Nguyễn Khắc Kinh, Dr and Chairman of the Việt Nam Association of Environmental Impact AssessmentDr Nguyễn Khắc Kinh, Chairman of the Việt Nam Association of Environmental Impact Assessments, spoke to the newspaper Nhân Dân (People) about some of the constraints in Vietnamese law relating to environmental assessments. What is the biggest challenge in carrying out an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a project in Việt Nam? But currently, an EIA is expected to come up with assessments on areas that do not belong to its ‘original task’ like social impact assessments (SIA), health impact assessments (HIA) and risk assessments (RA). That’s the key reason why an EIA report in Việt Nam is not as comprehensive and independent as it should be. At present, Việt Nam has two sets of environmental technical standards, but our environmental management activities are still weak.

Source: Viet Nam News September 12, 2016 03:56 UTC