Types of organizations managing national tourism areas in Vietnam

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Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Types of organizations managing national tourism areas in Vietnam

According to Article 4 of Decree 30/2022/ND-CP, types of organizations managing national tourism areas consist of:

- National tourism area management units under the management of Ministries or ministerial agencies.

- National tourism area management boards under the management of People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities (hereinafter referred to as “provincial People’s Committees”).

- Enterprises investing in formation of national tourism areas.

2. Regulations on national tourism area management units under management of Ministries or ministerial agencies in Vietnam

Regulations on national tourism area management units under management of Ministries or ministerial agencies according to Article 5 of Decree 30/2022/ND-CP are as follows:

- A national tourism area management unit is an administrative unit of a Ministry or ministerial agency. The establishment, re-organization and dissolution of the national tourism area management unit in this clause shall comply with regulations of law on establishment, re-organization and dissolution of administrative units.

- The national tourism area management unit is a public service provider affiliated to a Ministry or ministerial agency. The establishment, re-organization and dissolution of the national tourism area management unit in this clause shall comply with regulations of law on establishment, re-organization and dissolution of public service providers.

- Organizational structure of the national tourism area management unit

= Organizational structure of the national tourism area management unit in clause 1 of this Article shall comply with regulations of law on establishment, re-organization and dissolution of administrative units;

= The national tourism area management unit in clause 2 of this Article shall exercise autonomy in its organizational structure in compliance with regulations of law on establishment, re-organization and dissolution of public service providers.

3. Regulations on national tourism area management boards under management of provincial People’s Committees in Vietnam

Regulations on national tourism area management boards under management of provincial People’s Committees according to Article 6 of Decree 30/2022/ND-CP are as follows:

- The People’s Committee of a province where a national tourism area is located shall select and organize the establishment or transformation of the management board in one of the following cases:

= Establish a new management board or re-organize the management board which is a public service provider affiliated to the provincial People’s Committee to manage the national tourism area;

= Transform the specialized management board which is a public service provider into a public service provider affiliated to the provincial People’s Committee to manage the national tourism area and exercise the functions and tasks in accordance with relevant regulations of law.

- The provincial People’s Committee shall request the Prime Minister to establish or transform the management board as prescribed in clause 1 of Article 6 of Decree 30/2022/ND-CP to manage a national tourism area within its province in the cases where the national tourism area is located in at least 02 provinces.

- The national tourism area management board shall be established or re-organized after the national tourism area is recognized as prescribed in Article 28 of the Law on Tourism 2017.

- According to local conditions, the provincial People’s Committee shall decide assign the national tourism area management board to manage one or more tourism areas within its province.

- The national tourism area management board shall exercise autonomy in its organizational structure in compliance with regulations of law on establishment, re-organization and dissolution of public service providers.

- Procedures for establishment, re-organization and dissolution of the national tourism area management board shall comply with regulations of law on establishment, re-organization and dissolution of public service providers.

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