Forms and content of audit of compliance with laws on water resource in Vietnam

Forms and content of audit of compliance with laws on water resource in Vietnam

The forms and content of inspections are as follows:

(1) Planned inspections are carried out according to an approved inspection plan. The inspection plan includes inspection plans of the Ministries: Natural Resources and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Industry and Trade, Construction, Health, and the inspection plans of the provincial People's Committees.

(2) Ad hoc inspections are conducted when there is one of the following bases:

- Directive from a competent state management agency;

- When discovering organizations or individuals with signs of violating water resource laws through information, monitoring data, and reports from organizations and individuals, including: observation and monitoring data from the National Water Resource Information and Data System; reservoir monitoring and operation systems of management agencies; periodic reports on water resource exploitation and use activities from organizations and individuals; information and data obtained during the appraisal process for issuing, extending, adjusting, reissuing water resource exploitation permits, underground water drilling permits, underground water exploration permits, and applications for reporting and adjusting the fees for water resource exploitation rights or during the process of receiving declarations, registration for water resource exploitation and use, and other sources of information from related management agencies;

- When discovering signs of violations causing depletion, pollution, or degradation of water sources; land subsidence or collapses; sudden, abnormal artificial flooding that seriously affects production and livelihood activities of the people;

- Reflections and recommendations from related agencies, organizations, individuals, media, and other sources of information.

(3) Within their powers and duties, the Ministries and provincial People's Committees specified in clause (1) shall determine the content of the annual inspection plans in accordance with the Law on Water Resources 2023.

More details can be found in Circular 04/2024/TT-BTNMT, effective from July 1, 2024.

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