What are the activities of assurance of railway safety in Vietnam?

What are the activities of assurance of railway safety in Vietnam? (Internet image)

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

1. What are the activities of assurance of railway safety in Vietnam?

According to Clause 1, Article 40 of the Law on Railway Transport 2017, assurance of railway safety includes the following activities:

- Assurance of safety of people, organizations and individuals’ vehicles and assets upon rail transport;

- Assurance of uniform and concentrated rail transport;

- Prevention and actions against infringements upon railway works and illegal occupation of railway safety corridor;

- Measures for prevention of accidents on railways and at at-grade intersections between railways and roads.

2. Rules for control of rail transport in Vietnam

Principles and contents of railway transport management according to Clauses 1 and 2, Article 41 of the Law on Railway Transport 2017 are as follows:

- Control of rail transport must be compliant with the following rules:

+ Be concentrated and uniform; comply with the published timetable;

+ Ensure safe and continuous rail transport in line with the timetable;

+ Ensure equality between rail transport enterprises.

- Control of rail transport includes the following contents:

+ Establish, distribute and publish the timetable;

+ Ensure uniform, concentrated, safe and continuous train operation in accordance with the published timetable, regulations on railway signals, railway rules and train operation order;

+ Give command to the response to accidents on the railway;

+ Receive and consolidate information relating to the control of rail transport;

+ Cooperate with international railway organizations in controlling rail transport;

+ Store data on the control of rail transport in accordance with regulations of law.

3. Prohibited acts in railway activities in Vietnam

According to Article 9 of the Law on Railway Transport 2017, the prohibited acts in railway activities are as follows:

- Damage railway works and railway vehicles.

- Illegally occupy the railway safety corridor and the safety perimeter of the railway work

- Build an illegal crossing; illegally build flyovers, underpasses, culverts or other works built within the land area for rail transport; illegally drill or bore within the safety perimeter of the railway work.

- Falsify works and railway signaling; hide or falsify railway signals.

- Obstruct the train operation; arbitrarily use signals or equipment to stop the train, unless a threat to railway safety is found.

- Trespass the fence, the barrier of the level crossing when the block signal is given; trespass the fences that separate the railway from the surrounding.

- Discharge untreated sewage onto the railway; place obstacles and dump hazardous substances or waste on the railway; illegally place flammable or explosive substances within the safety perimeter of the railway work and the railway safety corridor.

- Herd animals and trade goods on railways and within the safety perimeter of the railway work and the railway safety corridor.

- Walk, stand, lie, sit or perform other acts on the roof of the coach, locomotive, steps; hang, stand, sit on the sides of the coach, locomotive, or connector; open the train doors, poke the head, arm, leg, or other stuff out the coach when the train is running, except for the railway workers and law enforcement officers on duty.

- Walk, stand, lie, sit or perform other acts on the railway line, except for the railway workers and law enforcement officers on duty.

- Throw earth, stones, or other objects at or from the train.

- Bring or transport prohibited goods or animal that carries contagious diseases to the station or to the train; illegally bring or transport wild animals, radioactive/flammable/explosive substances and dangerous goods to the station or the train; bring or transport a corpse or bones to the station or to the train running on urban railways.

- Make or use fake tickets; sell tickets against the law.

- Allow a railway vehicle or equipment that fails to meet technical safety requirements to operate on the railway; use the cargo coaches to transport passengers; change the structure, design or functions of the vehicles without permission; assign or allow another person who is ineligible to operate a railway vehicle.

- Assemble coaches that contain animals, stinky goods, flammable/explosive substances, hazardous substances, or other dangerous goods into a passenger train.

- Operate trains faster than the speed limits.

- Railway workers directly serving train operation is under influence of alcohol or other banned stimulants in the performance of their duties.

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