Ensuring environmental safety in worker accommodation

Lawyer Nguyen Thi Hoai Anh, YouMe Law Firm LLC replied:

Article 59 of Decree No. 100/2024/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Housing Law on development and management of social housing stipulates on ensuring environmental safety as follows:

Workers' accommodation in industrial zones must ensure environmental safety according to the following regulations:

1. The environmental safety distance of the accommodation must comply with environmental laws and construction laws to ensure safety for the construction and must be determined synchronously when assessing the environmental impact of the industrial park.

2. There must be a separate entrance and gate from the entrance of the industrial production area. The distance between the gate and the separate entrance must ensure fire prevention and fighting safety according to the provisions of law.

3. A fence must be installed to separate the worker accommodation area and the industrial production area.

4. Green belts must be arranged to isolate the workers' accommodation area with a width of ≥ 10 m.

5. Must ensure environmental safety distance of polluting objects in industrial zones such as production factories, warehouses for materials, finished products, toxic waste and auxiliary works that generate other non-civil waste.

Thus, worker accommodation in industrial zones must ensure environmental safety according to the regulations cited above.