Vietnam: Grounds for calculation of charge for granting water right

1. Water uses, including:

- Exploit water for hydroelectric power generation;

- Exploit water to serve business activities and service provision;

- Exploit water to serve non-agricultural production, including water for cooling machinery and equipment, or generating steam;

- Exploit underground water to water coffee, rubber, cashew, tea or pepper plants and other perennial industrial crops;

- Exploit underground water for aquaculture or cattle breeding.

2. The water quality which is determined according to water zoning or water function zoning in the water resources planning; In case the water resource planning is unavailable or the planning does not include water zoning contents, the actual quality of water source as prescribed in the national technical regulation on quality of surface water and underground water shall be considered.

3. Type of water source to be exploited, including: Surface water or underground water.

4. Conditions of exploitation:

- With regard to surface water, conditions at the location of surface water source shall be considered;

- With regard to underground water, the depth of the aquifer of underground water source to be exploited shall be considered.

5. Exploitation scale:

- The scale of exploitation of water to serve hydroelectric power plants shall be determined according to design documents;

- The scale of exploitation of water used for purposes other than that prescribed in point a of this Clause shall be determined according to the license to exploit and use water resources.

6. Duration of exploitation which is determined according to the duration specified in the license to exploit and use water resources.

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

- Ngoc Duyen -

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