Policy of sea management and protection according to the Law on Vietnamese sea 2012

According to the Law on Vietnamese sea 2012, policy of sea management and protection includes:

1. Promoting the power of nation and implementing necessary measure to protect sovereignty, sovereign right and national jurisdiction on seas, islands and archipelagoes, protect resources and sea environment, develop sea economy.

2. Constructing and implementing strategy, planning, plans on management, use, exploit, unshakeable protect sea, islands and archipelagoes,servicing target on construction, development of economy - society, national defense, security.

3. Encouraging organizations, individuals to invest labor, material, capital money for and apply scientific and technological achievement into use, exploit, development of sea economy, protection resources and sea environment, unshakeable development of seas suitable with conditions of each sea area and assurance for requirement of National defense and security; strengthening informing, popularizing on potential, policy, law on sea

4. Encouraging and protecting fishery activities of fishermen on seas, protection of activities of organizations, Vietnamese citizens outside of Vietnam’s seas in conformity with international treaties of which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member, international law, relevant law of coastal nations.

5. Investing for assurance of operation of force in charge of , control on the sea, upfrading logistics facilities servicing for activities on the sea, islands and archipelagoes, developing sea manpower.

6. Implementing policies having priority to people living on islands and archipelagoes; preferential regime for forces participating in management and protection of seas, islands and archipelagoes.

This content is specified in Article 5 of the Law on Vietnamese sea 2012, effective from January 01, 2013.

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