Chapter 3
EXEMPTION AND REDUCTION OF TICKET AND SERVICE PRICES, IMPLEMENTATION OF A ROADMAP TO IMPROVE PUBLIC CONSTRUCTIONS AND ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT
Article 11. Price reduction and exemption of ticket and services of culture, sports, recreation and tourism
1. People suffering from particularly serious impairments are exempt from ticket and service charges when directly using cultural, sports, recreational and tourist services at the following cultural and sports establishments and facilities:
a/ Museums, cultural and historical relics, libraries and exhibitions;
b/ Theaters and cinemas;
c/ Sports facilities where domestic physical training and sports events take place;
d/ Other cultural, sports, recreational and tourist establishments and facilities.
2. People suffering from serious impairments are entitled to a reduction of at least 50% of ticket or service charges when directly using cultural, sports, recreational and tourist services at the cultural and sports establishments and facilities specified in Clause 1 of this Article.
3. Cultural, sports, recreational and tourist establishments and facilities shall issue discount tickets for the disabled. To enjoy ticket or service charge exemption or reduction, the disabled shall produce impairment certificates.
4. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall be in charge and cooperate with related ministries and sectors in, guiding this Article.
5. Based on specific conditions, ministers, heads of sectors and central mass organizations and Presidents of provincial People’s Committees shall make decisions on the reduction levels of ticket and service charges under their management, which must not be lower than the levels specified in Clause 2 of this Article.
Article 12. Exemption from and reduction of fares and transport service charges
1. People suffering from particularly serious impairments and people suffering from serious impairments are exempt from fares or service charges when using bus.
2. People suffering from particularly serious impairments and people suffering from serious impairments are eligible for reduction of fares and service charges when using the following means of transport on domestic routes:
a/A reduction of at least 15% for air ticket;
b/ A reduction of at least 25% of fares for train, tram, ship and coach services on fixed routes.
3. Public transport service providers shall issue discount tickets for the disabled. The disabled must present impairment certificates to enjoy such exemption or reduction.
Article 13. Implementation of a roadmap to improve apartment buildings and public constructions
1. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, governmental agencies, People’s Committees at all levels, organizations and persons owning, managing, operating and using offices of state agencies; train stations, bus stations and ports; medical examination and treatment facilities; educational and vocational training institutions; culture and sports constructions; apartment buildings; and other technical or social infrastructural constructions shall check, plan and assure the conditions for the improvement of accessibility for the disabled under the following roadmap:
a/ 2015, at least 50% of offices of state agencies; stations, bus stations and ports; medical examination and treatment facilities; educational and vocational training institutions; culture and sports constructions; and apartment buildings would be accessible for the disabled;
b/ By 2017, at least 70% of offices of state agencies; stations, bus stations and ports; medical examination and treatment facilities; educational and vocational training institutions; culture and sports constructions; and apartment buildings would be accessible for the disabled;
c/ By January 1, 2020, all offices of state agencies; stations, bus stations and ports; medical examination and treatment facilities; educational and vocational training institutions; culture and sports constructions; and apartment buildings would be accessible for the disabled;
d/ By January 1. 2025, all offices; apartment buildings; and technical and social infrastructural constructions other than those specified in Points a, b and c, Clause 1 of this Article would be accessible for the disabled.
2. Funds for implementation of Clause 1 of this Article shall be raised and managed by using agencies, organizations and persons that use such funds.
3. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Construction and related ministries and sectors shall review, make statistics, and assess apartment buildings and public constructions that are not yet accessible for the disabled by type of work, and guide methods and criteria for the supervision and assessment of progress of the roadmap to improve public constructions.
Article 14. Accessible means of transport
1. Providers of public bus and train services shall make plans on acquiring and improving means of transport to meet the technical regulations on accessible transportation as follows:
a/ Assuring the ratio of buses meeting the technical regulations on accessible transportation for each period by 2015, 2020 and 2025 under regulations of provincial People’s Committees;
b/ Assuring that at least one carriage of each passenger train on North-South route would meet the technical regulations on accessible transportation by 2015; by 2020, at least one carriage of each passenger train on all routes would meet technical regulations on accessible transportation.
2. Public transport service providers must arrange equipment, devices and staff to assist the disabled in getting on and off the vehicles conveniently. The assistance plans must be posted up at noticeable places of stations, arrival and departure terminals.
3. The budget for the implementation of Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article shall be covered by the owners. The Ministry of Transport shall be in charge and cooperate with related ministries and sectors in, formulating and presenting the policies on preferential loan interest for enterprises investing in improving means of transport in order to satisfy the technical regulations on accessible transportation to the Prime Minister .
4. Public transport service providers shall check, make statistics, and assess means of transport that have not satisfied the technical regulations on accessible transportation; and formulate the plan to improve the means of transport under their management to meet the technical regulations on accessible transportation.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 28/2012/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)
Nghị định 28/2012/NĐ-CP (Bản Pdf)