Decree No. 41/2019/ND-CP on the formulation, approval, implementation, assessing and adjusting the plan for development and application of atomic energy.

This Decree, consisting of 36 articles divided into five Chapters, aims at establishing the elaboration, appraisal, approval, announcement, implementation, evaluation and adjustment of nuclear energy development and application planning. This Decree applies to agencies, organizations and individuals involved in the atomic energy and other related activities. The content of atomic energy development and application planning shall comply with the provisions of article 13 of the Energy Law. Solutions and resources for implementing the planning include the following main activities: completing the organizational management system; creating and improving the legal system and mechanisms; human resource development; developing scientific and technological potentials; ensuring safety and security; raising awareness and support of the community; promote cooperation and international integration; investment, finance and capital mobilization; organize planning implementation.
The Decree is divided as follows: General Provisions (Chap. I); Environmental Protection Master Plan (Chap. II); Strategic Environmental Assessment (Chap. III); Environmental Impact Assessment (Chap. IV); Environmental Protection Plans (Chap. V); Organization of Implementation (Chap. VI); Implementation Provisions (Chap. VII). Appendixes deal with the following lists: List of strategies, master plans and plans subject to strategic environmental assessment; List of projects subject to environmental impact assessment; List of projects with environmental impact assessment reports to be appraised and approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment; List of objects not subject to registration of environmental protection plans.