The ministry has assigned the Department of Climate Change to sum up and report the total annual HFC consumption to the Ozone Secretariat while submitting to the MoNRE Minister a proposal on the total HFC consumption of Vietnam during each period.
In Vietnam, one of the steps forward in the management and protection of the ozone layer is the legalisation of regulations on ozone layer protection in Article 92 of the 2020 Law on Environmental Protection.
Documents guiding the implementation of the law have clarified the contents of the roadmap for the management and elimination of HFCs, according to Vietnam's responsibilities and obligations to implement the Montreal Protocol, along with sanctions for violations in the field.
The country has joined hands with the international community in protecting the ozone layer, controlling and eliminating substances that deplete the ozone layer, including CFC, Halon, CTC, HCFC, Methyl bromide, and HFCs, which are fluorinated greenhouse gases (GHGs). Vietnam has eliminated the consumption of CFC, Halon, and CTC substances since January 1, 2010, and limited the import of Methyl bromide substances, which were only used for disinfection purposes.
Vietnam has implemented a roadmap to eliminate HFCs with the goal of not increasing the consumption of HFCs in the 2024-2028 period, eliminating 10% of HFC consumption from 2029 to 2034 and moving towards eliminating 80% of HFC consumption by 2045.
