PRIME MINISTER
No: 1419/QĐ-TTg
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom - Happiness
Hanoi, 07 th September, 2009
DECISION
Approving “the Strategy for Cleaner Production in Industrial
Production up to 2020”
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization dated 25/12/2001;
Pursuant to the Law on Environmental Protection dated 29/11/2005;
Pursuant to the Government’s Resolution 27/NQ-CP dated 12/6/2009 providing for some urgent measures for state management over natural resources and environment;
At the proposal of the Minister of Industry and Trade;
HEREBY DECIDES:
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to approve the “Strategy for Cleaner Production in Industrial
Production up to 2020” (hereinafter referred to as ‘Strategy’) with the following main contents:
I. VIEWPOINTS
1. This strategy is in line with and contributes to the implementation of the
“National Environmental Protection Strategy up to 2010 with orientation towards 2020”, the “Strategic Orientation for Sustainable Development in
Vietnam”, and strategic orientations of industrial branches. Investment in cleaner production is an investment in development bringing about environmental and economic benefits.
2. The application of cleaner production (CP) is carried out by industrial production units, on a voluntary basis, based on combining internal resources enhancement with technical support from the State and concerned organizations and individuals.

3. CP promotion can only be effectively implemented on the basis of promoting state management over environmental protection as well as increasing awareness of and responsibility for CP application of industrial production units.
II. OBJECTIVES
1. Overal objective
Extensive application of CP in industrial production units to increase efficiency in use of natural resources, fuel and raw materials in production, reduce discharge of pollutants and restrain increase in pollution level, protect and improve environmental quality and human health, and ensure sustainable development.
2. Specific objectives a) From now to 2015:
- 50% industrial production units are aware of the benefits of CP application;
- 25% industrial production units have roadmap and apply CP; CP applying enterprises are able to save 5-8% on consumption of energy, fuel and raw materials per product unit;
- 50% Departments of Industry and Trade have full-time cadres who have been trained and are fully capable of providing guidance and advice on CP application. b) From 2016 to 2020:
- 90% industrial production units will be aware of the benefits of CP application.
- 50% industrial production units will have roadmap and apply CP; CP applying enterprises will be able to save 8-13% on consumption of energy, fuel and raw materials per product unit. 90% medium- and large-sized enterprises will have focal points responsible for CP on-site.
- 80 % Departments of Industry and Trade will have full-time cadres who have been trained and are fully capable of providing guidance and advice on CP application.
III. TASKS
1. Propadandize, educate to increase awareness of and responsibility for CP implementation for all levels, branches, localities, industrial units, and residential communities .
2. Improve systems of mechanisms, policies, and legal normative documents
CP:
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a) Review, amend, supplement, and promulgate in accordance with delegated authorization, or submit to competent bodies for promulgation of mechanisms, policies, and legal normative documents for CP; b) Integrate CP into sectoral development strategies and plans of industrial branches, as well as regional and local strategies and plans for socioeconomic development and environmental production.
3. Increase capacity for managing, advising, and supporting industrial production units to implement CP a) Increase capacity in state management over CP for industrial production units in order to effectively implement legal regulations on environmental protection; b) Build up and develop pools of advisory consultants and technical cadres on CP for professional and consultancy agencies as well as industrial production units; c) Support pilot deployment and dissemination/replication of successful CP models in industrial production units.
4. Set up and put into operation some management units and CP consultancy and support centers within the Ministry of Industry and Trade, other concerned ministries, branches, localities, and some key economic zones.
5. Budget for implementation of contents and tasks of the Strategy shall be mobilized from different funding sources: funds allocated from state budget; funds mobilized from organizations and individuals, particularly from domestic enterprises; grant aids, financial assistance from foreign countries, organizations, and individuals; and other legal funding sources.
To approve, in principle, 07 component programs, schemes, and projects in order to materialize contents and tasks of the Strategy which are included in the Annex of this Decision. The total budget allocated from state budget for implementation of these seven component programs, schemes, and projects in the period 2010-2015 is estimated to be VND 150 billion (about VND 21.5 billion/year) on the basis of summing up the budget approved for each component program, scheme, project by the competent level as stipulated by law.
IV. IMPLEMENTATION SOLUTIONS
1. Solutions in terms of communication and awareness a) Intensify propaganda, education to increase awareness of and responsibility for CP application for all levels, branches, and particularly industrial production units; b) Rapidly develop and put into use databases and websites on CP;
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c) Speed up dissemination and replication of successful CP implementation models.
2. Solutions in terms of structural organization, management, mechanisms, and policies a) Speed up the review, amendment, supplementation, and improvement of systems of mechanisms, policies, and legal normative documents for CP; b) Implement the integration of CP into sectoral development strategies and plans of industrial branches, as well as regional and local strategies and plans for socio-economic development and environmental production; c) Establish and put into operation a CP certificate granting system for industrial production units; d) Set up and put into operation a CP Support Center in the Ministry of
Industry and Trade and some CP consultancy units in some provinces and centrally-run cities that are strongly developed in terms of industry.
3. Solutions in terms of technical support, training of human resources, and international cooperation a) Speedy up the development, dissemination, and encourage the use of technical guidelines on CP; support CP application in industrial production units; and develop information networks on CP in ministries, branches, and localities; b) Maintain close linkages between research institutions and universities with industrial production units in researching into, transferring and applying CP solutions; c) Intensify training, cultivation, and increase of capacity for professional and management cadres and advisory consultants that work in the field of
CP; d) Intensify international cooperation to attract resources in terms of investment, science and technology, and technical support for CP implementation.
4. Solutions in terms of investment and finance a) The State provides support by releasing state credit for CP projects; encourages organizations and individuals in and outside the country to invest in activities of research into, transfer and application of environmental friendly technologies to serve CP; b) Industrial production units applying CP are to enjoy highest preferential policies in terms of land, capital, and tax as stipulated by law.
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V. IMPLEMENTATION RESPONSIBILITY
1. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall take the lead and coordinate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and other concerned ministries, branches, and localities to implement contents and tasks of the
Strategy in an effective manner and in accordance with set schedule, and periodically every year report to the Prime Minister on implementation results.
The Minister of Industry of Trade shall form a Steering Committee, headed by him, for helping him implement the Strategy. The membership and operating regulations of the Steering Committee and the supporting Office shall be decided by the Minister.
2. The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance shall balance and allocate funds from five-year and annual state budget plans for implementation of component projects of the Strategy.
3. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of
Finance, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and other ministries, branches, and People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities shall, in accordance with their functions, tasks, and scopes of state management, be responsible for coordinating with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to effectively implement respective contents and tasks set out in the Strategy; periodically every year send reports on implementation results to the Ministry of
Industry and Trade for summing up and submitting to the Prime Minister.
Article 2. This decision takes effect 30 days after its signing date.
Article 3. Minister of Industry and Trade, ministers of other ministries, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of Government-affiliated agencies, chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, and concerned organizations and individuals are obliged to implement this decision./.
Recipients:
- Central Party Secretariat,
- Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers,
- Ministries, ministerial-level agencies,
Government-affiliated agencies,
- Office of the Central Steering Committee for
Anti-Corruption
- People’s Councils and People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities,
- Central Office and Committees of the Party,
- Office of the President,
- Ethnic Council and Committees of the National
Assembly,
- Office of the National Assembly,
- Supreme People’s Procuracy,
For PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Hoang Trung Hai
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- Supreme People’s Court,
- State Audit;
- Vietnam Bank for Social Policies;
- Vietnam Development Bank;
- Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland
Front;
- Central agencies of associations,
- Office of the Government: BTCN, functional divisions, e-portal, Government-affiliated departments and units, Official Gazette;
- Kept at: Archives, KGVX (5copies).
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Annex
LIST OF COMPONENT PROGRAMS, SCHEMES, AND PROJECTS FOR
IMPLEMNETATION OF CONTENTS AND TASKS OF THE STRATEGY
(issued together with Decision _______/QD/TTg dated __________ 2009 of the Prime Minister)
1. Program on Increasing capacity for managing, advising, and supporting industrial production units to implement cleaner production
- Responsible body: Ministry of Industry and Trade
- Coordination bodies: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and concerned ministries, branches, localities, and industrial production units
- Time duration: 2010 - 2015
2. Project on Developing and putting into use databases and websites on cleaner production
- Responsible body: Ministry of Industry and Trade
- Coordination bodies: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and concerned ministries, branches, localities, and industrial production units
- Time duration: 2009 - 2020
3. Scheme on Setting up and putting into operation a CP Support Center in the Ministry of Industry and Trade and a network of consultancy units in some provinces and centrally-run cities
- Responsible body: Ministry of Industry and Trade
- Coordination bodies: People’s Committees of some local provinces and centrally-run cities
- Time duration: 2009 – 2015
4. Project on Establishing and putting into operation a cleaner production certificate-granting system for industrial production units
- Responsible body: Ministry of Industry and Trade
- Coordination bodies: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and concerned ministries, branches, localities, and industrial production units
- Time duration: 2010 – 2020
5. Program on Propaganda and education to increase awareness of and responsibility for implementation of cleaner production
- Responsible body: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- Coordination bodies: Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of
Information and Communication, and concerned ministries, branches, localities, and industrial production units.
- Time duration: 2010 – 2015
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6. Program on Development of mechanisms, policies, and legal normative documents on finance in serving implementation of cleaner production
- Responsible body: Ministry of Finance
- Coordination bodies: Ministry of Industry and Trade, and concerned ministries, branches and localities
- Time duration: 2010 – 2012
7. Program on Support to consultancy on, research into, transfer and application of solutions for cleaner production
- Responsible body: Ministry of Science and Technology
- Coordination bodies: Ministry of Industry and Trade, and concerned ministries, branches, localities, research institutions, universities, consultancy organizations, and industrial production units
- Time duration: 2010 – 2020
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