Chapter III
DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY INDUSTRY AND RAILWAY VEHICLES
Section 1. DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY INDUSTRY
Article 26. Railway industry
1. Railway industry includes:
a) Manufacturing, assembly, repair and modification of railway vehicles;
b) Manufacturing of specialized components, accessories, supplies and equipment for railways.
2. The Government shall specify a list of specialized components, accessories, supplies and equipment of the railway set forth in Point b, Clause 1 of this Article.
Article 27. Requirements for development of railway industry
1. The planning for development of rail transport and strategy for development of Vietnam industry from time to time must be conformed to.
2. The railway industry development must synchronize with railway infrastructure development, rail transport services, and ensure safety and environmental safety in accordance with regulations of law.
3. Investment in production line and transfer of technology to railway industry must ensure uniformity and modernity.
Article 28. Investment in railway industry
1. The State shall encourage domestic and foreign organizations and individuals to invest in and develop railway industry.
2. The State shall invest in construction and maintenance of railways that connect national and urban railways with railway industry establishments according to the planning.
3. Railway industry enterprises shall invest in, upgrade and maintain railway infrastructure and railway industry works themselves within the railway industry establishment.
Article 29. Science and technology research and application, human resource training and development, technology transfer in railway industry
1. The railroad technologies received and applied must be advanced, can be mastered and developed.
2. The provision of training in railway industry must be conformable to the planning for development of rail transport and synchronize with the transferred technology.
3. The science research and application, technology transfer and human resource training and development must be conformable with regulations of law on education and vocational education, law on science and technology and law on technology transfe.
Section 2. RAILWAY VEHICLES
Article 30. Roadworthiness of railway vehicles
1. Roadworthiness of railway vehicles:
a) Comply with national technical regulation on technical safety and environmental safety;
b) Have a railway vehicle registration certificate issued by a competent authority;
c) Have a certificate of technical safety and environmental safety or an unexpired certificate of periodic inspection of technical safety and environmental safety issued by a competent authority.
2. If operating for special purposes, railway vehicles shall be compliant with the regulations imposed by the Minister of Transport.
Article 31. Registration of railway vehicles
1. A railway vehicle shall be issued with a railway vehicle registration certificate if the following requirements are met:
a) Have lawful origins;
b) Satisfy the national technical regulation on technical safety and environmental safety.
2. Upon change of functions or main specifications, the vehicle owner shall reapply for the railway vehicle registration certificate.
3. Upon the transfer of ownership, the new owner of the railway vehicle must reapply for the railway vehicle registration certificate under the new owner's name.
4. The railway vehicle owner shall make a declaration and return the railway vehicle registration certificate to cancel registration in the following cases:
a) His/her railway vehicle is no longer used for rail transport;
b) His/her railway vehicle is lost or damaged.
5. The Minister of Transport shall specify the issuance, reissuance, revocation and cancellation of railway vehicle registration certificate.
Article 32. Registration for inspection of railway vehicles
1. Any railway vehicle that is manufactured, assembled or modified, repaired must be inspected, supervised and issued with a certificate of technical safety and environmental safety by a Vietnamese registry or foreign registry that is authorized to carry out inspections by the Minister of Transport.
2. During operation, the railway vehicle must be still within its service life according to Government’s regulations, periodically inspected and issued with a certificate of technical safety and environmental safety by a Vietnamese registry.
3. The railway vehicle owner is responsible for repair, maintenance and satisfaction of national technical regulation on technical safety and environmental safety between the two inspections carried out by the registry.
4. The Minister of Transport shall specify:
a) National technical regulation on technical safety and environmental safety;
b) Requirements for facilities and technical infrastructure of the registry;
c) Standards to be satisfied by inspectors;
d) Inspection, issuance, reissuance and revocation of the certificate of technical safety and environmental safety.
Article 33. Information, instructions and equipment provided for passengers, safety equipment on railway vehicles
1. A railway vehicle must satisfy the following requirements:
a) Necessary information and instructions must be provided to serve passengers and management; symbols, information and instructions must be explicit; notice boards must be put up in noticeable places.
b) The railway vehicle must have necessary equipment and amenities to serve passengers, safety equipment, escape equipment; fire-fighting equipment and materials; first-aid kits and equipment for the disabled.
2. The Minister of Transport shall elaborate this Article.
Article 34. Conditions for import of railway vehicles
1. Any railway vehicle that is imported to run on railways must satisfy Vietnam’s national technical standards and regulations and must be issued with the certificate of technical safety and environmental safety by a registry.
2. The import of railway vehicles must be compliant with regulations of the law on import and export.
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