Vietnam: What are the contents of dike maintenance and repair?

According to Clause 1 Article 4 of the Circular No. 68/2020/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, the maintenance and urgent handling of dike incidents from the central budget include the following contents:

- Repairing, renovating and reinforcing the dyke surface;

- Repairing and reinforcing the collection road, the dike foot corridor, the slope up and down the dike within the dike protection area;

- Repairing and planting weeds on dyke roofs, dykes, dike feet, and embankments;

- Landfilling, planting trees to break waves;

- Surveying, detecting and dealing with termites and hidden hazards in the dike body; grouting to reinforce the quality of the dike body;

- Checking and assessing the quality of culverts under the dike; handling minor damage; dredging upstream and downstream of sluices under the dike;

- Checking the current status of the dike protection embankment; spending on repairing minor damage of embankment;

- Supplementing and repairing works in service of dyke management and protection: Landmarks on dykes; boundary column, water column; dike signs; stations and monitoring equipment; warehouses and storage yards for flood and storm prevention materials;

- Repairing works in service of dyke management and protection: Flood diversion and flood retardation works; spillover works; pressure relief wells; whores guard the dike;

- Supplementing, maintaining, and collecting supplies for the prevention and combat of floods and storms related to dykes under the tasks of the Central Government;

- Survey the topography, geology, survey the fixed cross-section of the river periodically, take a sketch of the change of the channel; measure the beach changes in front of the dyke; supplementing the database on dykes in service of dyke management and flood and storm control;

- Other jobs directly related to dyke maintenance and repair as prescribed in the Dike Law of Vietnam and relevant laws and approved by competent authorities (if any).

View more details at the Circular No. 68/2020/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, effective from September 01, 2020.

Thuy Tram

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