Vietnam GHG Decree 06
Decree 06/2022/ND-CP on GHG mitigation and ozone protection, amended by Decree 119/2025/ND-CP
Topic : Climate · Level : National
Today
Decree 119/2025 (in force 1 Aug 2025): pilot quotas 2025-26 for thermal power, steel, cement; 2-yearly inventories.
Summary
Decree 06/2022 requires listed facilities in Vietnam to run GHG inventories. Decree 119/2025, in force 1 Aug 2025, sets pilot emission quotas for thermal power, steel and cement in 2025-2026, external verification and phased expansion to 2030. A carbon exchange is planned from 2029.
Who is concerned
- Turnover
- non précisé
- Employees
- non précisé
- Listed company
- cotées et non cotées
- Sectors
- Thermal power
- Steel
- Cement
- Other listed facilities
- Triggering activities
- Facility on PM list for GHG inventory
- Quota facility (power, steel, cement first)
- Extraterritorial reach
- No
non précisé
- Examples
- Chinese-invested steel mill in Vietnam
- Cement plant in a VN industrial zone
- Coal power plant built by Chinese EPC
What the law requires
- Prepare facility GHG inventory every two years (Form 06, Annex II)
- Submit non-quota inventories to provincial People's Committee by 31 March
- Have quota facility inventories verified by an accredited body
- Operate within allocated emission quotas (pilot 2025-2026)
Penalties
Decree 45/2022/ND-CP: administrative fines up to VND50m for breaches of GHG mitigation rules (incl. inventory duties).
What this changes for a supplier in China
Chinese-owned plants in Vietnam (steel, cement, power) are directly in scope for inventories and quotas. Data also feeds EU CBAM reports.
Expected evidence
- Facility GHG inventory (Form 06)
- Third-party verification report
- Production and fuel records
Tiers : Tier 1