Law No. 33/2013/QH13 on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Legislation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Basic legislation Disasters Flood Soil conservation/soil improvement Desertification Risk assessment/management Early warning system/emergency intervention system Gender and natural resources Climate change Sustainable development Geographical area Asia, 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 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 Legislation | Viet Nam | 2000 | Repealed Keyword: Flood, Waterworks, Policy/planning, Water abstraction Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Decree No. 94/2014/ND-CP on the setting up and management of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: Disasters, Flood, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Desertification, Risk assessment/management, Early warning system/emergency intervention 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: Disasters, Flood, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Desertification, Risk assessment/management, Early warning system/emergency intervention system, Climate change Source: FAO, FAOLEX