Eligibility requirements to be satisfied by a fishing vessel registry in Vietnam as of May 19, 2024

Eligibility requirements to be satisfied by a fishing vessel registry in Vietnam as of May 19, 2024

- Regarding Class I fishing vessel registry:

+ The registry shall be established by the competent authority (in case of a public registry) or established in accordance with regulations of the Law on Enterprises and Law on Cooperatives; the fishing vessel registry must be legally and financially independent of the organizations and individuals trading, building, modifying and designing fishing vessels;

+ The registry must have necessary infrastructure and equipment: data storage and input equipment, equipment connected to the Internet and transmitting data to relevant authorities involved in fishing vessel registration, tools and equipment serving technical inspection as prescribed;

+ The registry shall sign fixed-term labor contracts of at least 12 months or indefinite contracts according to regulations of law with registrars obtaining at least a bachelor’s degree in ship hull engineering, marine engineering, electric engineering, fishing, heat and refrigeration engineering or fisheries product processing; during the period of execution of contracts with the registry, the registrars must not sign fixed-term labor contracts of at least 3 months with other employers; there must be at least 01 Class I registrar and 02 Class II registrars;

+ The registry must establish and maintain the application of a quality management system according to ISO 9001 or equivalent.

- Regarding Class II fishing vessel registry:

+ The registry must satisfy the eligibility requirements specified in Points a, b and d Clause 1 of Article 36 of Decree 26/2019/ND-CP (amended by Decree 37/2024/ND-CP);

+ The registry shall sign fixed-term labor contracts of at least 12 months or indefinite contracts according to regulations of law with registrars obtaining at least a bachelor’s degree in ship hull engineering, marine engineering, electric engineering, fishing, heat and refrigeration engineering or fisheries product processing; during the period of execution of contracts with the registry, the registrars must not sign fixed-term labor contracts of at least 3 months with other employers; there must be at least 02 Class II registrars.

- Regarding Class III fishing vessel registry:

+ The registry must satisfy the eligibility requirements specified in Points a and b Clause 1 of Article 36 of Decree 26/2019/ND-CP (amended by Decree 37/2024/ND-CP);

+ The registry shall sign fixed-term labor contracts of at least 12 months or indefinite contracts according to regulations of law with registrars obtaining at least a level 5 of VQF Advanced Diploma in ship hull engineering, marine engineering and fishing; during the period of execution of contracts with the registry, the registrars must not sign fixed-term labor contracts of at least 3 months with other employers; there must be at least 01 Class II registrar;

+ The registry must establish and maintain the application of a quality management system according to ISO 9001 or equivalent; or establish procedures for technical inspection and supervision of fishing vessels in accordance with national technical regulations on classification and construction of fishing vessels.

More details can be found in Decree 37/2024/ND-CP which comes into force from May 19, 2024.

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