What requirements must be met for the fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands in Vietnam?
- What requirements must be met for the fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands in Vietnam?
- Through what is the fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands carried out?
- What are the principles and grounds for establishing the key program for fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands in Vietnam?
- Which requirements must be met by the key program for fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands in Vietnam?
What requirements must be met for the fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 12 of the 2015 Law on Natural Resources and Environment of Sea and Islands in Vietnam stipulating the requirements for fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands as follows:
- Ensure adequate provision of information and data on natural resources and environment to serve management and development of marine economy, coping with climate change, rising sea, protection of national sovereignty, assurance of National defense and security;
- Identify order of priority for activities of fundamental investigation into natural resources and environment by subject, location in accordance with the State’s capacity to meet resources in each period;
- Base oneself on demands for investigation, result of fundamental investigation, scientific research carried out in the location expected to be investigated; Activities of fundamental investigation on an area of sea must integrate appropriately with special characteristics of activities of fundamental investigation on sea and islands to ensure thrifty and efficiency.
- Result of fundamental investigation must be inspected, approved, submitted, exploited and used according to law provisions.
What requirements must be met for the fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands in Vietnam?
Through what is the fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands carried out?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 of the 2015 Law on Natural Resources and Environment of Sea and Islands in Vietnam, activities of fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands is carried out through the following projects and tasks:
- Projects and tasks of fundamental investigation within key program for fundamental investigation;
- Projects and tasks of fundamental investigation outside key program for fundamental investigation;
Note: Projects and tasks of fundamental investigation as prescribed above include projects and tasks of investigation at intersectorial, interregional levels, at deep and high sea areas and neighboring international waters; fundamental investigation into islands, discovery of new natural resources; projects and tasks of importance for socio-economic development and assurance of National defense and security.
What are the principles and grounds for establishing the key program for fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 of Decree No. 40/2016/ND-CP stipulating the principles and grounds for establishing the key program for fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands as follows:
Principles for establishing the key program
- The conformity of the key program with the strategy for sustainable extraction and use of resources and protection of environment of sea and islands;
- Ensure the inheritance; have solutions for applying scientific and technological progress to the fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands;
- Ensure the feasibility and conformity with the government’s resources for carrying out the fundamental investigation.
Grounds for establishing the key program
- The strategy for sustainbale extraction and use of resources and protection of environment of sea and islands;
- Requirements on general management of resources and protection of environment of sea and islands;
- Potentiality of marine and island resources; demands for fundamental investigation, extraction and use of resources and protection of environment of sea and islands;
- Requirements on environmental protection and impacts of the climate change and the sea level rise on resources and environment of sea and islands;
- Information and data of previously conducted fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands.
Which requirements must be met by the key program for fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 21 of Decree No. 40/2016/ND-CP, the key program for fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands must meet the following requirements:
- Correspond to requirements on provision of information and data about resources and environment of sea and islands to the marine economic development and management, and the protection of national sovereignty, national defense and security.
- Follow information and data inherited from the fundamental investigation and/or scientific research which have/has been conducted in regions where this investigation will be conducted; the fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands conducted in a region must include appropriate investigation contents.
- Determine the order of priority of activities of the fundamental investigation into resources and environment of sea and islands according to investigated subjects and regions in conformity with the government’s provision of resources in each stage.
- Promote managerial capability of resources and environment of sea and islands; gradually improve facilities and equipment to serve the fundamental investigation.
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