| THE GOVERNMENT ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------ |
| No: 91/2001/ND-CP | Hanoi, December 11, 2001 |
DECREE
ON THE CONDITIONS FOR DEALING IN A NUMBER OF INLAND WATERWAY COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT LINES
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
Pursuant to the Law on State Enterprises of April 20, 1995;
Pursuant to the Law on Cooperatives of March 20, 1996;
Pursuant to Law No.13/1999/QH10 on Enterprises of June 12, 1999;
Pursuant to the April 20, 1995 Law on Foreign Investment in Vietnam and the June 22, 2000 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Foreign Investment in Vietnam;
At the proposal of the Minister of Communications and Transport,
DECREES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Scope of regulation
This Regulation prescribes the conditions for dealing in the following production and business lines:
1. Inland waterway passenger transportation, in the following forms:
a/ Passenger transportation along fixed routes;
b/ Passenger transportation not along fixed routes;
c/ Transport of passengers across rivers.
2. Inland waterway transportation across Vietnamese borderlines.
3. Provision of cargo loading and unloading services at inland waterway ports and wharves;
4. Designing of inland waterway transport means;
5. Building and repair of inland waterway transport means.
Article 2.- Objects and scope of application
This Decree applies to all domestic and foreign organizations and individuals of all economic sectors, that are engaged in the production and business lines specified in Article 1 of this Decree.
In cases where an international treaty concerning inland waterway communications and transport, which Vietnam has signed or acceded to, contains provisions different from those of this Decree, such international treaty shall apply.
Article 3.- Term interpretation
In this Decree, the following expressions shall be construed as follows:
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