Decree No. 80/2002/ND-CP dated October 15, 2002 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 72/1998/ND-CP dated September 15, 1998

THE GOVERNMENT -------	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------
No: 80/2002/ND-CP	Hanoi, October 15, 2002

DECREE

AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE GOVERNMENT�S DECREE NO. 72/1998/ND-CP OF SEPTEMBER 15, 1998

THE GOVERNMENT

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

Pursuant to the April 20, 1989 Ordinance on Protection and Development of Aquatic Resources;

Pursuant to the September 7, 2000 Ordinance on Flood and Storm Prevention and Combat;

At the proposal of the Minister of Aquatic Resources,

DECREES:

Article 1.- To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 72/1998/ND-CP of September 15, 1998 on ensuring safety for fishermen and fishery means on the sea.

1. Clause 2 of Article 10 is amended and supplemented as follows:

"Responsibilities of the Ministry of Aquatic Resources:

2. To organize the registration of fishery means and crewmen, and grant permits for exploiting aquatic resources in accordance with the State’s regulations; to organize the inspection and granting of certificates of technical safety for fishery means."

2. Clause 1 and Clause 2 of Article 11 are amended and supplemented as follows:

"1. The Ministry of Communications and Transport shall perform the function of State management over the technical safety of waterway means; coordinate with the Ministry of Aquatic Resources in guiding the registration of fishing ships throughout the country; regularly inspect and consolidate the system of canals, marking buoys and lighthouses to ensure maritime safety; direct the Vietnam Maritime Guaranty Organization to post up storm or tropical low-pressure warning signal on lighthouses upon forecasts of storms or tropical low-pressures.