On March 11, 2019, the Ministry of Transport issued Circular 10/2019/TT-BGTVT on regulations on natural disaster prevention and control in the maritime field. This Circular takes effect from May 1, 2019.
Accordingly, the management agency implementing the task of preventing natural disasters in the maritime field is Vietnam Maritime Administration; Agencies and units performing tasks of natural disaster prevention and combat are agencies and units attached to Vietnam Maritime Bureau and enterprises operating in the maritime field;
General tasks of agencies, units, organizations and individuals that carry out annual disaster prevention activities in the maritime field include:

• Protect people; management and protection of maritime infrastructure, equipment, assets and facilities in service of natural disaster prevention and combat; Preventing the risk of damaging buildings;
• Checking and assessing the safety level of the project should be protected, if it is found to be damaged or weak, it must be promptly handled. In case of exceeding their handling capacity, the inspection level must immediately report to the immediate superior agency before the rainy and storm season;
• Organizing, participating in information, communication and education on natural disaster prevention and combat with organizations and individuals operating in the maritime field;
• Formulating plans for natural disaster prevention and combat, including the following principal contents: Protecting natural disaster prevention and fighting projects and key projects; evacuation, protection of people, property, production protection; ensuring security, traffic, communication; coordinate and direct disaster prevention and response and search and rescue; human resources to respond to natural disasters; reserve of supplies, means, equipment and supplies;
• Organize to inspect the implementation of natural disaster prevention and control tasks at units and subordinate divisions, especially the projects that are critical and critical;
• Organize training and rehearsals on the operation of receiving and processing information on natural disaster prevention and combat;
• Organizing activities of the shock force to prevent and combat natural disasters at agencies and units.

Circular 10/2019/TT-BGTVT on regulations on prevention and control of natural disasters in the maritime field was issued to replace Circular No. 29/2010/TT-BGTVT dated September 30, 2010 of the Minister of Transport transport regulations on prevention and fight against floods and storms in the maritime industry.