Vietnam: Guiding the compensation to trees within and outside the safety corridor of overhead conducting line

10:50, 28/02/2014

Recently, the Government of Vietnam has issued Decree No. 14/2014/NĐ-CP stipulating in detail the implementation of Electricity Law regarding electricity safety.

Compensation to trees within and outside the safety corridor of overhead conducting line is guided in Decree No. 14/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government as follows:

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- If the trees exist before the notice of performance of high-voltage grid works and are within the safety corridor of grid and must be cut and new trees are banned from growing as stipulated in Clause 3, Article 12 of this Decree, they shall be compensated under current regulations.

- If the trees exist before the notice of performance of high-voltage grid works and are within the safety corridor of grid and must not be cut and new trees are not banned from growing as stipulated in Clause 3, Article 12 of this Decree or trees outside the corridor are at risk of violating the safety distance specified in Clause 2, Article 13 of this Decree, the unit managing the operation has the right to check, cut or prune the trees to ensure the safety for the overhead conducting line and makes the compensation under regulation.

- The rate of compensation for cases specified in Clause 1 and 2 of this Article is done once (1 time) to one tree as stipulated by the provincial People’s Committee in accordance with the actual condition of locality.

View more details at Decree No. 14/2014/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from April 15, 2014.

Thu Ba

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