Chương IV Luật Biển Việt Nam 2012: Phát triển kinh tế biển

Chapter IV

DEVELOPMENT OF SEA ECONOMY

Article 42. Principle of development of sea economy

Unshakable and effective development of sea economy under the following principles.

1. Servicing for construction and development of country's society and economy

2. Linking with

3. In conformity with requirement on resources management and sea environment protection.

4. Linking with socio-economic development of coastal and island localities

Article 43. Developing sea economy sectors

The State shall priority to focus in development of sea economy sectors as follows:

1. Searching, exploring, exploiting, and processing oil, gas and types of marine resources, minerals;

2. Marine transport, seaport, newly making and repair of vessels, sea-going devices and other maritime services;

3. Sea tourist and island economy;

4. Aquaculture, exploiting, processing seafood;

5. Develpoment, study, application and transfer of technology, science on exploiting and developing sea ecnomy;

6. Constructing and developing sea human resources.

Article 44. Planning on development of sea economy

1. Basis for making planning on development of sea economy including:

a) Strategy, overall planning on socio-economic development of whole country, the national strategy on environmental protection;

b) Oriention of the stragety on unshakeable development and sea stragety;

c) Characteristics, geography position, natural rule of seas, coastal areas and islands;

d) Results of investigation on sea resources and environment; the actual situation and estimated demand of exploration, use of resources and sea environmental protection of whole country, regions, coastal provinces, centrally-affiliated cities;

dd) Value of resources and vulnerable extent of sea environment;

e) Rsources for executing planning.

2. The content of planning on development of sea economy including:

a) Analysing, evaluating natural condition,socio-economic condition and present conditions of exploration, use of sea;

b) Defining direction, target and oriention of use resources resonablely and protection of sea environment;

c) Dividing zones using sea for purpose of socio-economic development, National defense and security; defining prohibited zones for exploitation, zones allowing exploration with condition, zones need be protected specially for purpose of National defense and security, protection of environment , preservation of the ecology and artificial islands, equipment, facilities on sea

d) Defining position, area and showing on map zones using sea surface, sea beds, islands;

dd) Defining particularly vulnerable coastal areas such as alluvial ground, coastal erosion, protection forests, wetlands, coastal sand, defining buffer area and having solution of suitable management, protection;

e) Solution and progress of planning execution

3. The Government formulates overall project on development of sea ecomony sectors specified in Article 43 of this Law and organizes making planning, plan on using sea of whole coutry to submit to National Assembly for consideration and decision.

Article 45. Constructing and developing sea economy

1. The state has policy on investment for, construction, development of the coastal economical zones, industrial clusters, economy of island districts under planning, ensuring for effectiveness and unshakeable development.

2. Assigning defined sea areas for organizations, individuals to explore, use sea resources shall be implemented as prescribed by Government.

Article 46. Encouraging, investment incentives for economic development in islands and operations at sea

1. The State priorities for investment in, construction of infrastructure, sea logistics network, economical development of coastal districts; has incentive policy to enhance material and spirit life of inhabitants living on islands.

2. The state encourages and has incentives on tax, capital, facilitate for organizations, individuals to invest, explore development potential and strengths on islands.

3. The state encourages and has incentives on tax, capital, facilitate for organizations, individuals to enhance fishery operation and other activities on seas, islands; protect activities of people on seas, islands

4. The Government details this article.