The environmental safeguards instruments required to be prepared for subprojects in accordance with the Bank safeguard policies and GOV requirements are given in Table 5.
Table 5: Environmental safeguards instruments required by Vietnam Government and World Bank
Environmental Impacts Assessment (EIA) - The environmental assessment evaluates the project’s environmental risks and impacts in its area of influence; examines the project alternatives; identifies ways of siting, planning, design, and implementation by preventing, minimizing, mitigating, or compensating for adverse environmental and social impacts and enhancing positive impacts; and includes the process of mitigating and managing environmental and social impacts throughout the project implementation.
Environmental Management Plan (EMP) - The EMP is prepared as integral part of the EIA. The EMP details (a) the mitigation, monitoring and institutional measures to be taken during the implementation and operation of the project to eliminate or offset adverse environmental and social impacts or to reduce them to acceptable levels; (b) measures to enhance positive environmental and social impacts; and (c) the actions needed to implement these measures
Environmental Protection Commitment (EPC) – This insutrument to address minor negative environmental impacts associated with small infrastructure investment.
Environmental Codes of Practice (ECOP) - Generic mitigation measures for minor construction impacts associated with small-scale infrastructure investments. Environmental Codes of Practice (ECOP) have been developed as part of the EMP and will be included in bidding documents.
During implementation of project, each province will prepare a plan for IPM activities and submit a report to DARD/PPC describing the extent of the problem, training program, and recommendations for improvements before commencement.
During implementation of project, each province will prepare a plan for IPM activities and submit a report to IDA describing the extent of the problem, training program, and recommendations for improvements. If justified, the project will provide supplemental funding to support the IPM program.
Outline of an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) is expressed in Annex 2;
Environmental – Social Management Framework (ESMF), Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF), Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs), Ethnic Minority Development Framework (EMDF) and Ethnic Minority Development Plan (EMDP) (if any) will be submitted to WB for review and clearance, and approved by MARD.
PPMU is responsible for preparation of subproject Environmental Impacts Assessment (EIA), Environmental Protection Commitment (EPC), Environmental Management Plan (EMP) including ECOP, as well as RPF, RAP, EMDF and EMDP. EIA will be submitted to provincial DONRE for review and clearance while the EMP and ECOP will be submitted to the Bank for review and clearance. EPC will be submitted to Division of Natural and Environment Resources at District level for review and District People Committee (DPC) for approval. RPF, RAP, EMDF and EMDP will submit to PPC and MARD for approval.
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