ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN VIETNAM: THEORY AND PRACTICE

Jeffrey Philip Obbard (), Yoke Chin Lai and Clive Briffett
Additional contact information
Jeffrey Philip Obbard: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore
Yoke Chin Lai: Department of Building Technology and Structural Engineering, University of Aalbor, Denmark
Clive Briffett: Impact Assessment Unit, Oxford Brookes University, Gypsy Lane, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2002, vol. 04, issue 03, 267-295

Abstract: Vietnam is a rapidly developing nation in Southeast Asia and has adopted and implemented mandatory legislation for Environmental Assessment since 1994. This review analyses the successes and failures of this legislation and investigates the role of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in the future development of the country. Along with many other developing nations in the region, the implementation of existing environmental legislation is generally weak in Vietnam and increased efforts to educate, train and motivate responsible personnel in the government, non-government and private development sectors is a continuing requirement. Many overseas agencies are currently financing projects to meet these current needs and to develop sustainable development policy within the natural resource management and planning framework in the country. It is concluded that Vietnam does have a good potential for an increased application of SEA, but success will depend on the effective conversion of theory into practice.

Keywords: Vietnam; strategic environmental assessment; sustainable development; natural resources; environmental policy; environmental legislation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1464333202001029
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:04:y:2002:i:03:n:s1464333202001029

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from

DOI: 10.1142/S1464333202001029

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM) is currently edited by Thomas Fischer

More articles in Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM) from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tai Tone Lim ().