Circular 47/2014/TT-BTNMT: Regulations on the Governmental atlases in Vietnam

Regulations on the Governmental atlases in Vietnam (Illustrative photo)

Under Clause 3, Article 13 of Circular 47/2014/TT-BTNMT, the regulations on the Governmental atlases in Vietnam are as follows:

- Governmental atlases must convey all required administrative divisions in their entirety and may include secondary maps, statistics tables to clarify specialized information that is not included in primary maps;

- Arrangement of maps within governmental atlases must comply with the following principle: From general to specific; from higher levels to lower levels; from overview to specific; from higher parallel to lower parallel, from lower meridian to higher meridian;

- Layout of each page in governmental atlases must be complete, consistent, and appropriate to each type of administrative maps according to Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article;

- Structure of nationwide governmental atlases: Cover; secondary cover; publishing procedures; preface; table of content; symbol, nationwide administrative map; provincial-level administrative maps; list of administrative divisions, area, population of provincial-level and district-level administrative divisions; lookup table for locations included in the atlases;

- Structure of provincial-level governmental atlases: Cover; secondary cover; publishing procedures; preface; table of content; symbol, provincial-level administrative maps; district-level administrative maps; list of administrative divisions, area, population of district-level and commune-level administrative divisions;

- Structure of district-level governmental atlases: Cover; secondary cover; publishing procedures; preface; table of content; symbol; commune-level maps, list of administrative destinations, area and population of commune-level administrative divisions; lookup table for locations included in the atlases;

More details can be found in Circular 47/2014/TT-BTNMT effective from August 22, 2014.

Thuy Tram

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