Disseminate chemical production and trading standards to management agencies and enterprises

The Department of Chemicals disseminates legal documents related to the management, production and trading of chemicals to management agencies and enterprises in the Central and Southern regions.

On the afternoon of November 5, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Department of Chemicals (Ministry of Industry and Trade) held a Conference on "Disseminating National Technical Regulations on Safety in Production, Trading, Use, Storage and Transportation of Hazardous Chemicals and the National Action Plan on Prevention, Detection, and Preparedness for Response to Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear (CBRN) Risks and Incidents".

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View of the Conference "Disseminating National Technical Regulations on Safety in Production, Trading, Use, Storage and Transportation of Hazardous Chemicals and the National Action Plan on Prevention, Detection, and Preparedness for Response to Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear Risks and Incidents". Photo: Thanh Minh

Leaders of the Department of Chemicals - Ministry of Industry and Trade, representatives of the Departments of Industry and Trade and more than 130 enterprises, production, trading and chemical usage units in the Central and Southern provinces attended the conference.

Sharing at the conference, Mr. Phung Manh Ngoc - Director of the Department of Chemicals (Ministry of Industry and Trade) - emphasized: Chemicals play an important and indispensable role in daily life as well as in the development of manufacturing industries, contributing to improving the quality of human life.

With widespread popularity but potentially many risks affecting human health and the environment, chemicals need to be strictly regulated and managed. Furthermore, the prevention and response to chemical incidents also plays a very important role, contributing to ensuring safety in chemical activities.

Mr. Phung Manh Ngoc - Director of the Department of Chemicals (Ministry of Industry and Trade).

On February 22, 2019, the Prime Minister issued a national action plan on prevention, detection and preparation for response to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risks and incidents for the period 2019 - 2025 (Decision No. 104/QD-TTg) to strengthen the prevention, detection and preparation for response to CBRN risks and incidents to prevent and minimize human and environmental consequences. Thereby, contributing to ensuring social order and safety, national security, promoting the implementation of international commitments on safety, security and non-proliferation of CBRN weapons.

On February 22, 2019, the Prime Minister issued a national action plan on prevention, detection and preparation for response to chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear risks and incidents for the period 2019 - 2025 (Decision No. 104/QD-TTg) to strengthen the prevention, detection and preparation for response to CBRN risks and incidents to prevent and minimize human and environmental consequences, contributing to ensuring social order and safety, national security, and promoting the implementation of international commitments on safety, security and non-proliferation of CBRN weapons.

Pursuant to the Prime Minister's Decision, on March 16, 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the Action Plan of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to implement Decision No. 104/QD-TTg, including many different tasks. In particular, in 2024, the Department of Chemicals will conduct research and survey to develop a list of dual-use goods for chemistry, biology, radiation and nuclear.

Notably, on December 21, 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Circular No. 48/2020/TT-BCT promulgating the National Technical Regulation on Safety in Production, Trading, Use, Storage and Transportation of Hazardous Chemicals (QCVN 05A:2020/BCT). This is an important document replacing TCVN 5507:2002, Vietnam standard on hazardous chemicals - safety regulations in production, trading, use, storage and transportation.

When coming into effect, Standard 05A:2020 has contributed to strengthening safety work in the chemical sector, providing a basis for businesses to implement and for supervision and inspection by management agencies.

However, during the implementation process, the Department of Chemicals received some feedback from businesses and local management agencies about some points of the standards that were not suitable with the conditions of facilities and the socio-economic situation. Therefore, in 2023, the Department of Chemicals proposed to include them in the document drafting plan of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Implementing the plan to develop legal documents, Mr. Phung Manh Ngoc said that by October 10, 2024, the Department of Chemicals had submitted to the Ministry of Industry and Trade to issue Circular No. 19/2024/TT-BCT promulgating amendments to 1:2024 National technical regulations on safety in production, trading, use, storage and transportation of hazardous chemicals.

"In order for the contents of Decision No. 104/QD-TTg and the provisions of Circular No. 19/TT-BCT to quickly come into practice, so that management agencies at all levels and enterprises can grasp and implement the regulations well, the Department of Chemicals actively coordinates with the Departments of Industry and Trade of provinces and cities nationwide to organize conferences to disseminate the above documents," the Director of the Department of Chemicals emphasized.

Representatives of the Department of Chemicals presented the National Action Plan on prevention, detection, and preparation for response to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risks and incidents for the period 2019 - 2025 and the List of dual-use CBRN goods at the conference.

At the Conference, delegates listened to the representative of the Department of Chemicals present the core points of the National Action Plan on prevention, detection, preparation and response to chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear risks and incidents for the period 2019 - 2025 and the List of dual-use CBRN goods; Circular No. 19 dated October 10, 2024 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade "Amendment Circular 1:2024 QCVN 05A:2020/BCT National technical regulations on safety in production, trading, use, storage and transportation of hazardous chemicals".

During the discussion session, representatives of the Departments of Industry and Trade and enterprises highly appreciated a number of new points revised and supplemented in the two above documents, which are suitable and practical to the needs and urgency of enterprises and units related to the production, trading, use, preservation and transportation of hazardous chemicals.

In addition, the Department of Chemicals also received many comments from management units at all levels, enterprises producing, trading and using chemicals on new points, additional information and amendments. At the same time, it thoroughly answered the opinions of delegates at the conference.

Aiming to improve state management of chemical activities, at the conference, the Department of Chemicals organized a survey to find out information of chemical enterprises in the process of responding to chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear incidents. At the same time, it said that the information is very valuable for the survey work of the Department of Chemicals, and committed to only use information and opinions of enterprises with the purpose of improving the effectiveness of chemical management in the future.

The Department of Chemicals disseminates legal documents related to the management, production and trading of chemicals to management agencies and enterprises in the Central and Southern regions.

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