Guidelines for construction of projects and works in land border areas of Vietnam

According to Decree No. 34/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, land border areas of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (below referred to as land border areas) include communes, wards and townships (below referred to as communes) which have part of their administrative boundaries overlapping the national land borderline.

Construction of projects and works in land border areas must comply with the following provisions:

- The construction of projects and works in land border areas must not affect border works; alter signs for identification of the borderline, damage, destroy, or cause loss of national border markers; violate agreements on border regulations signed by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with neighbor countries.

- When constructing projects or works in the border belt, local state management agencies in charge of construction shall collect written opinions of the Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Foreign Affairs before submitting documents on such projects or works to competent authorities for approval. Within 30 days, consulted agencies shall give their written opinions to the opinion-collecting agencies.

- At least 3 (three) working days before implementing projects or works, investors shall notify such in writing to provincial-level Border-Guard Commands and Public Security Departments and local administrations.

- Three days before participating in the survey, engineering, construction and implementation of projects or works in land border areas, agencies and organizations shall notify the list of their people and vehicles involved in, and the duration and scope of, such activities, to local border-guard posts and commune-level People’s Committees.

- Border-guard posts shall guide units specified in Clause 3 of this Article in identifying the borderline, scope of land border areas, border belt and restricted zones, and complying with regulations on management and protection of the national border and agreements on border regulations signed by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with neighbor countries.

View more details at Decree No. 34/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from June 15, 2014.

Le Hai

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