On 24 September 2018, the government promulgated the Decree No. 128/2018/NĐ-CP amendment and supplement some articles of Decrees on the condition of investment, business in the inland waterway field. This Decree took effect from the issuance date.
Accordingly, Decree No. 128/2018/NĐ-CP has new content as follows:
First, only Enterprises, Cooperatives established under the provisions of relevant laws may trade in inland waterway transportation; Individual households will not be eligible for this activity.
For units engaged in passenger transport business on inland waterways before the effective date of this Decree, they will still exercise trading.
Therefore, from 24 September 2018, units engaged in passenger transport business on inland waterways transportation force to establish Enterprises, Cooperatives under the law.
Second, the material facilities for the seafarer training service business unit, inland waterway transport drivers must conform to the national technical regulations on corresponding material bases as follows: specialized classrooms, examination rooms; Workshops; Practical teaching and driving area.
Third, supplement with the object is Cooperatives which is also allowed to trade on new building, conversion, repair and rehabilitation of inland waterway means, instead of the former, only enterprises are allowed to conduct this activity
Thus, from 24 September 2018, the regulation relevant to the conditions to business in inland waterway field has many changes to stricter regulations on conditions to improve safety and quality in this field.