Enhancing environmental policies to boost a sustainable energy transition in Vietnam

Vietnam has been enhancing its environment protection legal framework to address challenges in human health protection and ecosystem safeguard, raised by its significant progress in renewable Energy. Yet, important gaps are identified in coordinated, adaptive policies to minimize environmental impacts across all states of renewable energy development project. This analysis identifies policy gaps in aligning environmental protection with renewable energy development, particularly in the absence of clear criteria for site selection, land and water use, and effective environmental impact assessments.