Circular No. 02/2001/TT-BKHCNMT guiding criteria of high-tech industrial projects, projects on production of new materials, rare and precious materials; application of new biotechnologies, new technologies for the production of communication and telecommunications equipment; treatment of environmental pollution or waste treatment and processing which are classified as projects of special investment encouragement; matters related to environmental impact assessment reports; import of used machinery; applicable to foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam.
This Circular of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment applies to innovative activities of companies specified in the Government Decree No. 24 of 2000 implementing the Law on Foreign Investment. It provides for the approval of high-tech industrial projects and projects involving application of new biotechnology, and treatment of waste or environmental pollution in general, and for the consideration of incentives in the form of the application of a special investment regime for these activities. Chapter III contains provisions relative to environmental impact assessment reports.