Most internal procedures stop at “who to call”. Law on Chemicals No. 69/2025/QH15 goes further: it classifies incidents, imposes a duty to provide information, and gives rights to the people living around the facility.
| Facility level | Occurs within the boundary of the chemical facility, and its development and damage are within the response capability of the facility’s own force |
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| Provincial level | Occurs within a province, and exceeds the capability of the facility’s force to respond and remedy |
| National level | Occurs across one or several provinces, and exceeds the capability of the provincial local authority |
This classification decides who takes command. So the first assessment on site is not only “how dangerous is this” but also “is this still within what we can handle”.
Organisations and individuals in chemical activities must provide information fully, promptly and accurately at the request of the competent authority, including where a chemical incident has occurred and where it serves the prevention of a natural disaster capable of causing a chemical incident.
The business must work with the local authority to disclose to the community the safety measures and the basic contents of the incident prevention and response Plan — except information kept confidential under Article 26.