Chương VII Nghị định 168/2017/NĐ-CP: Điều khoản thi hành

Chapter VII

IMPLEMENTATION CLAUSE

Article 31. Effect

1. This Decree comes into force from January 01, 2018.

2. The Government’s Decree No. 92/2007/ND-CP dated June 01, 2007 on guidelines for some articles of the Law on Tourism; Government’s Decree No. 180/2013/ND-CP dated November 14, 2013 on amendments to some articles of the Government’s Decree No. 92/2007/ND-CP dated June 01, 2007 on guidelines for some articles of the Law on Tourism; Clause 4 Article 2 of the Government’s Decree No. 01/2012/ND-CP dated January 04, 2012 on amendments, replacement or annulment of regulations on administrative procedures under the management of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism are null and void from the effective date of this Decree.

Article 32. Transitional clause

1. The tourist accommodation establishment that has been rated according to the competent authority's decision before the effective date of this Decree shall be recognized to satisfy mandatory requirements for infrastructure and services provided for tourists until the expiry of the rating decision.

2. While the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has not yet published the list of tourism resources, tourism areas shall be considered to be recognized as provincial/national tourism areas according to their current characteristics and fulfillment of the remaining conditions.

3. The owner of the means of transport that has been issued with a badge for means of tourist transport before the effective date of this Decree may use it until the expiry of the badge.

Article 33. Responsibility for implementation

Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, heads of Governmental agencies, People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities and relevant organizations and individuals are responsible for the implementation of this Decree./.