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Circular guiding the implementation of Decree No.18/2019/ND-CP
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Circular guiding the implementation of Decree No.18/2019/ND-CP
On December 27, 2019, the Ministry of National Defense issued Circular No.195/2019/TT-BQP. The circular gives detailed regulations on the implementation of Decree No.18/2019/ND-CP, dated February 1, 2019, of the Government on the Management and Implementation of the Settlement of the Consequences of Post-war Bomb, Mines and Explosives (UXO).
Military engineers collecting a bomb lying underwater in Long Bien Bridge area in Hanoi, 2017
Scope of regulation of the circular
The circular regulates
- The planning, assessment, and approval of programs, plans, projects, items, tasks and technical measures in construction, and estimation of UXO studies, surveys, and clearance.
- Activities concerning UXO studies, surveys, clearance and collection and detonation of post-war UXO.
- The management of the quality, safety and information in post-war UXO consequence settlement.
- The training and issuance of certificates recognizing the capabilities of carrying out activities related to UXO studies, surveys, and clearance.
- International cooperation and management in the settlement of post-war UXO consequences in Vietnam
The circular applies to domestic agencies, organizations and individuals involved in post-war UXO consequence settlement activities. It also applies to foreign organizations and individuals prescribed by Vietnam’s law as being allowed to conduct post-war UXO consequence settlement activities in the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Circular No.195/2019/TT-BQP takes effect as from February 11, 2020 and replaces Circular No.146/2007/TT-BQP dated September 11, 2007 of the Defense Minister guiding the implementation of Decision No.96/2006/QD-TTg issued on May 4, 2006 by the Prime Minister on the management and implementation of UXO detection and clearance.
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