Chương 3 Nghị định 39/2000/NĐ-CP: Quản lý nhà nước về cơ sở lưu trú du lịch

Chapter III

STATE MANAGEMENT OVER TOURIST ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS

Article 14.- State management over tourist accommodation establishments

The General Department of Tourism shall exercise the State management over tourist accommodation establishments nationwide and have the following tasks and powers:

1. To elaborate the planning and plan on development of tourist accommodation establishments and guide localities in the implementation thereof in conformity with the approved national tourism development planning.

2. To set standards for each category and class of tourist accommodation establishments; to provide for the order and procedures for the categorization and classification of tourist accommodation establishments, the standard signboards for different categories and classes of tourist accommodation establishments, set the standards for managerial and service personnel as well as the standards and quality of the services provided by the tourist accommodation establishments.

To make public the set standards so that the organizations and individuals doing business in tourist accommodation establishments can know and comply with in the course of their business, which shall serve as basis for the functional agencies to classify and issue certificates to tourist accommodation establishments and conduct supervision and control.

3. To issue three-star, four-star and five-star standards certificates to tourist accommodation establishments.

4. To discharge other tasks and powers in accordance with the Tourism Ordinance.

Article 15.- State management over tourist accommodation establishments in the provinces and centrally-run cities

The agencies exercising the State management over tourism in the provinces and centrally-run cities shall have the following tasks:

1. To coordinate with the General Department of Tourism in elaborating the tourism development plannings for localities, make public these plannings and at the same time guide organizations and individuals on making investment in building tourist accommodation establishments in line with the socio-economic plannings and tourism development plannings of the localities.

2. To organize the guidance and inspection of the implementation of policies and regimes on tourist accommodation establishments in the localities; to inspect the compliance with the standards for tourist accommodation establishments.

3. To issue certificates to tourist accommodation establishments which meet the minimum standards or the one-star and two-star standards.

4. To perform other tasks and powers prescribed by the Tourism Ordinance.

Article 16.- Management and development of the network of tourist accommodation establishments

The building and development of tourist accommodation establishments must conform to the socio-economic development requirements. The building of new tourist accommodation establishments must comply with the legislation on investment and construction management and the tourism development plannings already approved by the competent State bodies.

Tourist accommodation establishments, which have been in operation before the date of issuance of this Decree but failed to comply with Clause 1, Article 7 of this Decree, shall still continue their business operations but must not expand their existing scope.