MOIT Circular 67/2025: New Safety Standards for Mining
MOIT Perfects Legal Framework for Safe Mineral Mining
The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MOIT) new Circular perfects the legal framework on safety, clarifying management decentralization and responsibilities in mineral mining operations.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) issued Circular 67/2025/TT-BCT on December 31, 2025, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 43/2025/TT-BCT (dated July 4, 2025) regarding technical regulations on safety in mineral mining.
Clarifying Responsibilities and Hierarchy Accordingly, the new Circular amends and supplements Clauses 4 and 5 of Article 3 regarding personnel definitions and responsibilities:
- Manager/Superintendent (Quản đốc): Defined as the person assigned responsibility by the mineral mining organization or enterprise to manage a subordinate unit or production department directly participating in the mineral mining process.
- Shift Leader (Trưởng ca): Defined as the person assigned responsibility by the mineral mining organization or enterprise to manage the area of a subordinate unit or production department participating in the mineral mining process during one working shift, under the assignment of the Manager/Superintendent.
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Stricter Equipment Inspection Protocols Simultaneously, Circular 67/2025/TT-BCT also amends and supplements Article 8.
- Title Amendment: The title of Article 8 is amended to: “System of equipment and means before first-time operation in underground mines and periodic inspection of equipment and means in mineral mining.”
- New Regulation (Clause 6 added): “Periodic inspection of equipment and means used in mineral mining shall be performed according to technical regulations on safety in mineral mining issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.”
Effectiveness Circular 67/2025/TT-BCT takes effect from December 31, 2025.
