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Chapter IV

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXPRESSWAY FACILITIES

Article 20. Responsibilities for management, operation and maintenance of expressway facilities

1. The Ministry of Transport shall:

a/ Perform the state management of expressways;

b/ Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with functional agencies in, drafting and promulgating or submitting to competent authorities for promulgation legal documents, regulations, standards and econo-technical norms on management, operation and maintenance of expressway facilities; and organize and examine the implementation of promulgated documents;

c/ Organize the formation of the apparatus to manage, operate, maintain and protect expressway infrastructure; popularize, disseminate and educate about the law on traffic on expressways; monitor the technical conditions of expressway facilities, and carry out international cooperation on expressways;

d/ Examine and supervise the operation and maintenance of expressways; to examine and supervise the implementation of approved traffic organization plans.

2. The Ministry of Health shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Transport in, promulgating regulations on medical activities, first aid and emergency treatment on expressways and the structure and organization of the apparatus for rescue activities.

3. The Ministry of Public Security shall:

a/ Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Transport and other related ministries and agencies in, promulgating regulations on, and organize patrol and direct traffic when dealing with accidents and handling violations of the road traffic law;

b/ Coordinate in using the data on traffic management and operation to serve the assurance of traffic order and safety and the prevention and combat of crimes on expressways.

4. The Ministry of National Defense shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Transport in, promulgating the Regulation on use of expressways for national defense and security purposes.

5. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall perform the state management of the maintenance of expressways under their respective management; organize and direct the popularization and dissemination of and education about the law on traffic on expressways, the State’s laws and policies on the protection of assets and safety corridors of expressways; assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Security in, protecting assets and safety corridors of expressways, and coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security in handling and settling accidents and incidents occurring on expressways.