Legal framework of the water sector in Vietnam: Achievements and Challenges

Thi Phuong Loan Nguyen

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Abstract: Since 1986 and especially during the early 90s, environmental protection has become a constitutional principle in Vietnam as regulated by Articles 17 and 29 of the 1992 Constitution. The first Law on Environmental Protection, passed by the National Assembly on December 27, 1993 created a foundation for environmental legislation becoming an important field in Vietnam’s legal system. In the following, Vietnam enacted its very first Law on Water Resources (No. 08/1998/QH10) in January 1999 aiming to provide a foundational framework for managing the water sector in Vietnam. In recent years, the legislative framework on water resources management has further developed. Important water-related regulations on the guidance and implementation of the Law on Water Resources have been issued and often amended to meet the requirements of the country’s development, and its international integration. To date, Vietnam’s legislation on the water sector consists of a complex system of legal documents issued by different state agencies. Though legislation of water sector management in Vietnam has greatly improved during the last decade, it has obviously not yet come to full fruition. Hence, the paper intends to provide an overview of achievements as well as problems and conflicting issues within Vietnam’s current water sector management legislation.

Keywords: Mekong Delta; Water Resources Management; State Management; Legal Framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K32 K4 Q53 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Published in Journal of Vietnamese Environment ISSN: 2193-6471.2(2012): pp. 27-44

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