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Vietnam: Agencies competent to receive application for granting approval for passenger transport

14:03, 25/07/2016

This is one of the important contents mentioned in Circular No. 20/2016/TT-BGTVT amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 66/2014/TT-BGTVT stipulating passenger, cargo and consignment transport by high-speed passenger craft between ports, wharves and waters within Vietnam’s internal and cross-border waters.

Specifically, according to Circular No. 20/2016/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, organizations and/or individuals must submit an application for approval for passenger, cargo and consignment transport on fixed routes or via the postal system or other appropriate manners to competent agencies as follows:

- For Vietnamese organizations and/or individuals, the application shall be submitted to the Services of Transport or the Maritime Port Authority (in case the craft departs from ports or wharves within responsibility of the Maritime Port Authority).

- For foreign-capitalized organizations and/or individuals, the application shall be submitted to the Inland Waterway Administration Regional Branch (in case the craft departs from ports or wharves within responsibility of the Inland Waterway Administration Regional Branch) or the Maritime Port Authority (in case the craft departs from ports or wharves within responsibility of the Maritime Port Authority).

View full text at Circular No. 20/2016/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from October 01, 2016.

- Thanh Lam -

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