Decree No. 118/2004/ND-CP dated May 10, 2004 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 54/1999/ND-CP dated July 8, 1999 on protection of safety of high-voltage power grids

THE GOVERNMENT ------------	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness --------------
No. 118/2004/ND-CP	Hanoi, May 10, 2004

DECREE

AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE GOVERN-MENT'S DECREE NO. 54/1999/ND-CP OF JULY 8, 1999 ON PROTECTION OF SAFETY OF HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER GRIDS

THE GOVERNMENT

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;

At the proposal of the Minister of Industry,

DECREES:

Article 1.- To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 54/1999/ND-CP of July 8, 1999 on protection of safety of high-voltage power grids as follows:

1. To amend and supplement Point c, Clause 1 of Article 6 as follows:

"c/ The height is calculated from the bottom of the post base to the post top plus a vertical safety distance prescribed in the following table:

Voltage (kV)	Up to 35	66 to 110	220	500
Distance (m)	2.0	3.0	4.0	6.0

2. To amend and supplement Article 7 as follows:

"Article 7.-

1. With regard to trees and plants in the safety protection corridors of high-voltage power grids:

a/ In cities, provincial towns and district townships:

The distance from the highest point of trees to the transmission line of a voltage of up to 35 kV in the static position must not be shorter than the distance prescribed in the following table:

Voltage (kV)	Up to 35
Distance (m)	Insulated wire	Bare wire
	0.7	1.5

The vertical distance from the highest point of trees to the transmission line of a voltage of between 66 kV and 500 kV in the static position must not be shorter than the distance prescribed in the following table:

Voltage (kV)	66 to 110	220	500
Distance (m)	Bare wire
	2.0	2.5	4.0

b/ Outside cities, provincial towns or district townships:

The vertical distance from the highest points of trees to the transmission lines in the static position must not be shorter than the distance prescribed in the following table: