Vietnam: Regulations related to dike plannings

Specifically, according to Article 14 of the Law on Dikes 2006 of Vietnam, the principles for formulation of dike plannings are provided for as follows:

- Dike plannings must be in line with the overall socio-economic development plannings; the defense and security objectives; the natural disaster prevention, fighting and reduction strategy and the anti-flood plannings of diked rivers; ensure uniformity in the dike system and continuity of dike plannings;

- Sea dike plannings must ensure the fight against storms and tidal waves under technical norms on sea dike designs and cover areas for the planting of breakwater trees;

- Plannings on river dikes, river-mouth dikes, auxiliary dikes, surrounding dikes and special-use dikes must ensure safety corresponding to the designed flood water level and include measures to ensure dike safety upon the occurrence of historic floods; must ensure the coordination among localities in the same basin, not affect the anti-flood plannings of diked rivers and the entire river system.

Grounds for formulation of dike plannings include:

- The natural, socio-economic conditions and the requirements to maintain defense and security;

- The natural disaster prevention, fighting and reduction strategy;

- The anti-flood plannings of diked rivers;

- The situation on implementation of previous dike plannings and forecasts on demands for dike construction, repair, upgrading and solidification;

- The land use planning and other relevant plannings.

According to Vietnam’s regulations, dike plannings must include the following contents:

One, determining the tasks of dikes.

Two, determining the technical parameters of dikes.

Three, determining dike position, locations, scales of key infrastructure works on dikes.

Four, determining land areas reserved for dike construction, repair, upgrading and solidification.

Five, determining solutions to implementation of plannings.

Six, projecting items prioritized for implemen-tation, resources for implementation.

Seven, anticipating environmental impacts of the planning implementation and proposing measures to minimize adverse impacts on environment.

This is the content specified in Article 15 of the Law on Dikes 2006.

View relevant provisions at: The Law on Dikes 2006 of Vietnam takes effect from July 01, 2007.

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