Vietnam: 04 contents on surveying and mapping administrative boundaries from January 01, 2019

According to Article 19 of the Law on Topography and Cartography 2018 of Vietnam, surveying and mapping administrative boundaries means topographic and cartographic activities for establishing discarding, merging, dividing and adjusting administrative boundaries, settling disputes regarding administrative boundaries and determining administrative boundaries. Surveying and mapping administrative boundaries include:

- Surveying and drawing maps for developing profiles of administrative units of various levels;

- Surveying, adjusting and amending administrative boundary maps according to Resolution of National Assembly, the Standing Committee of National Assembly on establishing, discarding, merging, dividing and adjusting administrative boundaries; surveying and adjusting administrative boundaries suffering natural effects and effects from socio-economic development;

- Establishing and updating a database of administrative boundary surveying and mapping;

- Surveying for settling disputes relating to boundaries among various level administrative units.

Besides, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam shall preside over and cooperate with the Ministry of Home Affairs and People’s Committees of provinces in carrying out the following tasks:

- Surveying, adjusting and amending administrative boundary maps according to Resolution of National Assembly, the Standing Committee of National Assembly on establishing, discarding, merging, dividing and adjusting administrative boundaries; surveying and adjusting administrative boundaries suffering natural effects and effects from socio-economic development; surveying for settling disputes relating to boundaries among various level administrative units for provincial administrative units;

- Establishing and updating a database of administrative boundary surveying and mapping.

View more details at the Law on Topography and Cartography 2018 of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2019.

Ty Na

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