Ensure the consistent command and strict cooperation among forces, vehicles, and devices participating in responding to waste-related emergencies; dd) Ensure safety measures for forces for responses to waste-related emergencies and people in areas affected by waste-related emergencies; e) Any organization or individual that causes waste-related emergencies shall pay for costs of responses to such emergencies, environmental improvement and restoration, compensations, and other costs caused by the waste-related emergencies, excluding cases where such costs are covered by the State according to the law. Chapter II PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO WASTE-RELATED EMERGENCIES Article 4. Development of plans and waste-related emergencies drills 1. Responsibility for developing plans to respond to waste-related emergencies: a) Owners of investment projects and facilities shall develop and issue plans to respond to waste-related emergencies. Responses to in-facility waste-related emergencies shall comply with Clause 2 Article 108 of Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP. Plans to respond to waste-related emergencies may be integrated into plans to respond to other emergencies; where plans to respond to waste-related emergencies are integrated into and approved together with plans to respond to other emergencies under Point b Clause 6 Article 124 of the Law on Environmental Protection, it is mandatory to ensure the adequacy of the content according to Clause 2 Article 108 of Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP; b) The National Steering Committee for Civil Defense shall take charge and cooperate with relevant ministries and agencies in developing and issuing plans to respond to national-level waste-related emergencies; the Provincial Civil Defense Command shall issue plans to respond to provincial-level waste-related emergencies; the District-level Civil Defense Command shall issue plans to respond to district-level waste-related emergencies. Responses to national-level, provincial-level, and district-level waste- related emergencies shall comply with Clause 3 Article 108 of Decree No. 08/2022/ND- CP. Plans to respond to national-level, provincial-level, and district-level waste-related emergencies prescribed in this Point may be integrated into plans for civil defense or plans to respond to other emergencies; where the plan to respond to national-level, provincial-level, and district-level waste-related emergencies are integrated into plans for civil defense at the same level, it is mandatory to ensure that the plans for civil defense adequately have the content prescribed in Clause 3 Article 108 of Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP. 2. Plans to respond to waste-related emergencies shall be prepared for the stage of preparing and organizing responses to emergencies. Plans to respond to waste-related emergencies shall have specific scenarios of responses to emergencies to adopt respective responding schemes. 3. The announcement of plans to respond to in-facility, district-level, provincial-level, and national-level waste-related emergencies shall comply with Article 110 of Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP. 4. The directive on waste-related emergency drills shall comply with Clause 1 Article 124 of the Law on Environmental Protection. The organization of in-facility, district-level, provincial-level, and national-level waste-related emergency drills shall comply with Clause 7 Article 124 of the Law on Environmental Protection. Article 5. Development of forces, resources, equipment, and implementation of plans to respond to waste-related emergencies 1. Owners of investment projects and facilities shall have works, equipment, and vehicles to respond to waste-related emergencies according to the law or cooperate with capable units in implementing tasks of preventing and responding to waste-related emergencies; develop and train on-the-spot forces for responses to waste-related emergencies. 2. The Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam shall take charge and cooperate with ministries, ministerial agencies, governmental agencies, and provincial People’s Committees in instructing and developing forces, resources, and equipment for responses to waste-related emergencies according to Clause 1 Article 111 of Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP. 3. The implementation of plans to respond to in-facility, district-level, provincial-level, and national-level waste-related emergencies shall comply with Clause 4 Article 124 of the Law on Environmental Protection. Chapter III ORGANIZATION OF RESPONSES TO WASTE-RELATED EMERGENCIES Article 6. Receipt and handling of information on waste-related emergencies 1. Owners of investment projects and facilities where waste-related emergencies happen shall promptly submit reports to the district-level Civil Defense Command and the People’s Committee and Civil Defense Committee of the commune where the emergencies occur. Organizations and individuals detecting waste-related emergencies shall immediately notify the competent authorities prescribed in this Clause of such emergencies. 2. The district-level Civil Defense Command shall cooperate with the commune-level People’s Committee and commune-level Civil Defense Committee where the emergencies occur in the direct verification and timely responses to such emergencies and submission of reports to the district-level People’s Committee to announce the waste- related emergencies or notify competent authorities of such emergencies for responses following the levels of waste-related emergencies prescribed in Clause 2 Article 3 of this Regulation. 3. Provincial, district-level, and commune-level People’s Committees where emergencies occur shall promptly send the information on such emergencies to the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense, the Civil Defense Command at the same level, or their superior authorities for inspection and handling. Article 7. Responses to in-facility waste-related emergencies 1. Legal representatives of facilities or authorized persons shall be the emergency response coordinator (hereinafter referred to as “coordinator”). 2. Coordinators shall organize responses to emergencies and assess the scope of influence and the self-responding capacity of the facilities to carry out the following operations: a) Where the emergencies are within the self-responding capacity of the facilities, coordinators shall adopt measures to respond to emergencies following the approved plans and scenarios while submitting reports to the district-level Civil Defense Command and commune-level People’s Committee on the responses to emergencies within 24 hours from the detection of such emergencies; b) Where the emergencies exceed the self-responding capacity of the facilities, coordinators shall immediately issue notices to the commune-level People’s Committee and the commune-level Civil Defense Command where emergencies occur or the district- level Civil Defense Command for the organization of responses; hand over leading rights to the district-level Civil Defense Command and direct the forces for responses to emergencies of the facilities to comply with the requirements of the district-level Civil Defense Command. 3. Reports and notices concerning waste-related emergencies prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article include the time, location, and cause of the waste-related emergency; severity, scope of influence, and damage caused by the emergency; implemented responses to the emergency; assessment of the facility's responding capacity and relevant content. Article 8. Responses to out-of-facility waste-related emergencies 1. Determination and announcement of waste-related emergencies: a) After receiving the notices prescribed in Article 6 of this Regulation, within 24 hours, the President of the People’s Committee and the Head of the district-level Civil Defense Command shall determine the emergency level according to Clause 2 Article 3 of this Regulation and direct responses to the emergencies according to this Regulation; where the emergencies exceed their jurisdiction, they shall immediately submit reports to the provincial Civil Defense Command for directives on responses to the emergencies. The Head of the district-level Civil Defense Command shall decide to announce the waste- related emergencies. After receiving reports from the district-level Civil Defense Command or there are grounds for determining that the emergencies are provincial-level, within 12 hours, the Head of the provincial Civil Defense Command shall decide on the announcement of waste-related emergencies. The President of the People’s Committee and the Head of the provincial Civil Defense Command shall direct responses to emergencies according to this Regulation; where the emergencies exceed their jurisdiction, they shall immediately submit reports to the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense for directives on responses to the emergencies. After receiving reports from the provincial Civil Defense Command or there are grounds for determining that emergencies are national-level, within 12 hours, the Head of the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense shall decide on the announcement of waste-related emergencies and direct responses to such emergencies according to this Regulation; b) A decision on the announcement of waste-related emergencies includes: Level of the emergency, location, time, influence scope, and relevant recommendations; establishment of a field command to respond to the emergencies; designation of a coordinator and spokesperson for responses to emergencies (full names, positions, and contact information) and forces participating in responses to emergencies. 2. Directing persons and coordinators regarding responses to waste-related emergencies: a) The President of the district-level People’s Committee and Head of the district-level Civil Defense Command shall be the directing persons for responses to emergencies, mobilization of forces, devices, and vehicles for responses to emergencies, and designation of coordinators and spokespersons for district-level waste-related emergencies occurring in their areas; a) The President of the provincial People’s Committee and Head of the provincial Civil Defense Command shall be the directing persons for responses to emergencies, mobilization of forces, devices, and vehicles for responses to emergencies, and designation of coordinators and spokespersons for provincial-level waste-related emergencies occurring in their areas; c) The Head of the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense shall be the directing person for responses to emergencies, mobilization of forces, devices, and vehicles for responses to emergencies, and designation of coordinators and spokespersons for national-level waste-related emergencies. 3. Tasks and entitlements of directing persons for responses to waste-related emergencies: a) Establish commands and designate coordinators, spokespersons, and forces for responses to emergencies; establish working teams for determining the cause of emergencies if necessary; b) Mobilize and assign funding, vehicles, and devices and mobilize forces for responses to emergencies for coordinators and working teams for determination of the emergency causes; direct relevant agencies, organizations, units, and individuals to participate and cooperate in responses to emergencies; c) Direct responses to emergencies and submit reports and request superior authorities to support responses to emergencies and environmental improvement and restoration if necessary; d) Carry out other responsibilities and entitlements according to relevant laws. 4. Tasks and entitlements of coordinators: a) Promptly organize urgent measures to protect the life and property of the people, the state, and relevant organizations and individuals and minimize damage and remedy the consequences; b) Receive and use the funding, vehicles, and equipment and direct forces to organize responses to emergencies; mobilize necessary forces and equipment for responses to waste-related emergencies; regularly submit reports to directing persons and provide information on responses to emergencies for spokesperson; c) Consult with organizations and specialists or request agencies, units, organizations, and individuals to provide support when responding to emergencies. 5. Advisory agencies for responses to waste-related emergencies: a) District-level specialized agencies for environmental protection shall take charge and cooperate with other relevant agencies and units of district-level People’s Committees in providing advisory services for the organization of responses to district-level waste- related emergencies; b) Provincial specialized agencies for environmental protection shall take charge and cooperate with other relevant agencies and units of provincial People’s Committees in providing advisory services for the organization of responses to provincial-level waste- related emergencies; c) The Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam shall take charge and cooperate with: The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Vietnam, Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, Ministry of Health of Vietnam, and other relevant agencies in providing advisory services for the Head of the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense regarding the organization of responses to national-level waste-related emergencies; d) The agencies prescribed in Points a, b, and c of this Clause shall provide professional and technical support for coordinators and working teams for determination of emergency causes by their assigned functions, tasks, and entitlements. Article 9. Determination of causes of waste-related emergencies 1. The Head of the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense shall establish working teams for determination of the causes of national-level emergencies after their occurrence; Presidents of provincial People’s Committees shall establish working teams for determination of the causes of provincial-level emergencies after their occurrence; Presidents of district-level People’s Committees shall establish working teams for determination of the causes of district-level emergencies after their occurrence. 2. The composition of a working team includes: National defense personnel; agriculture and environment personnel; industry and trade personnel; police officers for combat against environmental crimes and fire safety and rescue personnel; health personnel; specialists (if any) and relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals. Article 10. Operations of working teams 1. Working teams shall: a) Collect samples of the environment, such as soil, water, air, and waste at areas where emergencies occur and areas that may potentially be affected; b) Collect information on signs concerning the health of affected people around the areas of emergencies; c) Determine the causes of waste-related emergencies and collect relevant documents of facilities where the emergencies occur to serve the investigation; d) Take photos or video recordings of the scenes of emergencies or seal off and protect the scenes of emergencies (if necessary) after responses to waste-related emergencies are completed; dd) Prepare lists and do brief interviews of organizations and individuals relevant to the emergencies at the scenes, including: Owners of investment projects and facilities where emergencies occur, personnel of the facilities causing emergencies at the scenes, persons suffering from damage caused by the emergencies, and relevant parties; e) Make surveys, analyses, and warnings of causes that may cause emergencies and areas that may potentially be affected; g) Provide information and technical support for agencies providing advisory services for coordinators. 2. Working teams may mobilize laboratories and mobile devices to determine the causes of waste-related emergencies (if necessary). 3. Working teams shall self-dissolve after they complete their tasks. Article 11. Announcement and provision of information on responses to waste- related emergencies 1. Spokespersons for responses to waste-related emergencies designated under Clause 2 Article 8 of this Regulation shall issue notices of waste-related emergencies. 2. Responsibilities and entitlements of spokespersons; a) Promptly, adequately, truthfully, and accurately provide information on waste-related emergencies and situations of responses to waste-related emergencies for relevant residential communities, organizations, and individuals and agencies of communications; b) Receive or request the provision of information on waste-related emergencies and responses to waste-related emergencies from directing persons, coordinators, advisory agencies, working teams for determination of emergency causes, and relevant organizations and individuals. 3. Information shall be provided through: a) Contact points of relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals following plans to respond to waste-related emergencies and scenarios of responses to emergencies or web portals of People’s Committees at various levels; b) Press conferences on the provision of information or central and local agencies of communications for information on emergencies and responses to emergencies; c) Other contact information channels conforming with the characteristics, situations, and conditions of the areas where emergencies occur. 4. Relevant residential communities, organizations, and individuals may request information on waste-related emergencies and responses to waste-related emergencies; agencies of communications may access information on waste-related emergencies and shall provide accurate, truthful, and timely information for the people. 5. Information on responses to waste-related emergencies prescribed in this Article shall be decided by the directing persons for responses to waste-related emergencies and provided within 48 hours from the announcement of the emergencies. Article 12. End of organization of responses to waste-related emergencies 1. The stage of organizing responses to emergencies shall end when the following requirements are met: a) The main source of waste causing the waste-related emergency is isolated, controlled, collected, and treated safely and is unlikely to cause further emergencies; b) There are no longer any factors arising from waste-related emergencies that can seriously endanger the life and health of humans. 2. Directing persons for responses to waste-related emergencies shall decide to announce the end of the state of organizing responses to emergencies when the conditions prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article are met. Decisions to announce the end of the state of organizing responses to emergencies shall be disclosed by one of the methods of information provision prescribed in Clause 3 Article 11 of this Regulation. 3. Directing persons for responses to waste-related emergencies shall: a) Transfer records to public security authorities where there are signs of violations against criminal laws; b) Submit reports on the results of responses to waste-related emergencies to superior civil defense authorities; c) Store the records of responses to waste-related emergencies according to archival regulations. Chapter IV ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND RESTORATION AFTER WASTE- RELATED EMERGENCIES Article 13. Environmental improvement and restoration after waste-related emergencies 1. Owners of investment projects and facilities causing waste-related emergencies shall carry out environmental restoration after the emergencies occur within the premises of their facilities. Commune-level People’s Committees where waste-related emergencies occur shall inspect and supervise the environmental restoration. 2. Environmental restoration after district-level, provincial-level, and national-level waste-related emergencies shall comply with Clause 2 Article 126 of the Law on Environmental Protection. a) Provincial and district-level specialized agencies for environmental protection shall provide advisory services for the People’s Committees of the same level regarding the directive on environmental restoration after local waste-related emergencies; b) Specialized agencies with assigned tasks of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Vietnam shall provide advisory services for the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Vietnam regarding the directive on environmental protection after national-level waste-related emergencies. 3. Environmental improvement and restoration after emergencies shall satisfy the technical regulations on the quality of the surrounding environment; restore the residential sites, manufacturing and trading, and natural environment for areas without preserved ecosystems; restore specific main characteristics of the ecosystems regarding areas with preserved ecosystems. Article 14. Approval for plans for environmental improvement and restoration 1. District-level specialized agencies for environmental protection shall request district- level People’s Committees to approve plans for environmental improvement and restoration regarding waste-related emergencies prescribed in Point b Clause 2 Article 3 of this Regulation. 2. Provincial specialized agencies for environmental protection shall request provincial People’s Committees to approve plans for environmental improvement and restoration regarding waste-related emergencies prescribed in Point c Clause 2 Article 3 of this Regulation. 3. Specialized agencies with assigned tasks of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Vietnam shall request the Minister of Agriculture and Environment of Vietnam to approve plans for environmental improvement and restoration regarding the waste-related emergencies prescribed in Point d Clause 2 Article 3 of this Regulation. 4. The main content of the plans for environmental improvement and restoration shall comply with Clause 3 Article 126 of the Law on Environmental Protection. Article 15. Implementation of environmental improvement and restoration 1. Owners of investment projects and facilities that cause waste-related emergencies shall mobilize their forces, vehicles, and devices to carry out environmental restoration after the emergencies occur within their facilities. Where local authorities' support is needed for environmental restoration after waste-related emergencies, there must be written proposals for local authorities to arrange appropriate forces, vehicles, and devices. 2. Environmental improvement and after district-level, provincial-level, and national- level waste-related emergencies shall be carried out according to one of the following cases: a) Owners of investment projects and facilities that cause waste-related emergencies shall carry out or hire other units to carry out plans for environmental restoration approved by competent authorities; b) Authorities approving plans for environmental restoration shall carry out such plans through bidding according to the Law on Bidding (if required). 3. Bid-winning organizations or units shall carry out environmental improvement and restoration according to plans for environmental improvement and restoration and ensure the satisfaction of the requirements prescribed in Clause 3 Article 13 of this Regulation and relevant laws. 4. Agencies requesting approval for environmental improvement and restoration plans shall supervise, inspect, and test the completion of environmental improvement and restoration following the approved plans. Organizations and individuals causing the emergencies may participate in supervising, appraising, inspecting, and testing the completion of environmental improvement and restoration. Article 16. End of environmental improvement and restoration 1. The stage of environmental improvement and restoration shall end when competent authorities decide to carry out testing of the results of environmental improvement and restoration. 2. Authorities approving plans for environmental restoration shall announce the end of the state of environmental restoration to the residential communities and agencies of press and communications. 3. After the announcement of the end of environmental improvement and restoration, within 30 days, authorities approving plans for environmental improvement and restoration shall submit reports on the results to their superior authorities. Chapter V FINANCIAL MECHANISMS AND PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSES TO WASTE-RELATED EMERGENCIES Article 17. Finance for responses to waste-related emergencies 1. Organizations and individuals that cause emergencies shall promptly and adequately pay all the costs concerning responses to waste-related emergencies and environmental improvement and restoration. Where it is not possible to identify organizations and individuals that cause the emergencies, the funding for responses and environmental improvement and restoration shall be covered by the State. 2. Organizations and individuals that cause emergencies shall reimburse the costs concerning responses to waste-related emergencies and environmental improvement and restoration after the emergencies to the state budget according to written requests for reimbursement of the state agencies covering such costs. 3. Agencies, organizations, individuals, and residential communities affected or damaged by emergencies may request organizations and individuals causing waste-related emergencies to compensate for the damage according to the law. Article 18. Participation of communities in responses to waste-related emergencies 1. Owners of investment projects and facilities shall disclose plans and scenarios concerning the responses to emergencies by listing them at their facilities and headquarters of commune-level People’s Committees and other convenient methods. 2. Residential communities that may potentially be affected by waste-related emergencies shall receive notices of risks of emergencies and measures to respond to waste-related emergencies carried out by the facilities; be informed of and supervise responses to waste-related emergencies and environmental improvement and restoration carried out by the facilities or state agencies. 3. Representatives of residential communities that may potentially be affected shall be entitled to participate in waste-related emergency drills organized by the facilities and state agencies. Representatives of residential communities shall provide information for the communities and be the contact points while preparing and implementing responses to waste-related emergencies and environmental improvement and restoration after emergencies. Where necessary, representatives of residential communities may request relevant facilities, agencies, and units to provide and explain the information on waste- related emergencies and environmental improvement and restoration. Article 19. Encouragement of participation in responses to waste-related emergencies 1. The State shall encourage and enable organizations and individuals to invest and participate in providing services concerning responses to waste-related emergencies, including preparation of responses to waste-related emergencies, organization of responses to waste-related emergencies, and environmental improvement and restoration after waste-related emergencies. 2. Organizations and individuals are encouraged to participate and contribute effort and finance to responses to waste-related emergencies prescribed in this Regulation. Chapter VI IMPLEMENTAITON RESPONSIBILITIES Article 20. Responsibilities of ministries and ministerial agencies 1. The Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam shall: a) Instruct, inspect, and develop the capacity for preventing and warning risks of waste- related emergencies regarding investment projects and facilities subject to state secrets in terms of national defense; operations of preparing and organizing responses to waste- related emergencies within its management scope according to the law; b) Provide guidelines on the content of plans to respond to waste-related emergencies; procedures, techniques for responding to waste-related emergencies, and scenarios concerning waste-related emergencies regarding investment projects and facilities subject to state secrets in terms of national defense according to the law. 2. The Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam shall; a) Direct public security forces of fire safety and rescue; public security forces of prevention and combat against environmental crimes and public security agencies at various levels to participate in responding to waste-related emergencies upon requests from competent authorities; b) Direct and ensure the political security and social order and safety of areas where waste-related emergencies occur; investigate the causes of such emergencies according to the law; c) Instruct, inspect, and develop the capacity for preventing and warning risks of waste- related emergencies regarding investment projects and facilities subject to state secrets in terms of security; operations of preparing and organizing responses to waste-related emergencies within its management scope according to the law; d) Provide guidelines on the content of plans to respond to waste-related emergencies; procedures, techniques for responding to waste-related emergencies, and scenarios concerning waste-related emergencies regarding investment projects and facilities subject to state secrets in terms of security according to the law. 3. The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of Vietnam shall: a) Participate in organizing responses to national-level waste-related emergencies under the assignment of the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense; b) Direct the implementation of environmental restoration after national-level waste- related emergencies. 4. The Ministry of Health of Vietnam shall: a) Participate in responding to national-level waste-related emergencies under the assignment of the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense; b) Assess the scope and level of the impact on the health of humans of national-level waste-related emergencies. 5. The Ministry of Construction of Vietnam shall take charge and cooperate with the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam and relevant ministries, ministerial agencies, and provincial People’s Committees in implementing schemes to use traffic infrastructures, equipment, vehicles, and transport supplies in its responsible scope regarding participation in responding to waste-related emergencies under the directive of the National Steering Committee for Civil Defense. 6. Ministries and ministerial agencies shall implement this Regulation within their jurisdiction, ensuring conformity as per regulation. Article 21. Responsibilities of National Steering Committee for Civil Defense; provincial and district-level Civil Defense Commands 1. The National Steering Committee for Civil Defense shall direct the development, implementation, and inspection of the implementation of plans to respond to national- level and provincial-level waste-related emergencies; inspect and urge the preparation and readiness or the organization of responses to emergencies; organize national-level and provincial-level waste-related emergency drills and training sessions. 2. Provincial Civil Defense Commands shall direct the development, implementation, and inspection of the implementation of plans to respond to district-level waste-related emergencies; inspect and urge the preparation and readiness or the organization of responses to emergencies; organize district-level waste-related emergency drills and training sessions. 3. District-level Civil Defense Commands shall direct the development, implementation, and inspection of the implementation of plans to respond to in-facility waste-related emergencies; inspect and urge the preparation and readiness or the organization of responses to emergencies; organize in-facility waste-related emergency drills and training sessions. 4. Direct and organize responses to waste-related emergencies according to this Regulation. Article 22. Responsibilities of local authorities 1. People’s Committees at all levels shall: a) Disseminate and improve the communal awareness and universalize knowledge of prevention and responses to local waste-related emergencies; direct local units to organize drills and implement plans to respond to waste-related emergencies; b) Develop forces for responses to waste-related emergencies, ensure sources of personnel, vehicles, and equipment for responses to emergencies, and participate in responses to local waste-related emergencies; c) Direct, organize, and mobilize relevant forces to respond to local waste-related emergencies; d) Request the People’s Committees at the same level to allocate funding from the local budget and mobilize other legal sources for expenditures on the prevention of and responses to waste-related emergencies under local management according to the law. 2. Provincial and district-level specialized agencies for environmental protection shall: a) Provide advisory services for the People’s Committees and Civil Defense Commands at the same level regarding the inspection and assessment of risks of local waste-related emergencies; develop and request competent authorities to issue plans to respond to waste-related emergencies as per regulation; instruct the preparation and organization of responses to local waste-related emergencies; b) Provide advisory services for the People’s Committees and Civil Defense Commands at the same level regarding responses to waste-related emergencies and environmental improvement and restoration after local waste-related emergencies; c) Carry out other responsibilities concerning responses to waste-related emergencies as per regulation. Article 23. Responsibilities of owners of investment projects and facilities 1. Adopt measures to prevent waste-related emergencies; develop and implement plans to respond to waste-related emergencies; organize responses to waste-related emergencies in their facilities and participate in responses to waste-related emergencies under the command of competent authorities and persons. 2. Annually organize waste-related emergency drills and invest in equipment to ensure readiness for responses to waste-related emergencies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This translation is made by THƯ VIỆN PHÁP LUẬT, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and for reference purposes only. Its copyright is owned by THƯ VIỆN PHÁP LUẬT and protected under Clause 2, Article 14 of the Law on Intellectual Property.Your comments are always welcomed