Announcement of the list of 34 seaports in Vietnam? What criteria are to determine seaports in Vietnam?
What is a seaport in Vietnam? Seaport classification according to Vietnamese regulations?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 73 of the Vietnam Maritime Code 2015 of Vietnam regulations on seaports:
"Article 73. Seaport
1. Seaport refers to an area enclosing port land and water areas of which infrastructure facilities are constructed and equipment necessary for incoming and outgoing ships is installed in order to load or unload goods, embark or disembark passengers as well as to render other services. A seaport may include one or two port terminals. A port terminal includes one or a lot of wharves.
Offshore oil port refers to a facility constructed and installed at the offshore oil production area for the ship to enter or leave for loading and unloading of cargoes and rendering of other services.
2. Port infrastructure includes wharves, an area of water facing against wharves, warehouses, storage yards, facilities, work offices, service establishments, traffic, communications, electricity and water supply systems which are engineered and installed at fixed positions within a port land area and an area of water.
3. An area or region of water includes a pilot embarkation and disembarkation area, phytosanitary inspection area, turning basin, anchorage area, transshipment area, and storm shelter area within a port water area.
4. Military port, fishing port and inland port and port terminal located within a port water area shall be subject to the state administration for maritime safety and security, fire and explosion protection and environmental pollution prevention under the provisions of this Code and other relevant laws and regulations.”
Accordingly, a seaport is an area including port land and port water area, where infrastructure is built, equipment is installed for incoming and outgoing ships to load and unload goods, pick up and drop off passengers, and perform other services. A seaport has one or more harbors. A harbor has one or more jetties.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 75 of the 2015 Maritime Code of Vietnam, which stipulates the classification of seaports and publishes the list of seaports:
“Article 75. Classification of seaports and advertisement of the list of seaports
1. Seaports are classified into the followings:
a) Special seaports mean large-scale seaports which are aimed at nationwide or inter-regional socio-economic development, and perform their functions as international transshipment or gateway ports;
b) Grade-I seaports mean large-scale seaports which serve the purpose of nationwide or inter-regional socio-economic development;
c) Grade-II seaports mean medium-scale seaports which serve the purpose of regional socio-economic development;
d) Grade-III seaports mean small-scale seaports which serve the purpose of local socio-economic development.
2. The Prime Minister shall decide classification of seaports and advertisement of the list of seaports after considering the request of the Minister of Transport.
3. The Minister of Transport shall advertise the list of port terminals that belong to Vietnam's seaport system after considering the request of maritime state regulatory agencies."
Accordingly, the Prime Minister of Vietnam decided to classify seaports and announced the list of seaports at the request of the Minister of Transport of Vietnam.
Announcement of the list of 34 seaports in Vietnam? What criteria are to determine seaports in Vietnam?
What are the criteria for determining seaports according to Vietnamese regulations?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 74 of the Vietnam Maritime Code 2015 of Vietnam, the criteria for determining seaports include the following criteria:
- Have a water area thoroughly connecting to a sea.
- Have natural geographical conditions to meet requirements relating to the construction of a wharf, port terminal, anchorage area, transshipment area and navigational channel for the ship to enter, leave and operate in a safe manner.
- Have advantages in marine transportation.
- Act as the center of the traffic network to facilitate inland freight transport, carriage, and transshipment of exporting and importing goods by sea.
Announcement of the list of 34 seaports in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions in the Appendix issued with Decision 804/QD-TTg in 2022 of Vietnam, stipulating the list of Vietnamese seaports:
Thus, above is a list of 34 Vietnamese seaports that you can refer to.
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