Provisions on inspection of business conditions of transportation business units in Vietnam

According to Decree No. 110/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, transportation business units are subject to the inspection by competent agencies of their compliance with regulations on inland waterway transportation business and its conditions. Forms of inspection include:

- Periodic inspection;

- Irregular inspection upon occurrence of particularly serious navigation accidents, receipt of complaints, denunciations or information about or detection of signs of non-compliance with regulations on inland waterway transportation business and its conditions.

The Minister of Transport and chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees shall direct functional agencies to inspect the business eligibility of inland waterway transportation business units.

Besides, Decree No. 110/2014/NĐ-CP also stipulates that the Ministry of Transport shall have the following responsibilities:

- To uniformly manage inland waterway transportation business activities prescribed in this Decree.

- To direct, guide and organize the implementation of this Decree.

- To inspect, examine and handle violations in the implementation of regulations on inland waterway transportation business and its conditions under this Decree and other relevant laws.

- To guide procedures for the approval of inland waterway transportation; conditions for a division to manage and monitor the navigation safety conditions; installation, management and use of Automatic Identification System equipment; and provide training in professional and technical skills of inland waterway transportation activities.

View details at Decree No. 110/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from January 05, 2015.

Le Hai

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