12 basic regulations on local drainage management in Vietnam

Regulations on local drainage management must be conformable with current provisions on the drainage and treatment of wastewater and suitable for the local conditions.

Specifically, according to Decree No. 80/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, regulations on local drainage management must contain the followings:

- Scope and regulated entities;

- The local drainage system

- Determination of owners;

- Standards on drainage service, connection and disconnection; tasks and powers of investors, discharging entity; financial obligations with regard to connection, local support policy for investment in construction, management and operation of the drainage system;

- Technical conditions and standards applied to wastewater discharge;

- The management of waste sludge in drainage system and septic tanks;

- The treatment of combined or separate wastewater;

- The investment, construction, management and operation of drainage system;

- The contracts of management and operation of drainage systems (hereinafter referred to as operation contracts);

- The responsibility for formulation, management and use of the database of the local drainage system.

- Responsibility of making report on the drainage and investment projects of the drainage and treatment of wastewater

- Rights and obligations of relevant parties.

Provincial People’s Committees shall formulate and approve regulations on local drainage management.

View more details at Decree No. 80/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from January 01, 2015.

Thu Ba

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