The Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control is an organization under which Ministry in Vietnam?

The Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control is an organization under which Ministry in Vietnam? (Internet image)

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1. The Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control is an organization under which Ministry in Vietnam?

- The Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control is an organization under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, based on the arrangement and consolidation of the General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. The Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control performs the function of advising and assisting the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in state management and organizing the enforcement of laws on dykes and natural disaster prevention and control.
nationwide.

- The Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has legal status, its own seal and account, and operating budget according to the provisions of law.

- The Department's headquarters is located in Hanoi city.

(Article 1 of Decision 479/QD-BNN-TCCB 2023)

2. Duties and powers of the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in Vietnam

Duties and powers of the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control include:

- Submit to the Minister regulations on dike classification, design water levels for dike routes, allowable load, and licensing for motor vehicles traveling on dikes; Document approving the issuance of licenses for activities for special level, level I, level II, level III dikes; the construction and renovation of traffic works related to dykes according to the provisions of law; an agreement on dyke projects; Appraisal of investment projects using riverbanks where there are no construction works; protecting the dykes and mobilizing forces, materials, and means to protect the dykes and overcome the consequences of floods and storms on the dykes according to the provisions of law;

- Organize and implement state management tasks on investment in construction, renovation, upgrading, maintenance, solidification, protection, and use of dykes and dyke protection according to the provisions of law and the assignment and decentralization of the Minister.

(Clause 9, Article 2 of Decision 479/QD-BNN-TCCB 2023)

3. Organizational structure of the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in Vietnam

* Department leadership: has a Director and Deputy Directors appointed and dismissed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development according to regulations.

- The Director of the Department is responsible for: submitting to the Minister to stipulate the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Department; promulgating the Department's working regulations; regulating the functions, tasks, and powers of advisory organizations under the Department; and appointing and dismissing leadership positions of organizations under the Department according to the Minister's decentralization and provisions of law.

- The Director manages the Department's activities and is responsible to the Minister and the law for the Department's activities. The Deputy Director helps the Director monitor and direct some aspects of work as assigned by the Director; Be responsible before the Director of the Department and before the law for assigned tasks.

* Consulting organizations:

Organizations under the General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control are arranged and reorganized into department-level organizations under the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, specifically as follows:

- Department Office;

- Financial Planning Division;

- Inspection and Legal Department;

- Department of International Cooperation and Science and Technology;

- Natural Disaster Safety Control Department;

- Planning and Investment Management Department;

- Information and Communications Department;

- Community Disaster Management Department;

- Dike Management Department;

- Department of Natural Disaster Response and Remediation;

- Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Project Management;

- Department representative office in the Central and Central Highlands regions;

- Department representative office in the Southern region.

* Public service unit :

The public service unit under the General Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control continues to maintain operations according to current regulations until there is a decision to consolidate and reorganize by the competent authority.

(Article 3 of Decision 479/QD-BNN-TCCB 2023)

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