Decree No. 43/2015/ND-CP providing the establishment and management of water source protection corridors. Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Công Báo No. 553-554 (19/05/2015). Subject Water Keyword Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources Effluent waste water/discharge Freshwater pollution Environmental fees/charges Industrial water use Pollution control Hydropower generation Irrigation Water conservation zone Water quality standards Geographical area Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on 1 July 2015. Abstract This Decree, consisting of 20 articles divided int three Chapters, provides the establishment and management of water source protection corridors with regard to the water sources defined in Article 31 of Law No. 17/2012/QH13 on Water Resources. This Decree applies to state agencies, organizations, individuals and households that are involved in the establishment and management of water source protection corridors and activities within these corridors in the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Water sources related to religious or belief activities means the water sources regarded by local communities as sacred or as places for organization of belief-related activities. Water sources related to culture conservation activities means sections of rivers, streams, canals, ditches or lakes which are closely associated with scenic places or traditional historical cultural relics of localities. Water sources of high bio-diversity value means those closely associated with the regular or seasonal habitats of animal and plant species on the list of endangered and rare species prioritized for protection. Rivers, streams, canals or ditches for which water source protection corridors shall be established defined at Point c. Clause 1, Article 31 of the Law on Water Resources, include: a) Sections of rivers, streams, canals and ditches which are sources of water supply for water plants supplying daily-life or production water for urban centers, concentrated residential quarters, industrial complexes and parks, or craft villages; b) Inter-district or inter-provincial rivers, streams, canals and ditches which serve as water drainage axes for urban centers, concentrated residential quarters, and industrial complexes and parks; c) Rivers, streams, canals and ditches which function to supply or drain water with a view to ensuring environmental sanitation, improving or recovering polluted, degraded or depleted water sources in urban centers or residential quarters; d) Rivers, streams, canals and ditches which are closely associated with the livelihood of riverside communities. Full text English Website www.vietnamlawmagazine.vn References - Legislation Implements Law No. 17/2012/QH13 on Water Resources. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2012 Keyword: Framework law, Basic legislation, Freshwater resources management, Surface water, Groundwater, Freshwater pollution, Rainwater, Water rights, Saltwater intrusion/siltation, Waterworks, Water supply, Hydropower generation, Water shortage/drought, Flood, Dispute settlement, Authorization/permit, Hazards, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amends Decree No. 112/2008/ND-CP on management, protection and integrated exploitation of resources and environment of hydropower and irrigation reservoirs. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2008 Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Hydropower generation, Inland waters, Irrigation, Water quality standards Source: FAO, FAOLEX