Chương IX Luật khí tượng thủy văn 2015: Quản lý nhà nước về hoạt động khí tượng thủy văn

Chapter IX

STATE ADMINISTRATION ON HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL ACTIVITIES

Article 49. Subject matters of state administration on hydrometeorological activities

1. Establish, promulgate and organize the implementation of legislative documents, policies, strategy, planning, plans, technical regulations, professional processes, economic and technical norms on hydrometeorological and climate change monitoring;

2. Manage station networks, activities of monitoring, forecasting, warning; spread forecasting and warning bulletins; exploit and use information, data;

3. Organize dissemination and education about laws to enhance awareness among communities; make investment in scientific and technological research; train and develop human resource in hydrometeorology and climate change;

4. Instruct use of information, data about hydrometeorological and climate change monitoring in strategies, planning, plans, socio-economic development programs and projects; integrate results of climate change monitoring into strategies, planning and plans;

5. Issue, extend, suspend and revoke licenses;

6. International cooperation in hydrometeorological activities

7. Investigate, inspect and handle violations about hydrometeorology; handle complaints, denunciations about hydrometeorology;

Article 50. Responsibility of the Government

The government shall unify state administration on hydrometeorological activities across the country.

Article 51. Responsibility of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment

1. Responsible to the government for implementing state administration on hydrometeorological activities across the country;

2. Preside over construction and submission of legislative documents, strategies, planning, plans, programs, projects, national projects on hydrometeorological and climate change monitoring to competent state agencies for promulgation;

3. Establish, promulgate within competence and organize the implementation of legislative documents, technical regulations, professional processes, economic and technical norms on hydrometeorological and climate change monitoring;

4. Manage and deploy the implementation of national hydrometeorological station network planning; organize protection of technical corridors of hydrometeorological works within national hydrometeorological station networks;

5. Manage and organize the implementation of activities of monitoring, investigation and surveying; forecasting and warnings; spread hydrometeorological forecasting and warning bulletins; store, exploit and use data, information about hydrometeorological and climate change monitoring;

6. Construct and submit mechanism and policies on hydrometeorological activities to competent authorities for promulgation and organize the implementation;

7. Manage, instruct and organize the implementation of hydrometeorological services;

8. Organize dissemination and education about laws to enhance awareness of communities about hydrometeorology; make investment in scientific and technological research; train and develop human resources in hydrometeorology and climate change;

9. Construct and manage national hydrometeorological database;

10. Manage and instruct exploitation and use of data, information about hydrometeorological and climate change monitoring for the establishment and implementation of strategies, planning, plans, socio-economic development programs and projects; integration of results of climate change monitoring into strategies, planning and plans;

11. Preside over and cooperate with ministries, sectors and localities in performing assessment of national climate; construct and instruct the implementation of climate change scenarios;

12. Organize assessment, approval and supervision of the implementation of the plan for making impacts on weather within competence;

13. Issue, extend, suspend and revoke licenses; conduct quality management for hydrometeorological measuring instruments as prescribed;

14. Make reports to the Government, the Prime Minister on participation in international organizations, joining the International Agreement on hydrometeorology and climate change; preside over international cooperation in hydrometeorological activities

15. Investigate, inspect and handle violations about hydrometeorology; handle complaints, denunciations about hydrometeorology within competence;

Article 52. Responsibility of ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies

1. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies shall be responsible for implementing the duties as prescribed hereof and cooperating with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in organizing the implementation of the law on hydrometeorology within management; make annual reports on hydrometeorological activities within management to the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment for compilation and submission to the Government.

2. Responsibility of ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies:

a) The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development shall preside over and cooperate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in providing instructions to agencies, organizations, and individuals operating in the areas of agriculture and rural development on exploitation and supply of data and information about hydrometeorology, climate change scenarios for natural disaster prevention and combat, construction and development of agriculture and rural areas; establishment and promulgation of technical regulations on construction, management and operation of natural disaster prevention and combating works in climate change conditions;

b) The Minister of National Defense shall preside over and cooperate with Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in promulgating regulations on exchange of hydrometeorological information, data between special-purpose hydrometeorological station networks serving national defense and national hydrometeorological station networks; coordinate management and supervision of activities of making impacts on weather;

b) The Minister of Public Security shall preside over and cooperate with Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in promulgating regulations on exchange of hydrometeorological information, data between special-purpose hydrometeorological station networks serving national defense and national hydrometeorological station networks; coordinate management and supervision of activities of making impacts on weather;

d) The Minister of Information and Communications shall preside over and cooperate with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in establishing the master plan, prioritizing allocation of frequency serving activities of hydrometeorological and climate change monitoring as prescribed hereof and in the law on radio frequencies; construct strategies for comprehensive development of telecommunications, information technology infrastructures and master plans for appropriate telecommunications resources serving hydrometeorological activities; direct communication of data, information about hydrometeorological and climate change monitoring on mass media as prescribed hereof and in the law on journalism;

dd) The Minister of Transport shall preside over and cooperate with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in providing instructions to agencies, organizations, and individuals operating in the areas of transportation on exploitation and supply of hydrometeorological information, data, forecasting and warning bulletins, climate change scenarios; promulgate regulations on use and exchange of hydrometeorological information, data in the country and overseas serving hydrometeorological forecasting and warning activities meeting requirements for safety for flights in civil aviation; promulgate technical regulations on supply of aviation hydrometeorological services as prescribed hereof and in the law on civil aviation;

e) The Minister of Industry and Trade shall preside over and cooperate with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in providing instructions to agencies, organizations, and individuals operating in the areas of industry and trade on exploitation and supply of hydrometeorological information, data, forecasting and warning bulletins, climate change scenarios in construction, management and operation of power plants and other works within management;

g) The Minister of Construction shall preside over and cooperate with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in providing instructions to agencies, organizations, and individuals operating in the areas of construction on exploitation and use of hydrometeorological information, data, forecasting and warning bulletins, climate change scenarios in the master plan for construction of urban areas, industrial zones, centralized residential areas; promulgate technical regulations on construction in accordance with hydrometeorological, climate change conditions;

h) The Minister of Science and Technology shall preside over and cooperate with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in assessing and publishing national standards on hydrometeorology and climate change; coordinate management and supervision of activities of making impacts on weather;

i) The Minister of Education and Training shall preside over and cooperate with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in directing and instructing training and educational establishments in constructing and developing training and educational programs, materials on hydrometeorological activities;

k) Other ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies shall preside over and cooperate with the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in organizing instruction, inspection and expedition of agencies, organizations, and individuals within management to implement regulations on exploitation, use of hydrometeorological information, data, forecasting and warning bulletins, climate change scenarios, results of climate change monitoring in the construction and implementation of strategies, planning and plans for development of branches, areas within management.

Article 53. Responsibility of People’s committees at all levels

1. People’s committees of provinces:

a) Establish, promulgate within competence and organize the implementation of legislative documents on hydrometeorological and climate change monitoring;

b) Submit the plan for allocation of cost estimates, management and use of budget according to the law for the implementation of hydrometeorological activities serving demands for socio-economic development, natural disaster prevention and combat in localities;

c) Issue, extend, suspend and revoke licenses as prescribed;

d) Manage activities of monitoring, forecasting, warning, providing hydrometeorological services in localities;

dd) Monitor and assess exploitation and use of hydrometeorological forecasting and warning bulletins serving socio-economic development, natural disaster prevention and combat in the administrative division;

e) Organize and direct the verification and assessment of exploitation and use of hydrometeorological information, data in strategies, planning, plans, socio-economic development programs, projects; integration of results of climate change monitoring into strategies, planning and plans in the administrative division within management;

g) Organize assessment of climate change impacts, establish measures to respond to climate change in branches, areas within management;

h) Organize spreading hydrometeorological forecasting and warning bulletins within management;

i) Manage and store information, data; construct hydrometeorological database within management;

k) Carry out dissemination and education about laws, propagate hydrometeorology and climate change; implement measures to develop activities of providing hydrometeorological services in the administrative division;

l) Implement international cooperation in hydrometeorological activities within competence;

m) Investigate, inspect and handle complaints, denunciations about hydrometeorology within competence;

n) Handle within competence acts of violating technical corridors of hydrometeorological works and other violations in the administrative division;

o) Make the report to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on state administration on hydrometeorological activities in the administrative division;

2. People’s committees of communes, districts, district-level towns, provincial-affiliated cities, cities affiliated to central-affiliated cities:

a) Monitor compliance with the law on hydrometeorology by agencies, organizations, and individuals in the administrative division;

b) Monitor and assess exploitation and use of hydrometeorological forecasting and warning bulletins serving socio-economic development, natural disaster prevention and combat in the administrative division;

c) Carry out dissemination and education about laws; propagate hydrometeorology; participate in the settlement of hydrometeorology-related violations within competence;

d) Compile and make the report to People’s committees of immediate upper level on hydrometeorological activities, losses caused by natural disaster in the administrative division;

dd) Participate in the settlement of complaints, denunciations about operation and protection of hydrometeorological works in the administrative division;

e) Perform state administration on hydrometeorological activities as assigned or authorized by upper state administration agencies;

3. People’s committees of communes:

a) Participate in the protection of hydrometeorological works in the administrative division;

b) Carry out dissemination and education about laws; propagate hydrometeorology; participate in the settlement of hydrometeorology-related violations within competence;

c) Compile and make the report to People’s committees of immediate upper level on hydrometeorological activities, losses caused by natural disaster in the administrative division;

d) Participate in the settlement of complaints, denunciations about operation and protection of hydrometeorological works in the administrative division;

dd) Perform state administration on hydrometeorological activities as assigned or authorized by upper state administration agencies;