Vietnam: Human impacts on weather should not hinder socio-economic activities, national security and defense

1. Principles of creating impacts on weather

According to Article 41 of the Law on Hydrometeorology 2015 of Vietnam, principles of creating impacts on weather are specified as follows:

- Human impacts on weather are made only in an area with appropriate natural conditions and infrastructure in a specified period of time.

- Human impacts on weather should not hinder or impose adverse effects on socio-economic activities, national security and defense;

- Agencies or organizations making impacts on weather should have measures to ensure safety and minimize negative impacts from activities of making impacts on weather.

- Activities of making impacts shall be implemented under the approved plan and should be publicly notified to residential communities in the area.

2. Eligibility for making impacts on weather

According to Article 42 of the Law on Hydrometeorology 2015 of Vietnam, cases of eligibility for making impacts on weather include:

- Impacts to cause rain or increase rainfall;

- Impacts to reduce rainfall or not to let rain happen;

- Impacts to break or reduce strength of hails;

- Impacts to break or reduce strength of fogs.

3. Agencies, organizations making impacts on weather

Agencies, organizations making impacts on weather include:

- Public hydrometeorological service providers;

- Highly qualified scientific and technological organizations, economic organizations (Vietnam);

- Foreign agencies, organizations in partnership, association with organizations as prescribed above.

This is the content of Article 43 of the Law on Hydrometeorology 2015 of Vietnam.

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