Over 2,440 greenhouse gas-emitting facilities required to conduct greenhouse gas inventories

This is part of Viet Nam's efforts to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

According to the Decision, six sectors required to conduct greenhouse gas inventories, including:

(1) Energy (including energy production industries; energy consumption in industry, commerce, services and residential activities; coal mining; and oil and natural gas extraction);

(2) Transport (energy consumption in transport sector);

(3) Construction (including energy consumption in construction sector and industrial processes involved in the production of construction materials);

(4) Industrial processes (including chemical production; metallurgy; electronics industry; the use of substitutes for ozone-depleting substances; and the production and use of other industrial products);

(5) Agriculture, forestry and land use (including livestock production; forestry and land-use change; crop production; energy consumption in agriculture, forestry and fisheries; and other emission sources in agriculture);

(6) Waste (including solid waste landfills; biological treatment of solid waste; waste incineration and open burning; and wastewater treatment and discharge).

The list of greenhouse gas-emitting facilities under the Ministry of Industry and Trade that are required to conduct greenhouse gas inventories comprises 1,916 facilities.

The list of greenhouse gas-emitting facilities under the construction sector comprises 53 facilities in transport sector and 411 facilities in construction sector.

The list of greenhouse gas-emitting facilities under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment comprises 61 facilities.

The Decision will take effect on September 25, 2026./.