Where is the beginning and ending point of Vietnam's coastline? How many coastal provinces are there? Which province has the longest coastline in Vietnam?
- Where is the beginning and ending point of Vietnam's coastline? How many coastal provinces are there?
- Which province has the longest coastline in Vietnam?
- What is the policy of sea management and protection in Vietnam?
- What are the regulations on preservation, protection of resources and sea environment in Vietnam?
Where is the beginning and ending point of Vietnam's coastline? How many coastal provinces are there?
According to official data published on state agency websites, our country has a coastline of 3,260 km, starting from Mong Cai (Quang Ninh) and ending in Ha Tien (Kien Giang).
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. .
Accordingly, Vietnam's coastline passes through the following 28 provinces and cities:
Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien - Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Ho Chi Minh City, Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau, Kien Giang.
Where is the beginning and ending point of Vietnam's coastline? How many coastal provinces are there? (Image from the Internet)
Which province has the longest coastline in Vietnam?
Khanh Hoa is a South Central coastal province of Vietnam with a 385 km long coastline. Therefore, Khanh Hoa is the province with the longest coastline in Vietnam, with many inlets, lagoons, bays, many islands and a vast sea area.
Khanh Hoa has many sheltered bays with deep water and is located in the easternmost part of Vietnam, close to international maritime routes, so it is very convenient for seaport construction. Currently, Khanh Hoa province has 5 seaports, the most typical of which are Van Phong international transshipment port and Cam Ranh port.
Khanh Hoa has a strategic geographical location:
– The North borders Phu Yen province
– The West borders Dak Lak province
– The South borders Ninh Thuan province
– The southwest borders Lam Don province
- The East Sea bordering the east.
Khanh Hoa has a natural area of 5,197 km². The mainland of the province extends from geographical coordinates 12°52'15" to 11°42'50" North latitude and from 108°40'33" to 109°29'55" East longitude.
The easternmost point on the mainland of Khanh Hoa is located at Mui Doi on Hon Gom peninsula, Van Ninh district and is also the easternmost point on the mainland of Vietnam. The length is about 150 km, the width at its widest point is about 90 km.
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 policy of sea management and protection:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 preservation, protection of resources and sea environment in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 35 of Law on Vietnamese sea 2012, there are regulations on preservation, protection of resources and sea environment as follows:
- When operating in sea of Vietnam, vessels, organizations, individuals must comply with all law of Vietnam and international law relating to preservation, protection of resources and sea environment.
- When transporting, loading or unloading of types of commodities, equipment having ability to cause harm for resources, human life and sea environment pollution, vessels, organizations, individuals must use equipment and the specialized-use measures as prescribed to prevent and mitigate damages may occur for people, resources and sea environment.
- Vessels, organizations, individuals are not permitted to release out, sink or bury types of industrial waste, nuclear waster or other noxious waste in seas of Vietnam
- Vessels, organizations, individuals violating provisions of Vietnamese law and relevant international treaties which affect to resources and sea environment in seas, seaports, harbors, or shelters of Vietnam shall be handled as prescribed by Vietnamese law and International treaties of which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member; if causing damages, they must make the environment clean, remedied and compensation as prescribed by law.
- Organizations, individuals operating at seas of Vietnam have obligation of paying tax, fees, charges and amounts contributing to protect sea environment as prescribed by Vietnamese law and international treaties of which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.
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