Draft circular on GHG inventory and emission reduction published by Vietnam.

A public consultation on the Draft Circular on Technical Regulations for Measurement, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Greenhouse Gas Inventory in the Industry and Trade Sectors (hereinafter referred to as "the Draft") was launched on September 6, 2023, by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam (MOIT). The call for comments can be found here.

The Draft offers technical guidance on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory and GHG emission reduction at the facility level in the industrial sector under the control of the MOIT's. It does so by implementing Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP Providing Regulations on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Protection of the Ozone Layer. Prime Minister's Decision No. 01/2022/QD-TTg, of January 8, 2022, lists the companies that are required to submit a GHG inventory. This list includes 1,662 facilities in the commercial and industrial sectors.

Emission Sources        

GHG emission sources include direct emissions from stationary equipment such as boilers, furnaces, burners, turbines, heaters, and incinerators resulting from the combustion of fuel. Additionally,  there are mobile emission sources, resulting from the burning of fuel in vehicles etc Indirect emission sources include emission sources resulting from the consumption of electrical energy as well as emission sources related to the use of steam and heat energy. Also, to be considered are emission sources related to purchased raw materials, fuels and waste treatment processes, and others.

GHG Inventory

The latest recommendations issued by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be implemented for specific emission sources. Annex II of the Draft contains the calculations for determining the GHG emissions from each source. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's (MONRE) list of specified emission factors are essentially what the calculation's emission factors follow.

Every two years starting in 2024, facility-level GHG inventories must be created and submitted to the People's Committee of the province or city for review together with any pertinent data. Form 06 in Annex II of Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP shall be used as the reporting format for the GHG inventory. The deadline for submitting the first report for 2024 is March 31, 2025.  

Reporting of GHG Emission results

In contrast to the GHG inventory procedure, the reporting of GHG emission reduction results will start in 2026, and the first report must be submitted to MONRE and MOIT by March 31, 2027, together with the findings of any third-party verification. Regarding these reporting formats, Form 02 in Annex III of Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP is to be used for the GHG emission reduction results report and Annex II.2 of the Draft is to be used for the verification results report.

The full Draft can be downloaded here.