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September 17, 2026Cogent Social SciencesOpen Access

Environmental law as developmental infrastructure: conditions for green trade compliance and firm upgrading in Vietnam

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HNHuu Khanh Linh Nguyen

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Qualitative documentary analysis reveals varying green trade compliance mechanisms across export sectors, indicating that legal infrastructure determines whether smaller firms upgrade or face...

Key Points

  • To introduce developmental compliance capacity and examine the conditions under which environmental law serves as supportive infrastructure for export-oriented firms navigating green trade requirements.
  • Qualitative doctrinal and documentary analysis examining environmental and investment statutes alongside policy documents and supply-chain materials.
  • Comparative sectoral assessment of fisheries, coffee, and textile industries to evaluate the roles of public enforcement, product traceability, and buyer governance.
  • Environmental law operates as supportive developmental infrastructure when common standards, credible data systems, and public support lower fixed compliance costs for enterprises.
  • Fragmented or cost-prohibitive regulatory arrangements convert environmental mandates into exclusionary barriers, threatening to displace smaller domestic producers from global supply networks.

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Huu Khanh Linh Nguyen (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aabb68c5f706d05830e50c0https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2026.2732507
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