Chương 1 Nghị định 91/2001/NĐ-CP: Những quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1.- Scope of regulation

This Regulation prescribes the conditions for dealing in the following production and business lines:

1. Inland waterway passenger transportation, in the following forms:

a/ Passenger transportation along fixed routes;

b/ Passenger transportation not along fixed routes;

c/ Transport of passengers across rivers.

2. Inland waterway transportation across Vietnamese borderlines.

3. Provision of cargo loading and unloading services at inland waterway ports and wharves;

4. Designing of inland waterway transport means;

5. Building and repair of inland waterway transport means.

Article 2.- Objects and scope of application

This Decree applies to all domestic and foreign organizations and individuals of all economic sectors, that are engaged in the production and business lines specified in Article 1 of this Decree.

In cases where an international treaty concerning inland waterway communications and transport, which Vietnam has signed or acceded to, contains provisions different from those of this Decree, such international treaty shall apply.

Article 3.- Term interpretation

In this Decree, the following expressions shall be construed as follows:

1. Inland waterway passenger transportation means activities conducted by organizations and individuals that use inland waterway means to transport people and their personal luggage with the collection of freight.

2. Passenger transportation along fixed routes means the business form of inland waterway passenger transportation along fixed routes and with definite ports or wharves of departure and arrival thereon, as well as with stable operation charts.

3. Passenger transportation not along fixed routes means the business form of inland waterway passenger transportation conducted at passengers requests agreed upon in transport contracts.

4. Passenger transportation across rivers means the business form of inland waterway passenger transportation whereby passengers are carried from a bank of an inland waterway to the opposite bank or from a bank to floating structures or other waterway means and vice versa.

5. Inland waterway transportation across Vietnamese borderlines means the form of cargo or passenger transportation by inland waterway means from Vietnam to foreign countries and vice versa according to international treaties which Vietnam has signed or acceded to, with the collection of freight.

6. Provision of cargo loading and unloading services at inland waterway ports or wharves means activities of loading and/or unloading cargoes at inland waterway ports or wharves with the collection of loading and/or unloading charges.

7. Designing of inland waterway means means activities of designing inland waterway means with the collection of charges.

8. Building and repair of inland waterway means means activities of building and repairing inland waterway means with the collection of charges.

9. Inland waterway ports are inland waterway traffic works, which are invested and constructed for the cargo loading and unloading or passenger embarkation and disembarkation by waterway means.

10. Inland waterway wharves are inland waterway traffic works, where the natural conditions are tapped or temporarily reinforced for waterway means to enter and leave for cargo handling or passenger embarkation or disembarkation.