Decree No. 71/2015/ND-CP on management of activities of persons, vehicles and craft in maritime boundary areas of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

This Decree, consisting of 30 articles divided into four Chapters, prescribes the management of activities of persons, vehicles and craft in, and responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals in the construction, management and protection of, maritime boundary areas of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This Decree applies to: Vietnamese and foreign agencies, organizations and individuals that carry out or are involved in activities in maritime boundary areas of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Persons, vehicles and craft of foreign agencies, organizations and individuals entitled to diplomatic and consular immunity; foreign military vehicles and craft on visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; persons and vessels; and goods on entry and exit, in transit, and goods exported and imported by sea shall comply with Vietnam's law and treaties to which Vietnam is a contracting party. Official-service vehicles and crafts operating on duty in maritime boundary areas of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam must comply with separate regulations. It also provides for illegal activities such as: discharging, dumping or burying hazardous substances, industrial waste, nuclear waste or other hazardous wastes causing environmental pollution; firing, launching or releasing substances that cause harm or threaten to cause harm to human health or the environment.
The Decree is divided as follows: General Provisions (Chap. I); Management of Activities of Persons, Vehicles and Craft in Maritime Boundary Areas (Chap. II); Responsibilities to Build, Manage and Protect Maritime Boundary Areas (Chap. III); Implementation Provisions (Chap. IV).