Conditions for grant of licenses for advisory of Hydro-power plans in Vietnam

According to Article 31 of Decree No. 137/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, organizations registering for advisory of Hydro-power plans, apart from general conditions specified in Article 28 of this Decree, must satisfy the following conditions:

1. Being an advisory organization in a specialized branch, having professional capacity of hydro works, hydrology, hydro energy, and geologist of works, hydro-power construction and other fields relating to making hydro-power plans.

2. Having a contingent of advisory experts including major advisory experts and other advisory experts having experiences in hydraulic works, hydrology, and geologist of works, hydro-power and hydro-power construction.

3. Major advisory experts must have university diplomas or higher in electricity, hydro-power or similar branches and worked in the field of advisory on planning for at least 5 years, and participated in making at least one hydro-power plan.

4. Having number of main advisory experts under specific specialized sectors as follow:

- Regarding hydro energy, hydrology: Having 02 experts or more;

- Regarding economy and energy: Having 02 experts or more;

- Regarding hydraulic power and hydraulic works: Having 03 experts or more;

- Regarding geologist and geologic technique: Having 02 experts or more;

- Regarding structure: Having 01 expert or more;

- Regarding organization of construction: Having 01 expert or more.

5. Having necessary equipment, technical means, and application software to make the Hydro-power plans.

View details at Decree No. 137/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 10, 2013.

Ty Na

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