Decree No. 67/2018/ND-CP that elaborates on several Articles of the Law on Irrigation.

This Decree provides for classification and grading of hydraulic works, irrigation or water resource management projects; capacity of irrigation and water resource project operators; authority over, procedures and processes for issuing, re-issuing, renewing, modifying, suspending, revoking or withdrawing permits or licenses to conduct trade or business within the protected areas of hydraulic, irrigation or water resource management projects or structures.
Regarding to the licenses and permits to carry out activities within the protected areas of hydraulic and irrigation projects and structures, licensing principles are: 1. Ensuring safety for hydraulic and irrigation structures and protection for water quality; state interests, legitimate rights and benefits of related entities and persons. 2. Licenses or permits are granted intra vires, to appropriate holders and according to the legally prescribed procedures and processes. 3. Ensuring consistency with the hydraulic and irrigation plans approved by competent authorities. In the absence of the approved plans, licenses or permits shall be granted according to designs and functions of irrigation and hydraulic projects on condition that safety and normal operation of irrigation and hydraulic projects are guaranteed.
Each license and permit is granted to carry out activities within the protected areas of hydraulic and irrigation projects and structures, including: 1. Building new hydraulic projects or structures; 2. Setting up terminals and yards for gathering and assembling raw materials, fuels, physical inputs, supplies and equipment; 3. Drilling or digging for geological survey purposes; exploring, extracting or quarrying minerals, building materials and groundwater; 4. Discharging wastewater into water bodies of hydraulic and irrigation projects or structures, except small-scale discharge of non-toxic or non-radioactive wastewater; 5. Growing perennial crops; 6. Carrying out activities related to tourism, sports, scientific research, business and services; 7. Carrying out activities related to inland watercraft and road vehicles, except for motorcycles and non-motorized inland watercraft; 8. Aquaculture and fish farming; 9. Detonation, explosion and other explosion methods; 10. Underground construction.