Circular No. 08/2020/TT-BGTVT Issuing National Technical Regulations on inland waterway navigation signals of Vietnam

Circular No. 08/2020/TT-BGTVT issuing National Technical Regulations on inland waterway navigation signals of Vietnam, replacing Circular No. 73/2011/TT-BGTVT. This document provides detailed regulations on establishing and managing inland waterway navigation signal systems to ensure traffic safety.

Số hiệu08/2020/TT-BGTVT
Loại văn bảnCircular
Cơ quan ban hànhMinistry of Construction
Người kýNguyễn Nhật — Thứ trưởng
Cập nhật14/06/2026
NgànhTransport
Lĩnh vựcInland Waterways
Ngày ban hành17/04/2020
Ngày áp dụng01/11/2020
Ngày hết hiệu lực
Tình trạngIn effect
✦ Tóm lược thông minh

Circular No. 08/2020/TT-BGTVT issuing National Technical Regulations on inland waterway navigation signals of Vietnam, replacing Circular No. 73/2011/TT-BGTVT. This document provides detailed regulations on establishing and managing inland waterway navigation signal systems to ensure traffic safety.

Đối tượng áp dụng

Directorate of Inland Waterways of Vietnam, Departments of Transport of provinces/cities directly under the central government

Các điểm cốt lõi

  • New inland waterway navigation signals established after the Circular takes effect must comply with the provisions of the National Technical Regulations on inland waterway navigation signals of Vietnam (Article 3)
  • The Director of the Directorate of Inland Waterways of Vietnam and the Heads of Departments of Transport shall develop a roadmap to adjust the existing inland waterway navigation signal systems before the Circular takes effect to align with new regulations (Article 3)
  • This Circular replaces Circular No. 73/2011/TT-BGTVT from November 1, 2020 (Article 2)
  • Legal normative documents cited in this Circular, if amended, supplemented, or replaced, shall be applied according to the new provisions of those documents (Article 2)
  • This Circular takes effect from November 1, 2020

🌐 Tác động xã hội từ văn bản này

  • To improve the quality and effectiveness of management of inland waterway navigation signal systems, ensuring traffic safety
  • Units that have established signals before the Circular takes effect will need to adjust them to comply with new regulations, resulting in costs for these changes

❓ Câu hỏi thường gặp

Circular No. 08/2020/TT-BGTVT replaces which document?

Circular No. 73/2011/TT-BGTVT

When does this Circular take effect?

November 1, 2020

Which entities are responsible for adjusting the existing inland waterway navigation signal systems before the Circular takes effect?

The Director of the Directorate of Inland Waterways of Vietnam and the Heads of Departments of Transport of provinces/cities directly under the central government

If legal normative documents cited in this Circular are changed, should they be applied according to the new provisions of those documents?

Yes, Clause 2.b stipulates this.

Toàn văn

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence – Freedom – Happiness

NUMBER: 08/2020/TT-BGTVT
HA NOI, April 17, 2020

CIRCULAR

ISSUING NATIONAL TECHNICAL REGULATIONS ON WATERWAY NAVIGATIONAL AIDS IN VIETNAM
inland waterways of Vietnam
                                

Pursuant to the Law on Inland Waterway Transport dated June 15, 2004; the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Law on Inland Waterway Transport dated June 17, 2014;

Pursuant to the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations dated June 29, 2006;

Pursuant to Decree No. 12/2017/NĐ-CP dated February 10, 2017, issued by the Government on the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Transport;

At the request of the Director of the Department of Science and Technology and the Director General of the Directorate of Inland Waterways of Vietnam;

The Minister of Transport issues this Circular on National Technical Regulations on Waterway Navigational Aids in Vietnam.

Article 1. Accompanying this Circular are the National Technical Regulations on Waterway Navigational Aids in Vietnam.

Registration number: QCVN 39:2020/BGTVT

Article 2.

a) This Circular takes effect from November 1, 2020, and replaces Circular No. 73/2011/TT-BGTVT dated December 30, 2011, issued by the Minister of Transport on National Technical Regulations on Waterway Navigational Aids in Vietnam.

b) In cases where the legal normative documents cited in this Circular are amended, supplemented, or replaced, they shall be implemented according to the provisions of the amended, supplemented, or replaced legal normative documents.

Article 3. New waterway navigational aids established after the date this Circular takes effect shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of this Circular. For waterway navigational aids that were established before the effective date of this Circular, the Director General of the Directorate of Inland Waterways of Vietnam and the Directors of Provincial Departments of Transport shall, based on management requirements, develop and announce transition plans for adjusting, replacing, and upgrading the waterway navigational aid systems within their jurisdiction to comply with the provisions of this Circular.

Article 4. The Head of the Ministry's Office, the Inspector General of the Ministry, the Heads of the Departments, the Director General of the Directorate of Inland Waterways of Vietnam, the Heads of agencies and units under the Ministry of Transport, relevant organizations, and individuals are responsible for implementing this Circular./.

DEPUTY MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER
(Signed)
Nguyen Nhat

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