Decision 1598/QD-TTg 2017 National plan for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants by 2025, with a vision to 2030 issued by the Prime Minister

DECISION

NATIONAL PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS BY 2025 WITH ORIENTATION TO 2030

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the Law on Governmental Organization dated June 19, 2015;

Pursuant to the Law on Protection for People’s Health dated June 30, 1989;

Pursuant to the Law on Treaties dated April 09, 2016;

Pursuant to the Law on Chemicals dated November 21, 2007;

Pursuant to the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine dated November 25, 2013;

Pursuant to the Law on Environmental Protection dated June 23, 2014;

Pursuant to Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;

At the request of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment

HEREBY DECIDES:

Article 1. Promulgated with this Decision is the national plan for implementation of Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants by 2025 with orientation to 2030 (hereinafter referred to as “the Plan”) with the following main contents:

1. Persistent Organic Pollutants according to regulations of Stockholm Convention

The Stockholm Convention on POPs (hereinafter referred to as the “Stockholm Convention”) is concluded and approved in order to protect human health, biodiversity and the living environment from the risks of persistent organic pollutants (hereinafter referred to as “POPs”). The Stockholm Convention takes effect in 2004. This provides for the stop of production, prohibition and restriction of use, complete destruction of a number of POPs generated by human and implementation of necessary measures to continuously minimize unintentinal POPs from industrial production, livelihood of the people or waste treatment.

According to the requirements of the Stockholm Convention dated August 10, 2006, the Prime Minister has approved the national Plan for implementation of the Stockholm Convention on POPs in Decision No. 184/2006/QD-TTg. In particular, the Prime Minister has focused on management of 12 groups of POPs. From 2009 to present, the Conference of Parties (COP) has added 14 new groups of POPs to Appendices A, B and C of the Convention, risen the quantity of POP groups subject to management to 28 groups, including plant protection chemicals and medical chemicals (hereinafter referred to as “POP-BVTV”); industrial chemicals and unintentinal POPs (hereinafter referred to as “UPOP”). The list of POPs shall be provided according to the Stockholm Convention in Appendix 1 issued together with this Decision.

According to the requirements for environmental protection, protection of health, the result of comprehensive assessment of economic and social impacts and the capacity for replacement for POPs, the list of POPs will be continuously added to the Stockholm Convention.

2. Responsibilities and rights of Vietnam to the implementation of the Stockholm Convention

As a member of the Stockholm Convention, Vietnam has the responsibilities and rights to the implementation of contents according to regulations of the Convention documents and decisions of the Convention, Vietnam shall be responsible for making of regulations, policies and strategies and implementation of measures for management in order to restrict, prohibit and phase out POPs. The relevant organizations and individuals in Vietnam shall be responsible for safety management and control of POPs, materials, products, equipment and wastes containing POPs throughout their life cycles, including control of the import, export, production, use, storage, emission, treatment and disposal thereof in order to reduce their impacts on the environment and human health; review and assessment of the management, control and reduction in emission of POPs; exchange and sharing of information on the implementation of the Stockholm Convention with relevant parties; making of periodical report on the situation and results of management and reduction in emission according to requirements for each POP.

To carry out the responsibilities and obligations of a member state according to regulations of Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention, Vietnam shall be responsible for updating the national Plan for implementation of the Stockholm Convention, sending the Plan to the Secretariat of the Convention and periodically reporting the implementation of this Plan.

3. Objectives of the Plan

a) General objectives

Safely manage POPs throughout their life cycles, control pollution, reduce emission, treat and phase out POPs in Vietnam in order to meet requirements of the Stockholm Convention on POPs, contribute to protection of human health and environment, ensure sustainable development in Vietnam and international integration.

b) Specific objectives

- Strengthen the institutional capacity, legal framework and participation of the parties in management and replacement for POPs and toxic chemicals.

- Strengthen the scientific and technological capacity for monitoring, determination and management of POPs and toxic chemicals throughout their life cycles with appropriate knowledge, information and technical infrastructure.

- Raise awareness among relevant parties of POPs, toxic chemicals, environmental health regarding POPs and management plans (restriction of use, replacement, elimination, treatment and disposal) of POPs.

- Combine the implementation of the Stockholm Convention and relevant environmental agreements towards achievement in the millennium development goals and the sustainable development coals; combine the management of chemicals, wastes and the national sustainable development strategy

- Control POP-BVTV chemicals that are banned from safety management and use of POP-BVTV chemicals according to regulations of the Stockholm Convention.

- Safely manage materials and equipment with polychlorinated biphenyls (hereinafter referred to as "PCB"); stop using equipment with concentration of PCB that is 50 mg/kg and over by 2025.

- Control and restrict the safety management and use of industrial POPs.

- Manage risks, treat, restore and monitor the environment in areas that are polluted by dioxin from chemical toxins that the US used during the war in Vietnam.

- Continuously reduce the emission of UPOPs from production, trade and livelihood of the people; manage risks of UPOP to environment and human health.

- Identify, treat, improve and recovery environment at POP-contaminated areas.

4. Principles of implementation of Plan

a) Prioritize prevention, safety management and management of the risks of POPs to human health and environment with obvious awareness. This shows that POPs are immediate and long-term hazards which have direct effects on human health, biodiversity and living environment. The information on implementation of the Plan shall be overt information according to regulations of law, especially information on the results of implementation and environmental monitoring.

b) The Plan shall be implemented according to the objectives of environmental protection, sustainable development of Vietnam, the national strategies and relevant action plans; combined with other activities and programs for environmental protection, chemical safety management, sustainable production and consumption in order to optimize the resources.

c) The central and local authorities shall mobilize enterprises and community; cooperate with relevant organizations and individuals in the implementation of this Plan.

d) The Plan shall be implemented according to the advanced science and technology platform in the world. This plan shall be suitable for practical capacity of Vietnam and promote national potential in combination with experience and assistance of the international community.

5. Tasks on implementation of Plan

a) Formulation, amendments and enhancement of the efficiency of regulations, policies and institutions in order to meet the new requirements of the Stockholm Convention and the requirements in Vietnam.

- Make regulations on environmental protection and safety management of import, export, production, use, collection, storage, transport and treatment of POPs, materials, equipment and waste containing POPs.

- Make regulations on assessment of risks and management, environmental treatment and improvement applied to POP-contaminated areas.

- Review, adjust and amend national technical regulations and standards on environment, occupational safety, hygiene and health regarding to POPs.

- Identify and amend regulations on responsibilities and mechanism for cooperation between central authorities and local authorities in safety management throughout the life cycles of POPs materials, equipment, waste containing POPs and POP-contaminated areas.

- Make regulations on assessment of impacts on health and environment regarding the contact and exposure of POPs and other relevant hazardous chemicals according to conditions of Vietnam; Make policies on support for the scientific and technological research on assessment of impacts on health and environment; identify, warn and overcome obstacles to community health due to the impact of POPs and relevant hazardous chemicals.

- Make policies on promotion and support for the research and assessment of impacts on economy, society and environment of POPs that are used in the production, trade and services to meet the requirements for production, consumption and sustainable development; encourage the replacement for POPs; transfer of technology for treatment of POPs; apply the best available techniques and the best environmental practices (BAT/BEP) in order to reduce the use of POPs, emission of UPOP from industrial activities and livelihood of the people, minimize the emission and exposure of POPs.

- Develop and combine the requirements for technology and human resources with safety management of POPs in the policies on environmental and health protection and sustainable development.

- Make policies on enhancement of the capacity for monitoring, management of risk, safety management and handling of materials, products, wastes containing POPs and POP-contaminated areas.

b) Safety management and control of POP-BVTV chemicals (Appendix A, Part I of the Stockholm Convention).

- Control the import, trade, use, storage and transport of POP-BVTV chemicals according to applicable regulations and requirements of the Stockholm Convention.

- Control emission; inventory and safely manage POP-BVTV chemicals.

- Monitor environment, control pollution and treat packing, containers containing POP-BVTV chemicals with expired date and discarded products, wastes containing POP-BVTV chemicals.

- Assess the impact of some new POP-BVTVs on the environment and human health in Vietnam.

- Assess and consider registration of exemption and proper use of some new POP-BVTV chemicals that are added into the Stockholm Convention in Vietnam.

c) Safety management and control of PCB-pollution (Appendix A, Part II of the Stockholm Convention).

- Closely control the import of materials, equipment, scraps and wastes containing PCB into Vietnam.

- Comprehensively inventory materials, equipment and wastes containing PCB, build and operate database on materials, equipment and wastes containing PCB.

- Control and safe manage use, trade, storage, transport and emission of materials, equipment and wastes containing PCB; remove the use of equipment containing PCB ≥ 50 mg/kg by 2025; completely handle materials, equipment and wastes containing PCB ≥ 50 mg/kg by 2028.

- Enhance measures for management of PCB according to the assessment and management of risks of PCB to the environment and health; assess, identify and handle PCB-contaminated areas.

- Promote the research, assessment, transfer and application of technology to treatment of materials, equipment and wastes containing PCB; take measures for storage and effective and safe treatment of materials, equipment and wastes containing PCB by 2028.

Safety management and contamination control of chemical groups including hexabromodiphenyl ete, heptabromodiphenyl ete, tetrabromodiphenyl ete, pentabromodiphenyl ete and decabromodiphenyl ete (hereinafter referred to as “POP-BDE group) (Appendix A, Part IV, V, Stockholm Convention) ).

- Control the export and import of materials and products in the POP-BDE group, focus on electrical and electronic products, fire-proof materials, means of transport and household appliances.

- Assess the production and trade of materials and products in the POP-BDE group and inventory chemicals, materials, products and wastes in the POP-BDE group; make periodical reports according to the requirements of the Stockholm Convention.

- Apply the best available techniques and the best environmental practices to the classification, collection, transport, recycling and safe treatment of materials and wastes containing POP-BDE; control the recycling and safe treatment of chemicals in the PPOP-BDE group and ensure that the POP-BDE is not reclaimed for the purpose of re-use; assess and consider the registration of exemption and proper use of the materials and products containing POP-BDE in Vietnam.

dd) Safety management and contamination control of chemical groups including perluorooctanesulfonic and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (hereinafter referred to as “PFOS and PFOSF”) (Appendix B, Part III of the Stockholm Convention).

- Strictly control the export and import of materials, products and equipment containing PFOS and PFOSF; assess the state of use, storage, disposal and inventory PFOS and PFOSF.

- Control the use and disposal of PFOS, PFOSF; assess and consider registration of exemption and proper use of materials, products and equipment containing PFOS, PFOSF in Vietnam.

- Promote the replacement for PFOS and PFOSF in production and trade activities; limit and remove PFOS and PFOSF from insecticidal products and chemicals.

e) Safety management and contamination control of chemical groups including hexabromobiphenyl; hexabromocyclododecane; hexachlorobutadiene; pentachlorophenol, its salts and estes; polychlroinated naphthalene; short-chain chlorinated paraffins (Annex A, Stockholm Convention).

- Assess and identify materials and products containing chemicals in the group of hexabromobiphenyls (hereinafter referred to as “HBB”); hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD); hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD); pentachlorophenol, its salts and esters (PCP); polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) and short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCP).

- Control the export and import of materials, products and equipment containing chemical groups including HBCD, HCBD, PCP, PCN, Decabromodiphenyl ether (DBDE) and SCCP; inventory chemical groups including HBCD, HCBD, PCP, PCN, DBDE and SCCP.

- Safely manage and reduce the use of chemicals including HBCD, HCBD, PCP, PCNs, DBDE and SCCP in production and trade; apply the best available techniques and the best environmental practices to classification, collection, transportation, recycling and safe treatment of materials and wastes containing HBCD, HCBD, PCP, PCN, DBDE and SCCP.

- Monitor HBCD, HCBD, PCP, PCN, DBDE and SCCP chemicals in the environment, materials, products, wastes and polluted areas in order to assess risks and apply measures for management of environmental health.

- Assess and consider the registration of exemption and proper use of chemical groups including PCN, HBCD, DBDE and SCCP in Vietnam.

g) Treatment, improvement and recovery of environmental pollution in agent orange/dioxins-contaminated areas

- Comprehensively assess the scope, level of contamination, risk and long-term consequences of agent orange/dioxin for the environment and people; monitor environmental health in dioxin-contaminated areas with completed, ongoing or planned remediation

- Sustainably manage dioxin-contaminated areas with ongoing remediation.

- Strengthen the implementation of policies and measures for handling of seriously dioxin-contaminated areas due to war, recover the environment and take care of victims with agent orange/dioxin.

- Raise the awareness, encourage and promote the participation of community and international organizations in order to enhance the capacity for monitoring and handling of polluted areas, restriction of harms and recovery of consequences of agent orange/dioxin; harmonize the implementation of the Stockholm Convention with the implementation of policies on recovery of consequences of agent orange/dioxin in Vietnam.

- Enhance the research and application of technology to thorough treatment of contamination of agent orange/dioxin according to the conditions of Vietnam.

h) Control and reduction of emission of UPOP from socio-economic activities (Appendix C, Stockholm Convention).

- Research and assess level of emission of UPOP and relevant hazardous chemicals from waste treatment facilities, landfills, agricultural activities and livelihood of the people; propose and implement measures for safety management of environment and health.

- Assess and identify level of UPOP emission and relevant hazardous chemicals from major industrial sources and implement policies, regulations and the best available techniques and the best environmental practices in order to reduce emission of UPOP to the environment.

- Assess, manage risks and take measures for reduction of emission of UPOP from open burning without control including domestic, agricultural and forest waste burning and explosive incidents.

- Assess emission and take measures for management of risks of emission of UPOP from transportation activities and other mobile sources;

- Carry out the national inventory and develop the database on management of emission of UPOP in Vietnam.

i) Control of pollution and environmental recovery and treatment in POP-contaminated areas (Article 6 of the Stockholm Convention)

- Investigate, survey, assess and identify hazardous chemicals and POP-contaminated areas in the whole country; draw pollution maps, warn risks and propose measures for safety management and management of natural resources in accordance with the quality of environment and the purpose of use.

- Promote research; apply technology and take measures for environmental recovery and treatment in hazardous chemicals and POP-contaminated areas.

- Monitor and supervise the hazardous chemicals and POP-contaminated areas in order to control emission of POPs.

k) Raising of awareness, training and education in the risks of POPs and hazardous chemicals (Article 10 of the Stockholm Convention).

- Assess the state of awareness, identify the priority and formulate training materials, technical guidelines in accordance with the training programs of each group of subjects.

- Organize training course on improvement of the capacity for safety management and handling of POPs, hazardous chemicals, toxicological issues, environment, ecology and labour safety regarding POPs for the relevant subjects.

- Disseminate information and raise public awareness of risks to the environment and human health due to contact, exposure, absorption and accumulation of POPs and hazardous chemicals.

- - Actively provide and exchange information about the risks to environmental health of POPs; warning about the risks to environment and health; list, expenses and benefits of the chemicals that are replaced with POPs; the best available techniques and the best environmental practices in order to reduce emission and the impact of POPs on the environment and human health.

- Organize training and communication activities to raise awareness among manufacturers and consumers of sustainable production and consumption of products and materials regarding POPs.

l) Enhancement of the capacity for research, development, monitoring, management of risk, safety management and handling of materials, products, wastes containing POPs and hazardous chemicals (Article 11 of the Stockholm Convention).

- Support research and application of chemicals, materials, products, new equipment to replacement and reduction of use of POPs and materials, products, equipment containing POPs.

- Support research and application of chemicals, materials, products, new equipment to replacement and reduction of use of POPs and materials, products, equipment containing POPs.

- Strengthen the capacity of laboratories for analysis, monitoring and assessment of the risks to environment and health of POPs; integrate monitoring and research on POPs with medical researches and chemical exposure.

- Monitor the state of national environment about POPs and hazardous chemicals; integrate with health impact assessment; integrate information into provincial-level and national reports on the state of environment.

- Research and assess the impacts of POPs that are used, discarded and replaced on economy, society and culture

m) Management of environmental health regarding POPs (Article 11 of the Stockholm Convention).

- Develop programs for monitoring POPs in the environment, materials, products, wastes and polluted areas in order to assess, warn about risks and take measures for improvement of environmental health; investigation and research on epidemiology and assessment of the scale and level of impact of POPs on health of the community.

- Develop a master plan and take measures for intervention in order to minimize the level and scope of the risks to people's health in the hazardous chemicals and POP-contaminated areas.

- Strengthen the environmental health management and organization network; make national environmental health records including POPs and hazardous chemicals.

- Formulate and implement the program for raising public awareness of environmental health regarding POPs and hazardous chemicals; disseminate information and warn about the harms of POPs and hazardous chemicals to human health.

n) Information exchange and reports on the implementation of the Stockholm Convention (Articles 9, 15 and 16 of the Stockholm Convention).

- The national presiding authority shall perform the following main contents: take charge and cooperate with the Stockholm Convention in collection, synthesis, updating and exchange of information according to the Convention; make reports on safety management of POPs according to the Stockholm Convention; summarize information from central and local authorities, relevant organizations and individuals; periodically report on the implementation and results of the Plan to the Government; summarize information and make national reports to the Conference of the parties according to the request of the Secretariat of the Convention for management of POPs in Vietnam; monitor, update and adjust contents of the Plan according to new requirements of the Convention and actual conditions of Vietnam, regions and the world; summarize information, assess risks, impacts and feasibility in order to propose or approve propose of other countries for addition of POPs to the list subject to management of the Stockholm Convention.

- The relevant agencies, organizations and individuals shall be responsible for synthesizing, exchanging and sharing information about the results of inventory and management throughout life cycles of POPs, the results of assessment and management of the risks of POPs, researches on POPs and products that replace POPs; communication activities in order to raise awareness of POPs.

6. Prior programs and projects

To meet objectives and tasks of the Plan, the ministries shall be responsible for conducting and approving under their competence or submitting the programs and projects enclosed with Appendix 2 to this Decision to the Prime Minister for consideration and approval

7. Resources for the purpose of implementation of the Plan

a) The resources for the purpose of implementation of the national Plan shall be mobilized and optimized according to the following contents:

- Cooperate and integrate with programs and projects on sustainable development, climate change, resource management, waste management, science and technology and other relevant programs, projects and activities in order to attract investment and increase the efficiency of the use of resources.

- Mobilize a number of various financial sources from the state budget, non-refundable ODA, loans and grants from organizations and individuals.

- Encourage investors, enterprises and social organizations to invest in projects on remedy for pollution throughout preferential policies on land, tax exemption and reduction, preferential credit loans and other public-private partnership activities in the management of POPs.

- Utilize financial resources of international financial institutions. Mobilize donors to attract capital of the National Plan and create a legal basis to encourage international funding.

- Strengthen international cooperation in many sectors including: technology, grant aid for project construction, capacity improvement, institutional completion, project-based support, settlement of problems regarding health and social welfare for relevant subjects.

b) Allocation of funding

- The funding for programs and projects in Appendix 2 issued together with this Decision shall be mobilized from the following sources:

+ State budget capital (and official development assistance capital hereinafter referred to as “ODA”), including: development investment capital, frequent expenditure (economy, science, training, environment, administrative management expenditure, loans, technical support,...).

+ Legal funding and investment capital of domestic and foreign organizations and individuals

- The funding for programs, projects and activities that are not on Appendix 2 issued with this Decision shall be allocated in the annual budget expenditure estimates of relevant ministries, agencies, organizations and local authorities according to the decentralization of current state budget.

According to the contents of the plan and the list of programs and projects issued together with this Decision, the central and local authorities shall make budget estimates according to the structure of funding thereof; summarize in annual budget estimates of the central and local authorities and submit it to competent authorities according to regulations of the Law on State Budget and guiding documents.

8. Monitoring and assessment of implementation of the Plan.

a) The ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies affiliated to the Government, the People's Committees of provinces, according to their functions and assigned tasks, shall monitor and assess the result of implementation of the Plan.

b) The content of monitoring and assessment shall meet criteria as follows

- The results of implementation shall be assessed according to the achieved objectives of the Plan;

- Progress of formulation and implementation of programs and projects;

- Result of implementation of contents of the Plan;

- Disbursement and use of capital sources of programs and projects.

c) Mechanism for monitoring and assessment:

- The monitoring and assessment shall be annually conducted and integrated with the process of summary and assessment of the results of implementation of tasks of the sector and tasks on socio-economic development of local areas;

- The results of monitoring and assessment shall be published in the mass media and used as criteria for consideration in emulation and reward of sectors and local authorities.

9. Implementation

The Government unifies direction and management of the implementation of the Stockholm Convention in Vietnam. The relevant agencies, organizations and local authorities shall be responsible for implementation of the tasks that are assigned in this Plan.

To effectively meet the requirements of the Stockholm Convention and this Plan, the Prime Minister assigns agencies and organizations to take the following specific responsibilities:

a) The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall take charge and cooperate in implementation of the Stockholm Convention in Vietnam according to the Government's commitments to the Stockholm Convention and the assigned tasks in this Plan; take charge and cooperate with relevant central authorities in consolidation and maintenance of operations of the Steering Committee for the Stockholm Convention in Vietnam; enhance capacity of dedicated agencies for monitoring and summarizing the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on POPs; regularly supervise and inspect central authorities and the People's Committees of provinces for their performance of assigned tasks; periodically report on the result of implementation of the national Plan and the Stockholm Convention to the Prime Minister and the Stockholm Convention.

b) The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall inventory and assess POPs that are used in the industrial sectors; inventory emission of UPOP from the industrial sectors; apply measures to reduce, replace and limit emission of POPs in the industrial sectors; provide information for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the demand for use of POPs in order to register for an exemption according to regulations of the Stockholm Convention; submit a report on the results of implementation to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment before December 31 every year. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall summarize and submit the report to the Prime Minister.

c) The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall strictly control the import and export of POPs that are used in agriculture; inventory, assess the use of plan protection chemicals containing POPs; provide information for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in order to register for exemption according to regulations of the Stockholm Convention; submit a report on the result of implementation to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment before December 31 every year. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall summarize and submit the report to the Prime Minister.

d) The Ministry of Health shall strictly control the import and export of POPs that are used in the medical field; submit a report on the results of implementation to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment before December 31 every year. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall summarize and submit the report to the Prime Minister.

dd) The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance shall balance and allocate capital from the State budget and other capital sources of the annual and long-term plans in order to effectively carry out contents, programs and projects of the Plan.

e) The relevant central authorities, according to their functions and assigned tasks shall be responsible for building and carrying out the assigned programs and projects of the Plan; submitting a report on the results of implementation to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment before December 31 every year. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall summarize and submit the report to the Prime Minister.

g) The People's Committees of provinces shall be responsible for building and carrying out the assigned programs and projects of the Plan; according to contents of the Plan, allocating the sources of funding for environmental works for management and control of POPs and funding for scientific works for support for the improvement of capacity for assessment and handling of POPs in their province; directing the Departments of Natural Resources and Environment and provincial authorities to manage and control POPs; submitting a report on the result of implementation to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment bore December 31 every year. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall summarize and submit the report to the Prime Minister

h) The Vietnam Environment Administration (the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) shall be responsible for implementation of the Stockholm Convention and the Plan; making of periodical report on the result of implementation of the Plan and submitting it to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Prime Minister and the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention.

i) The research units and relevant associations shall cooperate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in implementation of the Plan.

Article 2. This Decision takes effect from the date on which it is signed. The Decision replaces Decision No. 184/2006/QD-TTg dated August 10, 2006 of the Prime Minister on approval for the national Plan for implementation of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants

Article 3. The Ministers, Heads of the ministerial-level agencies, Heads of agencies affiliated to the Government, the Presidents of the People's Committees of provinces and Heads of relevant agencies shall be responsible for the implementation of this Decision.

APPENDIX I

LIST OF POPS ACCORDING TO REGULATIONS OF THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION
(Issued together with Decision No. 1598/QD-TTg dated October 17, 2017 of the Prime Minister)

APPENDIX II.

LIST OF PRIOR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
(Issued together with Decision No. 1598/QD-TTg dated October 17, 2017 of the Prime Minister)

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