Vietnam: Surveying and mapping for preventing and fighting against natural disasters and rescuing

According to Article 30 of the Law on Topography and Cartography 2018 of Vietnam, surveying and mapping for preventing and fighting against natural disasters, rescuing, dealing with environmental incidents and climate change are specified as follows:

- Surveying and mapping for preventing and fighting against natural disasters, rescuing, dealing with environmental incidents and climate change must be conducted timely as required by competent regulatory agencies.

- Surveying and mapping for preventing and fighting against natural disasters, rescuing, dealing with environmental incidents and climate change must be conducted according to programs and plans of the Government, Ministries, ministerial agencies and People’s Committees of provinces.

- Ministries, ministerial agencies, Governmental agencies and People’s Committees of provinces shall take responsibility to timely provide topographic and cartographic information, data and products as required by regulatory agencies in pursuit of drawing maps for preventing and fighting against natural disasters, rescuing, dealing with environmental incidents and climate change.

- Organizations and individuals shall timely provide topographic and cartographic information, data and products for rescuing, overcoming natural disaster consequences, environmental incidents and dealing with climate change as required by regulatory agencies.

Besides, this Law also stipulates creating map archives; surveying and drawing other specialized maps as follows:

- Map archive means a collection of maps, charts and photos laid out uniformly showing natural and socio-economic conditions of local areas, regions and the country as well as sectors in each development period.

- The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam shall create national map archives.

- Ministries, ministerial agencies and People’s Committees of provinces shall create local and region map archives and map archives for sectors, conduct the survey and draw other specialized maps for state management purposes.

- Surveying and drawing specialized maps prescribed in clause 9 in Article 22 herein shall conform to requirements, technical standards and regulations applied to each specialized subject and relevant law provisions.

View more details at the Law on Topography and Cartography 2018 of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2019.

Ty Na

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