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Where to File the Environmental Dossier?

Find out where the facility's environmental dossier is filed, which form to use and when the annual report is due. Choose the type of activity and enter the discharge volume to get the result.

Type of activity Industrial (production) wastewater to be treated, m³/day Domestic and kitchen wastewater to be treated, m³/day Dust and air emissions to be treated, m³/hour (thresholds 50 / 20,000 / 100,000; enter 0 if none) The facility is located in an industrial park, economic zone or industrial cluster

Reference result

For reference under the regulations cited, checked 30 September 2026. Not a substitute for advice on a specific file.

Where to file depends on the type of procedure (see the tool “Wastewater: Commune or Province?”):

Procedure	Where to file	Annual report
Environmental permit	Provincial People's Committee; Ministry of Agriculture and Environment for scrap imports and hazardous waste treatment across 02 or more provinces	Form 05.A, before 15/01 of the following year
Environmental registration (50 m³/day or 20,000 m³/hour or more)	Provincial People's Committee	Form 05.B, before 15/01 of the following year
Environmental registration (wastewater from 05 to under 50 m³/day, air emissions from 50 to under 20,000 m³/hour)	People's Committee of the commune, ward or special zone	Form 05.B, before 15/01 of the following year

Environmental registration uses Form No. 47, Appendix II of Circular 02/2022/TT-BTNMT (amended by Circular 07/2025/TT-BTNMT). If the registered content changes, re-register before making the change.

Legal basis

Resolution 66.19/2026/NQ-CP of 18/5/2026: in force from 18/5/2026 to the end of 28/02/2027; Part B of Appendix IX in force from 01/7/2026 (xaydungchinhsach.chinhphu.vn, news of 20/5/2026). Entities requiring an environmental permit: Clause 1, Section VII, Part A, Appendix IX; environmental registration with the provincial / commune-level People's Committee and entities not required to register: Clause 3, Section VII, Part A; permit-issuing authority: Section II, Part B.
Official Letter 6879/SNNMT-CCBVMT of 22/6/2026 of the An Giang Department of Agriculture and Environment (snnmt.angiang.gov.vn) — verbatim quotation of the thresholds in Resolution 66.19/2026.
Official letter of the Tuyen Quang Department of Agriculture and Environment (July 2026, implementing Document 4959/UBND-KTN of 30/6/2026), khodulieu.sohoa.tuyenquang.gov.vn, file c51074a2346a2241094a6f207e876630.pdf — thresholds for the permit, provincial/commune registration and no registration; the note states that wastewater includes domestic and industrial wastewater.
Law on Environmental Protection No. 72/2020/QH14, amended by Law No. 146/2025/QH15 (amending 15 laws in the agriculture and environment sectors, in force from 01/01/2026): Article 39, Article 41 (Clause 11, Article 1), Article 49 (Clause 14, Article 1).
Decree 08/2022/NĐ-CP, amended by Decree 05/2025/NĐ-CP and Decree 48/2026/NĐ-CP (in force from 29/01/2026): Article 32 renamed “Entities not required to register for the environment” and Appendix XVI (Article 12 of Decree 48/2026).
Background document: Decree 131/2025/NĐ-CP (delineation of authority of two-level local government, in force from 01/7/2025), Clause 1, Article 26 — while Resolution 66.19/2026 is in force, the thresholds and authority follow the Resolution.
Circular 02/2022/TT-BTNMT, amended by Circular 07/2025/TT-BTNMT, Circular 07/2025/TT-BNNMT and Circular 09/2026/TT-BNNMT (in force from 29/01/2026): Form No. 47, Appendix II (environmental registration); Forms 05.A and 05.B, Section 5 of the Appendix to Circular 09/2026 (environmental protection report, period 01/01–31/12, submitted before 15/01) — per Official Letter 6879/SNNMT-CCBVMT of An Giang of 22/6/2026.

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