Decision No. 683/2004/QD-BLDTBXH promulgating criteria of communes in coastal spits and islands, which meet with exceptional difficulties. Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Regulation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Công Báo No. 17, 25 May 2004, pp. 56-57. Subject Sea, Water Keyword Coastal zone management Hazards Drainage/land reclamation Erosion Management/conservation Marine area Maritime zone Policy/planning Special fund Subsidy/incentive Wetlands Inland waters Water quality standards Waterworks Geographical area Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes 15 days after publication. Abstract The decision provides for the construction of lacking infrastructure in deprived communes in the coastal area of Vietnam, subject to natural calamities, whose poor conditions prevent their social, economic and cultural development of the local populations. Full text English