Vietnam: Compulsory payment of charge for granting water right

17:29, 06/11/2017

Organizations or individuals that are granted license to exploit and use surface water or underground water must pay charge for granting water right in the following cases:

1. Exploitation of surface water:

- Exploit surface water for producing electricity;

- Exploit surface water to serve business activities, service provision or non-agricultural production, including water for cooling machinery and equipment, or generating steam.

2. Exploitation of underground water:

- Exploit underground water to serve business activities, service provision or non-agricultural production, including water for cooling machinery and equipment, or generating steam;

- Exploit underground water (excluding brackish water and saltwater) for aquaculture, cattle breeding, watering coffee, rubber, cashew or pepper plants and other perennial industrial crops with a scale of 20 m3/24 hours or more.

View details at Decree No. 82/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from September 01, 2017.

- Ngoc Duyen -

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