THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 61/2003/QD-BTC
Hanoi, April 25, 2003
 
 
DECISION
PROMULGATING THE TABLE OF MARITIME FEE AND CHARGE AS WELL AS SEAPORT SERVICE CHARGE RATES
THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
 
Pursuant to the June 30, 1990 Maritime Code of Vietnam;
Pursuant to the August 28, 2001 Charge and Fee Ordinance No. 38/2001/PL-UBTVQH10;
Pursuant to the April 26, 2002 Pricing Ordinance No. 40/2002/PL-UBTVQH10;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 86/2002/ND-CP of November 5, 2002 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 178/CP of October 28, 1994 on the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002 detailing the implementation of the Charge and Fee Ordinance;
At the proposals of the Ministry of Communications and Transport in Official Dispatch No. 1665/GTVT-PC of April 24, 2003 and of the director of the Enterprise Finance Department,
 
DECIDES:
 
Article 1.- To promulgate together with this Decision the table of maritime charge and fee as well as seaport service charge rates.
Article 2.- The agencies assigned the task of organizing the collection of maritime charges and fees shall have to organize the collection thereof and be entitled to deduct a certain percentage (%) from the total collected charge and fee amount before remitting it into the State budget according the following regulations:
a/ Maritime port authorities shall collect tonnage charge; charge for anchoring or mooring in lagoons and bays, charge for use of piers, wharves, mooring buoys, which are built with the State budget investment and managed by the port authorities; fee for arrival at and departure from seaports; the fee for authentication (of maritime protests) and shall be entitled to retain 35% of the total collected charge and fee amount. Vietnam National Maritime Bureau shall be entitled to regulate the retained fund for expenditure among the port authorities.