Amendments to regulations on power to reach agreement inland port and inland landing stage construction specifications in Vietnam

Amendments to regulations on power to reach agreement inland port and inland landing stage construction specifications in Vietnam 

Power to reach agreement inland port and inland landing stage construction specifications prescribed in Clause 2, Article 15 of Decree 08/2021/ND-CP is amended as follows:

(1) The Ministry of Transport shall reach agreement on construction specifications of inland ports receiving foreign watercrafts;

(2) The VIWA shall reach agreement on construction specifications of inland ports on national inland waterways or dedicated inland waterways connected to national inland waterways, inland ports in water and land areas on both national and local inland waterways, inland ports in seaport water areas connected to national inland waterways, except for the case prescribed in point a of this clause and other cases decided by the Ministry of Transport;

(3) Departments of Transport shall agree on technical parameters for construction of inland waterway ports along local inland waterway, specialized inland waterway connected to local inland waterway, inland waterway ports in seawater ports connected to local inland waterway in provinces and central-affiliated cities, except for cases under (1) and other cases decided by the Ministry of Transport.

(Currently, Point c, Clause 2, Article 15 of Decree 08/2021/ND-CP stipulates:

Departments of Transport shall reach agreement on construction specifications of inland ports on local inland waterways or dedicated inland waterways connected to local inland waterways, inland ports in seaport waters connected to local inland waterways, and inland landing stages in their provinces and central-affiliated cities, except for the case prescribed in point a of this clause and other cases decided by the Ministry of Transport;)

(4) District People’s Committees shall agree on technical parameters for construction of inland waterway docks in relevant districts. (Newly added content)

Decree 06/2024/ND-CP takes effect from March 10, 2024.

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