Vietnam: Process of making, evaluating and approving the project design and cost estimate of maintenance dredging projects

Specifically, according to Clause 2 Article 16 of the Decree No. 159/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, making, evaluating and approving the project design and cost estimate of projects in maintenance dredging of public marine navigation channels and inland navigation channels are as follows:

- Companies providing public maritime safety services shall be authorized to select and enter into contracts with design, environmental and assessment consulting bodies; undertake the formulation, assessment and submission to the Vietnam Maritime Administration of the construction design and cost estimate, the estimate of environmental protection costs, the scheme of tasks and technical measurement survey plans for handover of the cleared site, the surveillance scheme, and the scheme of tasks and technical survey plans for acceptance testing of projects for maintenance dredging of public marine navigation channels;

- Vietnam Maritime Administration shall be authorized to undertake the evaluation and approval of the construction design and cost estimate, the estimate of environmental protection costs, the scheme of tasks and technical measurement survey plans for handover of the cleared site, the surveillance scheme, and the scheme of tasks and technical survey plans for acceptance testing of projects for maintenance dredging of public marine navigation channels;

- Regional inland waterway authorities shall be authorized to undertake the formulation, review and submission to the Vietnam Inland Waterway Administration to seek its evaluation and approval of the construction design and cost estimate, the estimate of environmental protection costs, the scheme of tasks and technical measurement survey plans for handover of the cleared site, the surveillance scheme, and the scheme of tasks and technical survey plans for acceptance testing of projects for maintenance dredging of national-level inland navigation channels;

- Provincial People’s Committees shall be authorized to undertake the evaluation and approval of the design and estimate of costs of projects in the maintenance dredging of local-level inland navigation channels.

View more details at the Decree No. 159/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from January 11, 2019.

Ty Na

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