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Policy Review Quarter III/2012, English Edition

Policy Bulletin No.7, published by PanNature, updates and reflects policy issues newly issued, discussed, and drafted during the third quarter of 2012.

Part of this Newsletter introduces the study of PanNature on the concerns of Vietnamese commercial banks regarding the environmental and social aspects of credit operations. According to this study, one of the barriers to implementing environmental and social responsibility in credit activities is that some large banks are still hesitant to take the lead alone. Currently, only Sacombank has built a credit risk management system concerning the environment and society. Accordingly, projects are classified based on the level of impact on the environment.


The main contents of this newsletter:

  • “Greening” the banking industry: Compulsory standards or encouraging voluntary participation?
  • Admission fees to some national parks
  • Strengthening management of hydropower projects
  • Conversion of special-use forest land in Yok Don and Vu Quang National Parks
  • Data management on genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
  • Vietnam’s Elephants Conservation Emergency Action Plan
  • Promulgating a new strategy for national environmental protection
  • Overcoming pollution and improving the environment in the period from 2012 – 2015
  • Criteria for environmentally friendly plastic bags
  • National target program to respond to climate change
  • Draft Land Law (amended)
  • Draft a new circular on hydropower planning management
  • Specific policies for forestry companies

Download the full Policy Review in Vietnamese here >> (File PDF, 4.07 MB)

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