Vietnam: Urban lighting management development policies applied from November 19, 2009

Urban lighting management principles and development policies specified in Decree No. 79/2009/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government are as follows:

- Urban lighting constitutes a specialized urban technical infrastructure uniformly managed with specific assignment and decentralization of responsibilities and powers under law.

- Urban lighting must ensure economical, efficient and safe use of electricity, environmental protection and comply with technical standards.

- Urban lighting must be planned; urban lighting development and investment must comply with approved urban planning or urban lighting planning.

- The State shall formulate strategies for urban lighting development, aiming to invest in construction and unceasingly raise the operation efficiency of urban lighting works, ensuring the quality of urban lighting and incrementally modernizing and developing urban centers in a sustainable manner.

- The State encourages domestic and foreign organizations and individuals of all economic sectors to invest in, produce and use high-efficacy and electricity-saving lighting products.

- Upon repair, replacement and installation of lighting sources and equipment at construction works and urban lighting facilities funded with state budget capital, lighting sources and equipment with certificates of energy-saving products issued by or bearing energy-saving stamps affixed by competent agencies under law must be used.

View more details at the Decree No. 79/2009/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government on management of urban lighting, effective from November 19, 2009.

Long Binh

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