Vietnam: Seaport shall be closed in cases of epidemics, natural disasters, catastrophes

07:47, 18/05/2017

This content is newly supplemented in Decree No. 58/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government on guidelines for some articles of the Vietnam Maritime Code on management of maritime operations.

According to Decree No. 58/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the closure of a seaport or offshore oil port shall be considered in the 03 following cases:

- The seaport or offshore oil port is closed for reasons of national defense and security assurance or other special reasons;

- The seaport or offshore oil port is no longer eligible to operate as prescribed;

- Epidemics and natural disasters occur and other cases according to regulations of law.

Procedures for announcement of the closure of a seaport under the case of epidemic and natural disaster are as follows:

- The applicant shall submit an application for permission for closure of a seaport according to the Form No. 10 provided in the Appendix enclosed herewith to the Ministry of Transport.

- The Ministry of Transport shall receive the application:

+ If the application is satisfactory, the Ministry of Transport shall provide guidance on the completion of the request;

+ If the application is satisfactory, the Ministry of Transport shall collect comments from relevant authorities about the closure of the seaport and issue an announcement on the closure, which is made using the Form No. 09 provided in the Appendix enclosed with this Decree, and shall submit the decision to the applicant. In case of rejection, a written response specifying reasons thereof shall be given.

Decree No. 58/2017/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government takes effect from July 01, 2017, annulling Decree No. 21/2012/NĐ-CP.

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