How many kilometers long is Vietnam's coastline? What is the policy of sea management and protection in Vietnam?
How many kilometers long is Vietnam's coastline?
To know how many kilometers long Vietnam's coastline is, it is necessary to understand what a coastline is.
Currently, there is no legal document that defines the coastline. However, the coastline can be understood as the contact boundary between land and sea. Vietnam's coastline extends about 13 latitudes from Mong Cai (Quang Ninh) through Ca Mau cape (southern tip of the country) to Ha Tien (Kien Giang) passing through 28/63 coastal provinces and cities of our country. So, how many kilometers long is Vietnam's coastline?
Depending on the calculation method, this coastline length will have different values. According to official data published on state agency websites, Vietnam's coastline is 3,260 km long.
How many kilometers long is Vietnam's coastline? (Image from the Internet)
What is the policy of sea management and protection in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 of Law on Vietnamese sea 2012, Vietnam has the following marine management and protection policies:
(1) Promoting the power of nation and implementing necessary measure to protect sovereignty, sovereign right and national jurisdiction on seas, islands and archipelagoes, protect resources and sea environment, develop sea economy.
(2) Constructing and implementing strategy, planning, plans on management, use, exploit, unshakeable protect sea, islands and archipelagoes,servicing target on construction, development of economy - society, national defense, security.
(3) Encouraging organizations, individuals to invest labor, material, capital money for and apply scientific and technological achievement into use, exploit, development of sea economy, protection resources and sea environment, unshakeable development of seas suitable with conditions of each sea area and assurance for requirement of National defense and security; strengthening informing, popularizing on potential, policy, law on sea
(4) Encouraging and protecting fishery activities of fishermen on seas, protection of activities of organizations, Vietnamese citizens outside of Vietnam’s seas in conformity with international treaties of which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member, international law, relevant law of coastal nations.
(5) Investing for assurance of operation of force in charge of , control on the sea, upfrading logistics facilities servicing for activities on the sea, islands and archipelagoes, developing sea manpower.
(6) Implementing policies having priority to people living on islands and archipelagoes; preferential regime for forces participating in management and protection of seas, islands and archipelagoes.
What are the regulations on innocent passage in territorial waters in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 23 of Law on Vietnamese sea 2012, innocent passage in the territorial sea is understood as follows:
- Passage of territorial waters is passage in Vietnam’s territorial waters by foreign vessels aiming to one of the following purposes:
+ Traversing that sea without entering internal waters of Vietnam or mooring at a port facility, harbor, shelter outside internal waters of Vietnam;
+ Going into or leaving from internal waters of Vietnam or mooring or leaving from a port facility, harbor, shelters outside internal waters of Vietnam;
- Passage shall be continuous and expeditious, except for meeting maritime accidents, force majeure cases or distress or for the purpose of salvage and assistance to persons, ships or aircraft in distress.
- Innocent passage in territorial waters shall not prejudicial to peace, National defense and security of Vietnam, safety and order at sea.
Passage in territorial waters by foreign vessels shall be considered to be prejudicial to peace, National defense and security of Vietnam, social safety and order if such vessels commit any of the following acts:
+ Any threat or use of force against the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Vietnam;
+ Any threat or use of force against the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of orther nations; or in any other manner in violation of the basic principles of international law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations;
+ Any exercise or practice with weapons of any kind, any form;
+ Any act aimed at collecting information to the prejudice of the defence or security of Vietnam;
+ Any act of propaganda aimed at affecting the defence or security of Vietnam;
+ The launching, landing or taking on board of any aircraft;
+ The launching, landing or taking on board of any military device;
+ The loading or unloading of any commodity, currency or person contrary to the customs, tax, immigration or health laws of Vietnam;
+ Any act of sea environment wilful and serious pollution;
+ Any illegal fishing activities;
+ The carrying out of illegal research or investigation, exploration activities;
+ Any act aimed at interfering with any systems of communication or any other facilities or installations of Vietnam;
+ Any other activity not related directly to passage.
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