Vietnam: Reporting and maritime infrastructure database

According to Decree No. 43/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, reporting and maritime infrastructure database are specified as follows:

Maritime infrastructure-related reports

Maritime infrastructure shall be declared and updated in the maritime infrastructure database for consistent management.

Forms of maritime infrastructure declarations:

- Initial declaration in case of maritime infrastructure under management on the effective date of Decree No. 43/2018/NĐ-CP;

- Additional declarations in case of new maritime infrastructure or maritime infrastructure from which any change to infrastructure supervisor or itself arises after the effective date of Decree No. 43/2018/NĐ-CP.

The infrastructure supervisor shall make and send declarations to the Ministry of Transport; the declarations bearing confirmation of the Ministry of Transport shall be inserted to the maritime infrastructure database. A declaration shall be submitted within 30 days, from the date on which maritime infrastructure is received according to the decision made by competent authority or any change to the supervisor or the maritime infrastructure itself arises.

The infrastructure supervisor shall send annual reports on management, use and operation of maritime infrastructure in the previous year and irregular reports at the request of competent authorities.

Forms of reports:

- Report on management of maritime infrastructure ;

- Report on actions against maritime infrastructure; 

- Report on operation of maritime infrastructure.

Deadline for submitting annual reports on management, use and operation of maritime infrastructure:

- The infrastructure supervisor shall send such a report to the Ministry of Transport prior to February 28;

- The Ministry of Transport shall send a final report on management and use of maritime infrastructure to the Ministry of Finance prior to March 15;

- The Ministry of Finance shall send a report on management and use of maritime infrastructure nationwide to the Government for reporting to the National Assembly at the request and announcing the public maritime infrastructure.

Maritime infrastructure database

- The maritime infrastructure database is an integral part of the national database in respect of public property, which is built and managed nationwide; its contents are considered as lawful as those in hard copies.

- The Ministry of Transport shall take charge and cooperate with the Ministry of Finance and involved agencies in building and managing maritime infrastructure database provided meeting the following requirements:

+ In accordance with Vietnam electronic government architectural framework, in conformity with national database technical standards, technical regulations and standards for information technology, information safety and security and economic and technical norms;

+ Ensure interoperability, the ability to integrate, and connect to the national database of public property; ensure information sharing and extensibility of data fields in system design and application software.

The Ministry of Transport shall direct the infrastructure supervisor to make and send declarations and insert them to the maritime infrastructure database as prescribed.

Decree No. 43/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government comes into force from March 12, 2018.

-Thao Uyen-

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