Chương IX Luật Đường sắt 2017: Quản lý nhà nước về hoạt động đường sắt

Chapter IX

STATE MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAY ACTIVITIES

Article 83. State management of railway activities

1. Formulate, organize the implementation of planning, plans and policies for railway development.

2. Prepare, issue and organize the implementation of legislative documents, national technical standards and regulations, economic and technical norms for railway activities.

3. Disseminate and educate about the law on railway transport.

4. Manage the investment in construction of railway infrastructure; announce the opening and closure of railway stations and lines.

5. Manage public investment in railway transport; manage the maintenance of railway infrastructure.  

6. Manage the railway transport and rail transport control.

7. Manage the railway safety assurance; manage and ensure the safety of trains on special missions.

8. Manage natural disaster preparedness and search and rescue and investigate railway accidents.

9. Issue, reissue, recognize, revoke and cancel certificates and licenses relating to railway activities.

10. Organize the implementation of registration and inspection of railway vehicles.

11. Manage scientific and technological activities; provide training; protect the environment, respond to climate change and use energy economically and efficiently in railway activities.

12. Ensure international cooperation in railway activities.

13. Manage price, fees and charges in railway activities.

14. Inspect and deal with complaints and denunciations, and take actions against violations of law in railway activities.

Article 84. Responsibility for state management of railway activities

1. The Government shall perform uniform state management of railway activities.

2. The Ministry of Transport shall play a central role in assisting the Government in performing state management of railway activities.

3. Ministries and ministerial agencies shall take charge and cooperate with the Ministry of Transport in performing state management of railway activities.

4. People’s Committees of provinces shall perform state management of railway activities.

Article 85. Communicating, disseminating and educating about law on railway transport

1. All organizations involved in railway activities shall communicate, disseminate law on rail transport to officials, public employees and staff under their management and educate them thereabout; cooperate with local governments at all levels which railways pass through in encouraging people to observe the law on railway transport.

2. People’s Committees at all levels shall disseminate and educate about law on railway transport to the locals.

3. Information and communications authority shall organize the dissemination and communication of law on rail transport to the people on a regular basis.

4. Education and training authority shall provide instructions on the education about law on railway transport to educational institutions.

5. The Vietnamese Fatherland Front and its member organizations shall cooperate with relevant authorities and local governments in propagating and encouraging the people in observing the law on railway transport.