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Chapter III

DEREGISTRATION OF SHIP, PUBLIC SERVICE SHIP, SUBMARINE, SUBMERSIBLE, FLOATING PRODUCTION STORAGE AND OFFLOADING UNIT, AND MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNIT

Article 19. General regulations on deregistration

1. The Vietnamese-flagged ships shall be deregistered in Vietnam in cases prescribed in Article 25 of the 2015 Maritime Code of Vietnam.

2. The shipowner must carry out the procedures for deregistration of ship within the prescribed period in the following cases:

a) Within 60 days as from the date on which the ship loses features of a seagoing ship, the ship was destructed or the ship sank and it was unable to rescue it;

b) Within 24 months as from the date on which the ship has gone missing;

c) Within 30 days as from the date on which the shipowner fails to maintain operation of the head office, the branch or representative office in Vietnam.

3. Regulations on the deregistration of ship prescribed in this Chapter shall be also applied to the deregistration of public service ship, submarine, submersible, floating production storage and offloading unit, and mobile offshore drilling unit.

Article 20. Procedures for deregistration 

1. 01 original of the Certificate of deregistration of ship, made according to the Form No. 10 stated in the Appendix enclosed herewith, shall be granted to the shipowner.

2. An application for deregistration includes:

a) The application for deregistration made according to the Form No. 03 stated in the Appendix enclosed herewith;

b) Certificate of registry (the original). If the certificate of registry has been lost, the shipowner must make a report indicating reasons thereof;

c) If the ship is under mortgage, the application requires the consent in writing of the mortgagee and the shipowner must carry out procedures for deregistration of ship mortgage before carrying out procedures for deregistration of ship.

3. The applicant shall, by hand or by post or by other appropriate form, submit 01 set of application to the registrar of ship where the ship has been registered.

4. Upon the receipt of the application, the registrar of ship shall carry out the following procedures:

a) With respect of applications received by hand, the registrar of ship shall provide instructions to the applicant to complete the application if it is invalid or record in the monitoring book and grant a receipt of application giving an appointment for returning the application processing result within the prescribed period;

b) With respect of applications received by post, the registrar of ship shall, within 02 working days as of the receipt of the invalid application, provide instructions to the applicant to complete that application in conformity with regulations herein;

c) Within 02 working days as from the receipt of valid application, the registrar of ship shall grant the certificate of deregistration, and directly or by post send it to the applicant. If the application is refused, a written response indicating reasons thereof shall be given to the applicant.

5. The shipowner shall pay deregistration fee directly at the head office of the registrar of ship or by transfer to the account of the registrar of ship before receiving the application processing result in conformity with regulations announced by Ministry of Finance, and at the same time pay all fees for sending application and attached documents, and money transfer fee.