Law No. 05/2017/QH14 on Dikes.

This Law provides for anti-flood plannings of diked rivers, dike plannings, dike construction, repair, upgrading and solidification investment, dike management and protection, dike maintenance and use.
Dikes are classified into river dikes, sea dikes, river-mouth dikes, auxiliary dikes, surrounding dikes and special-use dikes. They are ranked into special grade, grade I, grade II, grade III, grade IV and grade V according to their importance from high to low. The principles for elaboration of anti-flood plannings of diked rivers are: 1. Being consistent with overall socio-economic development plannings; defense and security objectives; natural disaster prevention, fighting and reduction strategy; anti-flood plannings of river basins; 2. Ensuring to drain designed floods and historical floods of the rivers; 3. Ensuring the uniformity and suitability with each region, each zone nationwide and inheriting the anti-flood plannings of diked rivers. The Government approves the anti-flood plannings nationwide and approves adjustments thereto which are submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The dike protection scope covers dikes, dike embankments, dike culverts, supporting facilities, dike protection corridors.
The Law further makes provisions, inter alia, for: state policies on dikes, investment in dike construction, repair, upgrading and solidification, prohibited acts, etc.