Law No. 33/2013/QH13 on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Legislation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Công Báo Nos. 407-408, 13 Juy 2013. Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Basic legislation Hazards Flood Soil conservation/soil improvement Desertification Risk assessment/management Early warning system Gender Climate change Sustainable development Geographical area Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on 1 May 2014. Abstract This Law, consisting of 47 articles divided into six Chapters, provides for natural disaster prevention and control activities; rights and obligations of agencies, organizations, households and individuals engaged in natural disaster prevention and control activities; and the state management of, and assurance of resources for, natural disaster prevention and control. The basic principles of the natural disaster prevention and control are: 1. Proactive prevention, timely response to, and urgent and effective remediation of consequences of natural disasters; 2. Natural disaster prevention and control are the responsibility of the State, organizations and individuals in which the State plays the key role, organizations and individuals play the proactive role and communities help one another; 3. Natural disaster prevention and control are carried out under the on-the-spot motto; 4. Natural disaster prevention and control contents must be integrated into national and local socio-economic development master plans and plans and sectoral development master plans and plans; 5. Humanity, fairness, transparency and gender equity must be guaranteed in natural disaster prevention and control; 6. Natural disaster prevention and control activities must be based on scientific grounds, combining traditional experiences and scientific and technological advances, combining structural and non-structural solutions; protecting the environment and ecosystems and adapting to climate change; 7. Natural disaster prevention and control activities are assigned, decentralized and closely coordinated among involved forces and conform with the level of natural disaster risks. Full text English References - Legislation Repeals Ordinance amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Ordinance on Flood and Storm Prevention and Fight. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2000 Keyword: Flood, Waterworks, Policy/planning, Water abstraction Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Decree No. 94/2014/ND-CP on the setting up and management of natural disaster prevention and control funds. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2014 Keyword: Hazards, Flood, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Desertification, Risk assessment/management, Early warning system, Climate change, Special fund Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree No. 66 /2014/ND-CP detailing and guiding a number of articles of the Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2014 Keyword: Hazards, Flood, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Desertification, Risk assessment/management, Early warning system, Climate change Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree No. 03/2022/ND-CP on penalties for administrative violations against regulations on natural disaster management; irrigation; flood control systems. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2022 Keyword: Offences/penalties, Hazards, Flood, Irrigation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree No. 104/2017/ND-CP on penalties for administrative violations against regulations on disaster preparedness, operation and protection of hydraulic structures and flood control systems. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2017 Keyword: Offences/penalties, Hazards, Flood, Irrigation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Law No. 60/2020/QH14 on Amendments to some Articles of the Law on Natural Disaster Management and Law on Flood Control Systems. Legislation | Viet Nam | 2020 Keyword: Hazards, Flood Source: FAO, FAOLEX