Acts strictly prohibited in hydrometeorological activities in Vietnam

Specifically, according to Article 8 of the Law on Hydrometeorology 2015 of Vietnam, prohibited acts 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 underwater;

- 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.

The Law on Hydrometeorology 2015 of Vietnam officially came into force from July 01, 2016.

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