Vietnam’s environmental audit starts to take shape

A woman hauls a cart full of cardboard for recycling as the sun sets in Nhat Tao market, the largest informal recycling market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

HANOI: An environmental audit is well established in countries with modern industries, but is new to developing countries like Vietnam.

Along with traditional management tools, an environmental audit is an effective way of providing information to state management agencies for environmental inspection and supervision.