Vietnam: What are the 14 prohibited acts in hydrometeorological operation according to current regulations?
What is hydrometeorology? What are the principles of hydrometeorological operation in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 3 of the 2015 Law on Hydrometeorology in Vietnam, hydrometeorology is a phrase that commonly refers to meteorology, hydrology, and oceanography. Specifically:
- Meteorology refers to the state of the atmosphere, developments of natural phenomena in the atmosphere.
- Hydrography refers to the state, developments and movement of water on earth.
- Oceanography refers to the state, developments and movement of the ocean.
Regarding the principles of hydrometeorological operation, Article 4 of the 2015 Law on Hydrometeorology in Vietnam stipulates as follows:
Principles of hydrometeorological operation in Vietnam
1. Hydrometeorological operation generally supports socio-economic development, national security and defense, natural disaster prevention and combat guaranteed by the state budget.
2. Hydrometeorological operation are managed with uniformity across the country.
3. Hydrometeorological monitoring must ensure accuracy, continuity, and uniformity of monitoring results within the country and the world.
4. Hydrometeorological forecasts and warnings should ensure adequate reliability and be communicated, transmitted in a timely, accurate and adequate manner.
5. The system receiving and transmitting hydrometeorological information (hereinafter referred to as ‘the receiving and transmitting system') should be guaranteed to operate constantly, with high speed and large coverage.
Thus, hydrometeorological operation are carried out according to the above five principles.
Vietnam: What are the 14 prohibited acts in hydrometeorological operation according to current regulations? (Image from the Internet)
What are the 14 prohibited acts in hydrometeorological operation according to current regulations?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 of the 2015 Law on Hydrometeorology in Vietnam, prohibited acts in hydrometeorological operation according to current regulations include:
- Take advantage of hydrometeorological activities to cause damage to state interests, lawful rights and interests of organizations, individuals;
- Transgress space of hydrometeorological works on the ground, underground, on water surface or under water;
- Violate regulations on technical corridors of hydrometeorological works;
- Make negative impacts on hydrometeorological works, measurement instruments;
- Invade hydrometeorological works, measurement instruments, communication equipment, other technical equipment of hydrometeorological works; slam into the works; break and displace benchmarks;
- Obstruct management and operation of hydrometeorological works;
- Perform hydrometeorological forecasting and warning activities unlicensed or in opposition to the license issued by competent state agencies;
- Exploit and use hydrometeorological information, data in opposition to this Law and relevant law provisions;
- Deliberately violate technical regulations and professional procedures on hydrometeorological activities;
- Have impacts on the weather without approval by competent state agencies or in opposition to the approved plan;
- Conceal, fail to supply or deliberately falsify information about hydrometeorology;
- Act in opposition to regulations on spreading information about hydrometeorological forecasts, warnings;
- Take advantage of positions, authority of competent persons to act in opposition to the law on hydrometeorology;
- Take advantage of international cooperation in hydrometeorology and climate change monitoring to commit violations;
Currently, what are the State policies on hydrometeorological operation in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 of the 2015 Law on Hydrometeorology in Vietnam, in hydrometeorological operation, the State has the following policies:
- The State shall guarantee resources for the construction, management and operation of national hydrometeorological station networks; hydrometeorological forecasts, warnings; climate change monitoring to serve socio-economic development, national security and defense, natural disaster prevention and combat.
- Diversify capital investment sources for hydrometeorological activities; encourage organizations, individuals to take part in activities of monitoring, forecasting, warning, scientific research, technology transfers, exploiting and using hydrometeorological information and data;
- Prioritize investment and construction of private telecommunications networks in accordance with the law on telecommunications and use of national telecommunications networks for receiving and transmitting information and data serving hydrometeorological forecasting and warning, natural disaster prevention and combat;
- Reinforce propaganda and dissemination of hydrometeorology and climate change; effectively exploit hydrometeorological information, data for production and living activities, and for prevention and combat against natural disasters among communities; ensure gender equality; pay special attention to people living in mountainous, sea, island and socio-economically disadvantaged areas, ethnic minority people and other special subjects to come up with an appropriate way of propaganda;
- Guarantee satisfaction of demands for lands to facilitate operation of hydrometeorological works in accordance with technical requirements;
- Reinforce training to human resources working in the area of hydrometeorology; provide policies on attracting or preferential treatment to people performing hydrometeorological duties in mountainous, sea, island, ethnic minority and socio-economically disadvantaged areas according to laws;
- Develop science and technology in hydrometeorology, climate change monitoring; prioritize scientific research, transfer of technology, state-of-the-art equipment, application of high technology to hydrometeorological activities;
- Reinforce international cooperation in hydrometeorology, climate change monitoring; perform duties as members of international organizations in hydrometeorology and climate change monitoring.
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