| THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ---------- |
| No: 299/2000/TT-BGTVT | Hanoi, August 04, 2000 |
CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLES 22 AND 23 OF THE GOVERNMENT’S DECREE No.171/1999/ND-CP OF DECEMBER 7, 1999
To uniformly implement the provisions of Articles 22 and 23 of the Government’s Decree No.171/1999/ND-CP of December 7, 1999 detailing the implementation of the Ordinance on Protection of Traffic Works with regard to riverway traffic works, the Ministry of Communications and Transport hereby provides the following concrete guidance:
I. SUBJECTS OF APPLICATION
This Circular shall apply to all organizations and individuals that conduct the following activities within the inland waterway traffic works protection area or without the works protection area, but affecting inland waterway traffic safety as well as inland waterway traffic works’ safety:
1. Building permanent bridges, makeshift bridges;
2. Building aerial or sub-riverbed power lines, communication lines, conduits;
3. Building harbors, wharves or ferry-landings;
4. Building embankment works, river-training works or anti-storm and/or -flood works;
5. Building dredging works;
6. Salvage, clearance and removal of obstacles.
II. PROCEDURES FOR INVESTMENT PROJECT ELABORATION
1. For works subject to investment project elaboration under the legislation on investment and construction management, when elaborating investment projects, the project elaborators shall have to send dossiers to the competent agencies defined in Part IV of this Circular, for comments. Such a dossier includes:
a/ A document requesting the competent agency to comment on the investment project. Such document must clearly state the project’s location and size, the meteorological conditions and its major structures;
b/ The map of the area where the project is located or the map showing the ‘s position with the coordinate system and level mark in relation to the national mark system;
