New Year's Eve in 2023: Where to organize firework display in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam?
What is the eligibility for research and manufacturing of consumer fireworks in Vietnam?
In Article 14 of Decree 137/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam, the eligibility for research, manufacturing, trade, import and export of consumer fireworks and consumer firework pyrotechnic composition is as follows:
Eligibility for research, manufacturing, trade, import and export of consumer fireworks and consumer firework pyrotechnic composition
1. Research and manufacturing of consumer fireworks and consumer firework pyrotechnic composition must be implemented by organizations and enterprises and must satisfy following requirements:
a) The organizations and enterprises must be assigned by Minister of National Defense to conduct research and manufacture consumer fireworks and consumer firework pyrotechnic composition;
b) The organizations and enterprises must receive certificates of eligibility for security and order by competent police authorities; must satisfy fire prevention, accident prevention and response and environmental protection requirements;
c) The organizations and enterprises must develop regulations on entering and leaving the premises, measures for guaranteeing security and order, measures for controlling goods transported in and out of the organizations and enterprises, and organize around the clock security guard.
d) The organizations and enterprises must develop regulations, adequately equip, organize forces, examine fire prevention, develop fire prevention measures, evacuate, rescue, organize fire prevention drills and fire prevention measures as per the law;
dd) The organizations and enterprises must adopt measures for reducing, collecting and processing materials, wastes and handling environmental pollution on the spot; not allow toxic chemicals to leak into the environment; ensure adequate resources and equipment to satisfy environmental emergency prevention and response capacities;
e) Locations for research, manufacturing and storage must ensure separation distance from residential areas, public structures, culture, social, historical constructions, protected areas and restricted areas;
g) The organizations and enterprises must obtain adequate devices and equipment to examine and supervise technical specifications and serve quality control during manufacturing processes; have separate testing locations;
h) Products must ensure adequate quality, standards, technical regulations, and bear brands, manufacturing country, year of manufacture and expiry date;
i) Managers and workers directly participating in research and manufacturing must receive technical safety training.
2. Pyrotechnic trade must satisfy following conditions:
a) Only organizations and enterprises affiliated to Ministry of National Defense may trade consumer fireworks and must receive certificates of eligibility for security and order by competent police authorities; must satisfy fire prevention, accident prevention and response and environmental protection requirements;
b) Storage, means of transportation, equipment and tools serving pyrotechnic trade must be adequate and satisfactory to preservation, transportation and fire prevention conditions;
c) Managers and attendants related to pyrotechnic trade must receive thorough technical safety training;
d) Only trade consumer fireworks in Vietnam that are conforming to technical standards and technical regulations as per the law.
3. Import and export of consumer fireworks and consumer firework pyrotechnic composition must satisfy following requirements:
a) Organizations and enterprises affiliated to Ministry of National Defense permitted to conduct research and manufacture consumer fireworks and consumer firework pyrotechnic composition may import and export consumer fireworks and consumer firework pyrotechnic composition;
b) Import and export consumer fireworks must satisfy technical regulations and technical standards; bear labels containing types, brands, number, code, manufacturing country, year of manufacture and expiry date.
Thus, research and manufacturing of consumer fireworks must satisfy following requirements:
- The organizations and enterprises must be assigned by Minister of National Defense to conduct research and manufacture consumer fireworks and consumer firework pyrotechnic composition;
- The organizations and enterprises must receive certificates of eligibility for security and order by competent police authorities; must satisfy fire prevention, accident prevention and response and environmental protection requirements;
- The organizations and enterprises must develop regulations on entering and leaving the premises, measures for guaranteeing security and order, measures for controlling goods transported in and out of the organizations and enterprises, and organize around the clock security guard.
- The organizations and enterprises must develop regulations, adequately equip, organize forces, examine fire prevention, develop fire prevention measures, evacuate, rescue, organize fire prevention drills and fire prevention measures as per the law;
- The organizations and enterprises must adopt measures for reducing, collecting and processing materials, wastes and handling environmental pollution on the spot; not allow toxic chemicals to leak into the environment; ensure adequate resources and equipment to satisfy environmental emergency prevention and response capacities;
- Locations for research, manufacturing and storage must ensure separation distance from residential areas, public structures, culture, social, historical constructions, protected areas and restricted areas;
- The organizations and enterprises must obtain adequate devices and equipment to examine and supervise technical specifications and serve quality control during manufacturing processes; have separate testing locations;
- Products must ensure adequate quality, standards, technical regulations, and bear brands, manufacturing country, year of manufacture and expiry date;
- Managers and workers directly participating in research and manufacturing must receive technical safety training.
New Year's Eve in 2023: Where to organize firework display in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)
Is it allowed to organize firework display on New Year's Eve in 2023?
Article 11 of Decree 137/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam stipulates the cases in which fireworks are allowed as follows:
Cases in which fireworks are allowed
1. Lunar New Year
a) Central-affiliated cities and Thua Thien Hue Province may fire high-range and short-range fireworks for no longer than 15 minutes; other provinces may fire short-range fireworks for no longer than 15 minutes;
b) Time: Lunar New Year’s Eve.
2. Hung Kings Commemoration Day
a) Phu Tho Province may fire short-range fireworks for no longer than 15 minutes at Hung’s King Temple;
b) Time: 9 p.m. of March 9 of the lunar calendar.
3. Independence Day
a) Central-affiliated cities and Thua Thien Hue Province may fire high-range and short-range fireworks for no longer than 15 minutes; other provinces may fire short-range fireworks for no longer than 15 minutes;
b) Time: 9 p.m. of September 2.
4. Dien Bien Phu Victory Anniversary
a) Dien Bien Phu Province may fire short-range fireworks for no longer than 15 minutes at Dien Bien Phu City;
b) Time: 9 p.m. of May 7.
5. Liberation Day (April 30 of calendar year)
a) Hanoi City and Ho Chi Minh City may fire high-range and short-range fireworks for no longer than 15 minutes;
b) Time: 9 p.m. of April 30.
6. Anniversary for liberation or establishment of provinces and central-affiliated cities.
a) Central-affiliated cities and Thua Thien Hue Province may fire high-range and short-range fireworks for no longer than 15 minutes; other provinces may fire short-range fireworks for no longer than 15 minutes;
b) Time: 9 p.m. of liberation or establishment day of provinces and central-affiliated cities.
7. National or international cultural, tourism and sports events.
8. Other cases shall be decided by the Prime Minister.
Thus, according to the above regulations, New Year's Day is not a specific case where fireworks are held. In order to have fireworks on New Year's Eve, the Prime Minister's consent is required.
Where to organize firework display in Ho Chi Minh City on New Year's Eve in 2023?
In the Plan No. 4886/KH-UBND on the organization of activities to welcome the New Year in 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, there is a mention of the artistic fireworks program to welcome the new year of the solar calendar 2023, specific locations of fireworks in Ho Chi Minh City include:
- 01 high-range fireworks display at the beginning of the Saigon River Tunnel, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City.
- 01 low-range fireworks display at Dam Sen Cultural Park, District 11, Ho Chi Minh City.
- Time: From 00:00 to 00:15 on January 1, 2023.
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