Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health

Ministry of Science, Technology and
Environment is responsible for:
Undertaking the unified governmental
management of hazardous waste in
Vietnam; organizing and directing
hazardous waste management
Developing legislative documents on
hazardous waste management
Issuing the register for hazardous waste
management or environmental permit for
the release source, collection, transport,
storage, treatment and disposal of
hazardous waste
Publishing environmental standards on the
selection of landfill for hazardous waste,
technical standards on the engineering,
construction and operation of storages and
landfills for hazardous waste, assuring the
environmental hygiene; selecting and
consulting technology for hazardous waste
treatment; cooperating with Ministry of
Finance in setting the fee for hazardous
waste management
Guiding and approving the Environmental
Impact Assessment of the collection,
transport, storage, treatment and disposal
facilities and landfills for hazardous waste
Studying and applying scientific and
technological achievement in hazardous
waste management
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Organizing the survey and assessment on
environmental pollution in storages,
treatment and disposal facilities and
landfills for hazardous waste; inspecting
and checking hazardous waste
management activities pursuant to
applicable legislations
Disseminating, training and raising the
awareness of hazardous waste
management
Taking lead and cooperating with relevant
ministries, sectors and localities in the
dissemination of Hazardous Waste
Management Regulations in Vietnam.
Cooperating with relevant ministries and
sectors in training expert and profession for
hazardous waste management staffs.
Cooperating with relevant ministries and
sectors in raising the awareness of
hazardous waste management of
authorities and public through
communication media.
Annually cooperating with relevant
ministries, sectors and localities in
inventory on hazardous waste, assessing the
status of hazardous waste management in
Vietnam and reporting to the Government.
Hazardous healthcare waste management is
mainly undertaken by MoH and MoNRE. At
the local level, it is undertaken by Provincial
People’s Committees and Urban
Environmental Companies directly under the
Provincial People’s Committees or
Departments of Transport and Public Works
and Departments of Construction.
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