Decree 50/2024/ND-CP amend Decree 136/2020/ND-CP detailing Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting and Decree 83/2017/ND-CP on rescue and salvage activities of fire brigades

DECREE

Amending and supplementing a number of articles of
the Government’s Decree No. 136/2020/ND-CP dated November 24, 2020 detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting and the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting
and the Government's Decree No. 83/2017/ND-CP dated July 18, 2017 on rescue and salvage activities of fire brigades

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Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated June 19, 2015; Law dated November 22, 2019 amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Organization of the Government and the Law on Organization of Local Government;

Pursuant to the Law on the People’s Public Security Forces dated November 20, 2018 and the Law dated June 22, 2023 Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on the People’s Public Security Forces;

Pursuant to the Law on Fire Prevention and Firefighting dated June 29, 2001 and the Law dated November 22, 2013 Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Firefighting;

At the proposal of the Minister of Public Security;

The Government hereby promulgates the Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 136/2020/ND-CP dated November 24, 2020 detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Fire Prevention and Firefighting and the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Firefighting and the Government's Decree No. 83/2017/ND-CP dated July 18, 2017 on rescue and salvage activities of fire brigades.

Article 1. Amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 136/2020/ND-CP dated November 24, 2020 detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Fire Prevention and Firefighting and the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Firefighting

1. To amend and supplement Clause 1, Article 4 as follows:

“1. Establishments prescribed in Clause 3, Article 3 of the 2001 Law on Fire Prevention and Firefighting amended and supplemented under Clause 1, Article 1 of the 2013 Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Firefighting (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Law on Fire Prevention and Firefighting), which are operating or being subject to suspension or termination of operations, shall be subject to fire prevention and firefighting management.

An authority or organization may possess one or more than one establishment. In an establishment, there may be multiple authorities and organizations co-operating.”.

2. To amend and supplement Clause 4, Article 5 as follows:

“4. The fire safety conditions specified in Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall be fulfilled by organizational measures taken by heads of authorities, organizations, or establishments directly managing the establishments before such establishments are put into operation and maintained during the operations thereof.

In cases where in an establishment there are multiple authorities and organizations co-operating, the head of the establishment shall be responsible for managing and maintaining the establishment's overall fire safety conditions.”.

3. To amend Clause 2, Article 8 as follows:

“2. The following fire safety conditions shall be fulfilled and maintained for motor vehicles that require special fire safety as specified in Section 19, Appendix V to this Decree:

a) The conditions specified in Clause 1 of this Article;

b) Certificates of appraisal and approval or written approvals (if any) of fire safety designs and written approvals of fire safety pre-acceptance testing results (if any) are obtained from the police offices, unless otherwise the motor vehicles requiring special fire safety are manufactured or converted exclusively for military operations by national defense establishments;

c) Having firefighting plans approved by the owners of the vehicles.”.

4. To amend Clause 9, Article 9 as follows:

“9. Licenses to transport dangerous goods with a fire or explosion hazard are valid nationwide within no more than 24 months for the vehicles that carry dangerous goods with a fire or explosion hazard under the transportation plans or contracts and within the useful lives of the respective vehicles.”.

5. To amend and supplement a number of Clauses of Article 13 as follows:

a) To amend Clause 1 as follows:

“1. Construction master plans, new construction, renovation, or function change designs of projects and construction entities, designs of motor vehicles requiring special fire safety, which are newly manufactured or converted with funds from any investment sources, must comply with fire prevention and firefighting regulations, standards, and technical regulations. Construction designs of projects and construction entities, and designs of motor vehicles specified in Appendix V to this Decree shall be made by legally qualified units as well as appraised and approved with respect to fire safety.”.

b) To amend Clause 3 as follows:

“3. Those that must have their designs appraised and approved with respect to fire safety:

b) Projects and construction entities specified in Appendix V to this Decree, which are newly constructed or renovated or have their functions changed resulting in one of the following cases: increasing the number of stories or the fire compartment area; changing the type and location of fire escapes; reducing the number of escape routes of the stories, fire compartments, and construction entities; installing new ones or replacing fire alarm systems; installing new ones or replacing firefighting systems; changing functions thereby heightening the fire safety requirements applicable to the stories, fire compartments, and construction entities;

b) Motor vehicles that require special fire safety as specified in Section 19, Appendix V to this Decree, which are newly manufactured or converted thereby affecting one of their fire safety requirements specified at Point c, Clause 5 of this Article.”.

c) To amend and supplement Article 4 as follows:

“4. A dossier of request for appraisal and approval of the design with respect to fire safety shall comprise of:

a) For a technical design or construction drawing design of a project or a new construction entity: the project owner’s written request for appraisal and approval of the design with respect to fire safety (made using Form PC06); a document on construction investment policy as specified by the law regulations on investment, public investment, public-private partnership investment or a document proving the land use rights of the project; construction cost estimate; a technical design dossier or a construction design drawing dossier showing the fire safety requirements specified in Article 11 of this Decree;

b) For a technical design or a construction drawing design of a project, or renovation or function change of a construction entity, or an adjustment design as specified at Point b, Clause 1, Article 14 of this Decree: the project owner’s written request for appraisal and approval of the design with respect to fire safety (made using Form PC06); construction cost estimate for the part to be renovated or of which the function is changed; a technical design dossier or a construction design drawing dossier showing the fire safety requirements specified in Article 11 of this Decree;

c) For a technical design of a motor vehicle that requires special fire safety: the project owner’s or the vehicle owner’s written request for appraisal and approval of the design with respect to fire safety (made using Form PC06); estimated investment in the vehicle; a technical design dossier showing the fire safety requirements specified at Point b and Point c, Clause 1 and Points b, c, d and e, Clause 3, Article 8 of this Decree;

d) Documents and papers in the dossier are the originals or authenticated copies or true copies or photocopies enclosed with the originals for the dossier-receiving officer to compare. Design drawings and written explanations must be certified by the project owner or the vehicle owner.”.

d) To amend Point b, Clause 5 as follows:

b) For projects and construction entities, the following shall be taken into consideration: roads for fire engines, safe distance from the surrounding construction entities; fire-resistance ratings, fire- and explosion-prone levels and arrangement of the construction entities’ functions related to fire prevention and firefighting; solutions to prevent fires and fire spread; fire escape solutions; solutions to prevent smoke concentrations; power supply solutions for fire prevention and firefighting systems and other technical systems related to fire prevention and firefighting; fire alarming and firefighting system, water supply system for firefighting and firefighting and rescue equipment of the construction entities;”.

dd) To amend and supplement Article 11 as follows:

“11. Results of the appraisal and approval of the design with respect to fire safety:

a) For technical design dossiers or construction drawing design dossiers of construction entities, technical design dossiers of motor vehicles that require special fire safety: the police offices shall issue certificates of appraisal and approval of their designs with respect to fire safety (made using Form No. PC07), stamp the seal of appraisal and approval of the design with respect to fire safety (made using Form No. PC08) on the explanations and drawings that have been appraised and approved, and them return them to the project owners or vehicle owners. The project owners or vehicle owners shall submit photo files or true copies of the dossiers already stamped with appraisal and approval seal to the police offices, which conducted such appraisal and approval, for archival purposes in accordance with the law regulations before receiving the certificates of appraisal and approval of designs with respect to fire safety, unless they submitted dossiers online in accordance with Point b, Clause 6 of this Article;

In the case where technical design dossiers or construction drawing design dossiers in case of renovation or function change of construction entities, or adjustment or conversion design dossiers of motor vehicles that require special fire safety: the police offices shall reply in writing regarding the appraisal and approval of their designs with respect to fire safety (made using Form No. PC09), stamp the seal of appraisal and approval of the design with respect to fire safety (made using Form No. PC08) on the explanations and drawings that have been appraised and approved, and them return them to the project owners or vehicle owners. The project owners or vehicle owners shall submit photo files or true copies of the dossiers already stamped with appraisal and approval seal to the police offices, which conducted such appraisal and approval, for archival purposes in accordance with the law regulations before receiving written approvals of designs with respect to fire safety, unless they submitted dossiers online in accordance with Point b, Clause 6 of this Article;

b) If the police offices fail to return the results specified in this Clause, they must send written replies to the applicants and clearly state the reasons for such refusal therein, and then return the dossiers to the project owners and vehicle owners within the time limit specified in Clause 10 of this Article;”.

e) To amend and supplement Article 12 as follows:

“12. Competence to appraise and approve designs with respect to fire safety:

a) The Fire and Rescue Police Department shall examine and approve fire prevention and fighting designs of projects and construction works specified in Appendix Va to this Decree;

b) Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments shall examine and approve fire prevention and fighting designs of projects, construction works, and motor vehicles specified in Appendix Vb to this Decree in the localities under their management and in the cases they are authorized by the Fire and Rescue Police Department.”.

6. To amend and supplement Clause 6, Article 14 as follows:

“6. The police offices shall:

a) Appraise and approve designs, with respect to fire safety, in dossiers of technical designs or construction drawing designs of projects, construction entities, or motor vehicles that require special fire safety as specified in Appendix V to this Decree;

b) Check the fire safety pre-acceptance testing results for projects, construction entities, or motor vehicles that require special fire safety included in the list specified in Appendix V to this Decree;

c) Check fire safety during the construction progress of construction entities included in the list specified in Appendix V to this Decree.”.

7. To amend and supplement Clause 4, Article 15 as follows:

“4. Each authority, organization or individual shall submit 01 dossier as specified at Point d and Point e, Clause 2 of this Article enclosed with the report of the project owner or motor vehicle owner on the results of construction, testing, inspection, test run, and pre-acceptance of fire prevention and firefighting systems, appliances and solutions as well as a written request for inspection of fire prevention and firefighting pre-acceptance test results (made using Form No. PC11) to the police office which has appraised and approved its design in one of the following forms:

a) In-person submission at the Single-window section of the competent authority;

b) Online submission via the Public Service Portal or the information system for public administrative procedures of the competent authority (for documents listed as State secrets, the procedures must be conducted in accordance with law regulations on the protection of State secrets). Electronic dossiers shall comply with the Government’s Decree No. 45/2020/ND-CP dated April 8, 2023;

c) Submission via the public postal services.”.

8. To amend and supplement a number of Clauses of Article 16 as follows:

a) To amend Point c and Point dd, and add Point e to Clause 2, Article 16 after Point dd as follows:

“c) The fire safety conditions applicable to on-progress construction entities: Internal fire safety rules, exit signage; regulations on responsibilities for ensuring fire safety of the project owners and constructors within their competence, responsibilities and duties of the persons assigned to perform the tasks of fire prevention and firefighting; use of electricity systems, electric equipment, fire- and heat-generating equipment, ignition or heat sources; first aid firefighting appliances and equipment suitable to the characteristics and specifications of the construction entities;”.

dd) The conditions for establishments commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services as prescribed in Article 41 of this Decree; the performance of fire prevention and firefighting services of the establishments in the business lines granted by the competent authorities;

e) Technical infrastructure related to fire prevention and firefighting in urban areas, economic zones, industrial parks, industrial clusters, export processing zones, and hi-tech parks as prescribed in Articles 10 and 31 of this Decree.”.

b) To amend Point c and Point dd, Clause 3 as follows:

“c) Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees shall direct and check the implementation of responsibilities for fire safety by heads of authorities, organizations and establishments once a year or on an ad-hoc basis in the cases specified at Points a and b, Clause 1, Article 17 of this Decree or violations against the regulations on fire safety which may cause fires and explosion, or for the purposes of security and social order maintenance under directive documents of competent authorities with respect to establishments included in the list specified in Appendix IV to this Decree under their management;

dd) police offices shall check the implementation of responsibilities for fire safety by heads of authorities, organizations and establishments once a year or on an ad-hoc basis in the cases specified in Clause 1, Article 17 of this Decree or violations against the regulations on fire safety which may cause fires and explosion, or for the purposes of security and social order maintenance under directive documents of competent authorities with respect to establishments included in the list specified in Appendix III to this Decree under their management; organize inspections once a year the construction entities included the list specified in Appendix V to this Decree in the localities under their management.”.

c) To amend Article 4 as follows:

“4. Inspection of establishments commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services

After the establishments commercially manufacturing and assembling fire prevention and firefighting appliances and equipment and the establishments commercially providing technical fire safety inspection consultancy services are granted certificates of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services, the competent police offices specified in Clause 12, Article 45 of this Decree shall inspect once a year or on an ad-hoc basis the maintenance of the conditions for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services and the performance of fire prevention and firefighting services of the establishments when they show signs of violations or take advantage of fire prevention and firefighting activities to harm security and social order, for which sanctions have been proposed by the competent authorities.”

d) To amend Point b, Clause 5 as follows:

“b) For the inspection of establishments commercially providing fire safety and firefighting services specified in Clause 4 of this Article:

The police offices that have granted the certificates of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services, before carrying out the periodic inspections, must notify the subjects to be inspected 03 working days in advance of the timeline and details of the inspections and members of the inspection teams;

The authorities or persons with inspection competence must clearly notify the reasons to the subjects to be inspected when carrying out irregular inspections. Officers and soldiers of the People's Public Security Forces, when carrying out irregular inspections, must produce letters of recommendation from the authorities directly managing them;

The subjects to be inspected must fully prepare all details to be inspected in relation to the conditions for establishments to be eligible for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services and the performance of fire prevention and firefighting services, which have been notified in advance, and arrange competent and responsible persons to work with the inspection authorities or persons in charge of inspection.”.

9. To amend and supplement Point b and Point c, Clause 1 and Clause 8 of Article 17 as follows:

a) To amend and supplement Point b and Point c, Clause 1 as follows:

b) Serious violations of fire prevention and firefighting regulations for which remedial actions were required in writing by competent authorities but have not been taken, including: the illegal production, storage, transportation, or use of hazardous materials which have a fire or explosion hazard; failure to take measures to prevent fire spread between fire compartments or rooms in industrial facilities with Class-A, B, or C fire and explosion hazards; lack of escape routes as required;

c) Committing particularly serious violations against regulations on fire prevention and firefighting:

Construction entities, construction elements, and motor vehicles which require special fire safety as specified in Appendix V to this Decree are put into operation and use without certificates of appraisal and approval or written approvals of pre-acceptance testing results of designs with respect to fire safety, for which remedial actions were required in writing by competent police offices but have not been taken;”.

b) To amend Clause 8 as follows:

“8. Competence to suspend or suspend operations:

a) Chairpersons of the commune-level People's Committees shall decide on the suspension or termination of operations of each constituent unit or of the establishment as a whole, motor vehicles, households or individuals falling under their respective management;

b) Heads of Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments, and chiefs of the district-level Police Sub-departments shall, within their competence, decide on the partial or full suspension or termination of operations of establishments, motor vehicles, households or individuals falling under their respective management, except for defense establishments operating for military purposes and motor vehicles that require special fire safety manufactured or converted exclusively for military operations by national defense establishments;

c) Public security officers and soldiers are competent to suspend the operations in the cases specified at Point a, Clause 1 of this Article and immediately after the suspension shall report the suspension to the competent persons directly managing them specified at Point a ad Point b of this Clause for them to issue suspension decisions.”.

10. To amend Clause 1, Article 18 as follows:

“Heads of Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments, chiefs of the district-level Police Sub-departments; chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees shall, within the scope of management decentralized to them, issue decisions to resume operations of those subject to decisions on suspension or termination of operations issued by the competent persons specified in Clause 8, Article 17 of this Decree.”.

11. To amend and supplement Clause 3 and Clause 4, and Point b, Clause 10 of Article 19 as follows:

a) To amend Clause 3 as follows:

“3. Responsibility to make firefighting plans and coordination in making firefighting plans:

a) Chairpersons of the commune-level People's Committees, heads of establishments subject to fire prevention and firefighting management, owners of motor vehicles requiring special fire safety shall be responsible for making firefighting plans applicable to residential areas, establishments and motor vehicles, which utilize on-site forces and appliance under their management (using the Form No. PC17);

b) Heads of Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments, and chiefs of the district-level Police Sub-departments shall organize the formulation of firefighting plans of police offices applicable to establishments included in the list as specified in Appendix II to this Decree, and residential areas at high risks of fire and explosion located in the localities where they are assigned fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue tasks (made using Form No. PC18).

When developing a firefighting plan for an establishment where multiple authorities and organizations are operating, the head of the establishment must coordinate with the heads of the authorities and organizations operating in the establishment to establish scenarios for fires, incidents, and accidents specific to the authorities and organizations operating in the establishment.”.

b) To amend Clause 4 as follows:

“4. A dossier of request for approving the firefighting plan of the establishment as specified in Appendix III to this Decree, shall comprise:

a) A petition for approving the firefighting plans of establishments (using the Form No. PC19);

b) The firefighting plan of the establishment that has been signed and sealed (if any) by the person responsible for making such plan.”.

c) To amend Point b, Article 10 as follows:

“b) The police offices shall organize the rehearsal of their firefighting plans under rehearsal plans approved by competent persons, and mobilize the forces and equipment of the authorities and organizations involved in the firefighting plans;”.

12. To amend and supplement a number of Clauses of Article 33 as follows:

a) To amend Clause 5 as follows:

“5. A dossier of request for grant of certificates of training in fire prevention and firefighting skills shall comprise of:

a) If an establishment in charge of training and coaching fire prevention and firefighting skills requests a police office to grant certificates of training: A written request for examination and grant of certificates of training (made using Form No. PC21); the training plan, program and details;

b) If an authority, organization or establishment requests a police office or an establishment in charge of training and coaching fire prevention and firefighting skills to organize the training: A written request for training, examination and grant of certificates of training (made using Form No. PC22);

c) If an individual wishes to be trained and granted a certificate of training in fire prevention and fighting skills: A written request for training, examination and grant of a certificate of training (made using Form No. PC23).

b) To amend and supplement Clause 12 as follows:

“12. Time limit for processing procedures related to grant and re-grant of certificates of training in fire prevention and firefighting skills:

a) If an establishment in charge of training and coaching fire prevention and firefighting skills requests a police office to grant certificates of training: Within 05 working days from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier, the police office shall organize the examination, evaluate the results thereof, and grant certificates of training in fire prevention and firefighting skills to individuals who successfully pass the examination (made using Form No. PC35). In cases of refusal to grant such certificates, they shall send written replies to the applicants and clearly state the reasons for such refusal therein.

b) If an authority, organization or establishment requests a police office to organize the training and grant the certificates of training:

Within 14 days from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier, the police offices shall organize the training and grant certificates of training in fire prevention and firefighting skills to individuals who successfully pass the examination (made using Form No. PC35). In cases of refusal to grant such certificates, they shall send written replies to the applicants and clearly state the reasons for such refusal therein.

In the case where the number of registered trainees is less than 20: The police office shall gather the trainees and notify them of the timelines and venues of the training, the examination and the evaluation of the results thereof.

c) Time limit for re-grant of a certificates of training in fire prevention and firefighting skills is 05 working days from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier. In cases of refusal to re-issue a certificate, they shall send a written reply to the applicant and clearly state the reasons for such refusal therein.”.

c) To amend and supplement Article 13 as follows:

“13. The competence for training, examining, and granting certificates of training in fire prevention and firefighting skills:

a) The Fire and Rescue Police Department shall train, examine and evaluate rescue and salvage skills and then grant certificates of training in fire prevention and fighting operations to individuals of the ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies, and establishments under the economic groups and corporations;

b) The Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments, and the district-level Police Sub-departments shall train, examine and evaluate rescue and salvage skills and then grant certificates of training in fire prevention and firefighting skills to individuals of the units and establishments located in the localities under their management and individuals who have their permanent residence addresses in the localities under their management;

c) Certificates of training in fire prevention and firefighting skills are valid nationwide.”.

13. To amend and supplement a number of Clauses of Article 38 as follows:

a) To amend and supplement Point c, Clause 4 as follows:

“c) Examining, testing, experimenting and evaluating the quality of fire prevention and firefighting appliance samples.

Appliance samples to be inspected are randomly taken using the sampling method specified in relevant standards and technical regulations. In the case where there are no standards and technical regulations on inspection, testing, experimentation and assessment of the quality of fire prevention and firefighting appliance samples, the inspection shall comply with foreign or international regulations and standards permitted to be applied in Vietnam. Testing and inspection results from foreign authorities and organizations are allowed to be taken into consideration for grating certificates of inspection as specified by the Ministry of Public Security;”.

b) To amend and supplement Clause 5 as follows:

“5. A dossier of request for granting a certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection shall comprise of:

a) A dossier of request for granting a certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection based on the inspection results of an establishment providing technical fire safety inspection consultancy services shall comprise of:

A written request for granting a certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection (using the Form No. PC27); a written record of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection of the establishment commercially providing technical fire safety inspection services (made using Form No. PC25); a written record of appliance sampling for inspection (using the Form No. PC28); a certificate of origin (in the case where specialized databases are not interconnected) or certificate of release of the appliance; a certificate of quality of the appliance (if any); technical documents of the appliance for which the inspection is requested;

b) A dossier of request for granting a certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection based on testing and inspection results from a foreign authority or organization shall comprise of:

A written request for granting a certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection (using the Form No. PC27); testing and inspection results from the foreign testing and inspection authority or organization, enclosed with the tested technical specifications; a certificate of origin (in the case where specialized databases are not interconnected) or certificate of release of the appliance; a certificate of quality of the appliance (if any); technical documents of the appliance for which the inspection is requested;

c) Documents and papers in the dossier are the originals or notarized or authenticated copies or copies or photocopies enclosed with the originals for the dossier-receiving officer to compare. In cases where the dossier is in a foreign language, a Vietnamese translation is required and the authorities, organizations or individuals requesting the inspection shall be answerable about the content of such translation.”.

c) To amend and supplement Article 10 as follows:

“a) Within a period of 05 working days from the date of receiving a dossier of request for granting a certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection as specified in Clause 5 of this Article, the police office shall consider and evaluate the inspection results, and grant such certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection; in case of refusal to grant such certificate, it shall send a written reply to the applicant and clearly state the reasons for such refusal therein;

b) Each fire prevention and firefighting appliance shall only be inspected once and granted a certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection (using the Form No. PC29), and affixed with the inspection sticker.

Within 03 working days from the date the certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection is obtained, the unit requesting to be granted such certificate must coordinate with the unit that conducted the inspection and the police office that granted the certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection to affix the inspection stickers on the appliance as per the granted certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection. In the case where such certificate is granted based on the testing results of a foreign authority or organization, the unit requesting to be granted such certificate must coordinate with the police office to affix the inspection sticker on the appliance as per the certificate of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection.

d) To amend Article 11 as follows:

“11. The Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments shall grant certificates of inspection of the fire prevention and firefighting appliances specified in Appendix VII to this Decree of authorities and organizations in the localities under their management, which request such certificates and have fire prevention and firefighting appliances of which they have collect samples for inspections.”.

dd) To add Clause 12 after Clause 11 as follows:

“12. Establishments commercially providing technical fire safety inspection services which have been certified to be eligible for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services shall be allowed to receive dossiers of request for inspection, sampling, and technical inspection, and draw up written records of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection (made using Form No. PC25) for the fire prevention and firefighting appliances that have been licensed for inspection included in the list specified in Appendix VII to this Decree (other than those directly manufactured or imported by the establishments). After obtaining the inspection results, they must send written notices enclosed with the inspection records so that the units requesting inspection may send dossiers of request for granting certificates of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection as specified in Clause 5 of this Article to the competent police offices for consideration and grant of certificates of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection.”.

14. To amend a number of Clauses of Article 41 as follows:

a) To amend Point a and Point dd, Clause 3 as follows:

“a) Establishments commercially providing design consultancy, appraisal consultancy, or supervision consultancy related to fire safety must have enough vehicles and equipment to provide the design consultancy, appraisal consultancy, or supervision consultancy;”.

“dd) Establishments commercially manufacturing and assembling fire prevention and firefighting appliance and equipment must have enough workshops, vehicles and equipment to manufacture or assemble and test fire prevention and firefighting appliances and equipment.”.

b) To amend Clause 5 as follows:

“5. Establishments commercially providing technical fire safety inspection consultancy services, in addition to Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article, shall have at least 02 employees who have certificates of practice of technical fire safety inspection consultancy as specified at Point c, Clause 3, Article 43 of this Decree.”.

c) To amend Article 9 as follows:

“9. Establishments trading fire prevention and firefighting appliances and supplies shall comply with Clause 2 of this Article.”.

15. To amend Point d, Clause 3 and Clause 5 of Article 43 as follows:

a) To amend Point d, Clause 3 as follows:

“d) An individual to be granted a certificate of practice of fire safety supervision and consultancy must satisfy the following requirements:

Having an intermediate or higher degree in fire prevention and firefighting or an intermediate or higher degree in another discipline relevant to the business line and a certificate of fire prevention and firefighting training;

Having been involved in supervising the construction of at least 03 projects and construction entities that have obtained written approvals of fire safety pre-acceptance testing results by police offices;”.

b) To amend Clause 5 as follows:

“5. Other fields compliant to Article 41 and this Article include the following academic disciplines: architecture and planning; construction; construction management (excluding construction economics); architectural and construction engineering technology; mechanical engineering technology; electric, electronic and telecommunications engineering technology; oil and gas technology and exploitation; mechanical engineering and engineering mechanics (excluding printing engineering); electric, electronic and telecommunications engineering (excluding biomedical engineering) as specified by the Ministry of Education and Training.”.

16. To amend and supplement a number of Clauses of Article 44 as follows:

a) To amend and supplement Clause 2 as follows:

“2. A dossier of request for exchanging the certificate of practice of fire prevention and fighting consultancy for an updated one in the case where new consultancy practices are added thereto shall comprise of documents specified in Clause 1 of this Article.”.

b) To amend and supplement Clause 4 as follows:

“4. A dossier of request for exchanging the certificate of practice of fire prevention and firefighting consultancy for an updated one in the case where the certificate of practice of fire prevention and firefighting consultancy is lost or damaged shall comprise of documents specified at Point a and Point d, Clause 1 of this Article.”.

c) To amend and supplement Article 11 as follows:

“11. The Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments shall grant certificates of practice of fire prevention and firefighting consultancy, exchange existing certificates for updated ones, or re-grant such certificates to individuals who have permanent residence addresses in the localities under their management.”.

17. To amend and supplement a number of Clauses of Article 45 as follows:

a) To amend and supplement Clause 1 as follows:

“1. A dossier of request for grant of a certificate of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services shall include:

a) A written request for the grant of the Certificate of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services (made using Form No. PC33);

b) A list of individuals with diplomas and certificates of practice of fire prevention and firefighting consultancy that match the fire prevention and firefighting services of the establishment (made using Form No. PC36);

c) Documents proving the conditions in terms of facilities, appliances and equipment to ensure business operations: list of appliances and equipment for business operations (made using Form No. PC37); certificate of laboratory accreditation and calibration of inspection equipment issued by a competent authority in case of requesting for being granted a certificate of eligibility for commercially providing technical fire safety inspection consultancy services.”.

b) To amend Clause 2 as follows:

“2. A dossier of request for exchanging the certificate of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services for an updated one in the case where the establishment’s head or legal representative is changed shall comprise of documents specified at Point a and Point b, Clause 1 of this Article.”.

c) To amend Article 3 as follows:

“3. A dossier of request for exchanging the certificate of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services for an updated one in the case where the establishment’s location is changed or fire prevention and firefighting services are changed or added thereto shall comprise of documents specified in Clause 1 of this Article.".

d) To amend Article 4 as follows:

“4. A dossier of request for exchanging the certificate of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services for an updated one in the case where the establishment’s name is changed shall comprise of documents specified at Point a, Clause 1 of this Article.”.

dd) To amend and supplement Article 5 as follows:

“5. A dossier of request for exchanging the certificate of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services for an updated one, in the cases where such certificate of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services is lost or damaged, shall comprise of documents specified at Point a, Clause 1 of this Article.”.

e) To amend and supplement Point a, Clause 12 as follows:

“a) The Fire and Rescue Police Department shall grant certificates of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services to establishments providing technical fire safety inspection consultancy services, establishments manufacturing and assembling fire prevention and firefighting vehicles and appliance, or exchange existing certificates for updated ones, or re-grant such certificates;”

18. To amend Clause 2, Article 46 as follows:

“2. The certificate of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services shall be revoked when the establishment fails to fully satisfy conditions for providing fire prevention and firefighting services after being granted such certificate of eligibility for commercially providing fire prevention and firefighting services. After revocation, the police office must send a written notice to the enterprise registration authority or the competent authority allowing the business establishments to operate.”.

19. To amend and supplement Clause 2, Article 47 as follows:

“2. The financial sources for fire prevention and firefighting operations funded by the State Budget and claimed from fire and explosion insurance as specified at Points a and b, Clause 1, Article 54 of the Law on Fire Prevention and Firefighting shall be managed and used in accordance with the law regulations on State Budget and compulsory fire and explosion insurance.”.

20. To add Article 47a following Article 47 as follows:

“Article 47a. Management and use of financial resources from voluntary contributions and sponsorships from domestic and foreign authorities, organizations, and individuals

1. Financial resources voluntarily contributed or sponsored by domestic and foreign authorities, organizations, and individuals for fire prevention and firefighting operations must comply with Clause 1, Article 47 of this Decree.

If the sponsoring authorities, organizations, or individuals have agreements or requests regarding the purpose of use and expenditure levels for fire prevention and firefighting operations, the management and use of such funds shall follow the agreements or requests of the contributors or sponsors, provided that they do not conflict with Clause 1, Article 47, and other relevant law regulations.

2. The financial resources voluntarily contributed or sponsored by domestic and foreign authorities, organizations, and individuals for fire prevention and firefighting operations shall be received and managed as follows:

a) Monetary resources shall be deposited into an account of the Ministry of Public Security opened at the State Treasury and fully allocated to the State Budget in accordance with the law regulations on State Budget and other relevant law regulations.

b) In-kind resources, after being transferred into public ownership, shall be provided to authorities or units responsible for fire prevention, firefighting, and rescue and salvage operations to manage and use in accordance with the law regulations on management of public assets and other relevant law regulations. Such transfer into public ownership shall comply with the Government’s Decree No. 29/2018/ND-CP dated March 5, 2018, and other relevant law regulations.

c) Information on voluntary contributions and sponsorships from domestic and foreign authorities, organizations, and individuals shall be disclosed and published on the web portals of the Ministry of Public Security and the Fire and Rescue Police Department in accordance with the law regulations, unless otherwise the authorities, organizations, and individuals making such voluntary contributions or sponsorships have non-disclosure agreements regarding such information.

d) Financial resources from the solicitation and reception of voluntary contributions to support incident relief shall managed in accordance with the Government’s Decree No. 93/2021/ND-CP dated October 27, 2021.

3. The Ministry of Public Security, depending on the actual financial resources from voluntary contributions and sponsorships and practical requirements, shall decide on the expenditure levels for operations related to fire prevention and firefighting as specified in Clause 1, Article 47 of this Decree, after reaching an agreement with the Ministry of Finance.

4. The Ministry of Public Security shall manage and use the financial resources from voluntary contributions and sponsorships in accordance with law regulations on State Budget and other relevant law regulations.”.

Article 2. Amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 83/2017/ND-CP dated July 18, 2017 on rescue and salvage activities of fire brigades

1. To amend Article 9 as follows:

“Article 9. Formulation and rehearsal of rescue and salvage plans by the police offices

1. The rescue and salvage plans of the police offices must detail the nature and characteristics of incidents and accidents, and the conditions related to rescue and salvage operations; assume scenarios of incidents and accidents and their potential developments; and plan the mobilization and use of the police offices' forces and equipment, commanding, tactics, methods, technical measures, rescue and salvage strategies, and other tasks in service of the rescue and salvage in respective incident and accident scenarios. The rescue and salvage plan must be promptly supplemented and revised upon any change related to rescue and salvage operations.

2. Heads of Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments, and chiefs of the district-level Police Sub-departments shall organize the formulation of rescue and salvage plans of police offices applicable to incidents and accidents specified in Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree No. 83/2017/ND-CP, which may potentially occur in the localities where they are assigned to perform rescue and salvage tasks (made using Form No. PC38), other than incidents and accidents occurring inside the establishments included in Appendix I to this Decree.

3. Rescue and salvage plans of police offices shall be managed by the police offices that have directly formulated the plans. Authorities and organizations whose forces and appliances are utilized in the plans may copy, send and disseminate the information related to their tasks.

4. Heads of Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments, and chiefs of the district-level Police Sub-departments shall approve the rescue and salvage plans of police offices applicable to incidents and accidents in the localities where they are assigned to perform rescue and salvage tasks.

5. The police offices shall organize the rehearsal of their rescue and salvage plans under rehearsal plans approved by competent persons, and mobilize the forces and equipment of the authorities and organizations involved in the rescue and salvage plans.”.

2. To amend and supplement a number of Clauses of Article 11 as follows:

a) To amend and supplement Point c, Clause 2 as follows:

“c) The Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments, and the district-level Police Sub-departments shall provide training and coaching on rescue and salvage skills for the fire and rescue police forces under their management, civil-guard forces, grassroots fire brigades and other forces when so requested.”.

b) To amend and supplement Clause 5 as follows:

“5. Dossiers of application for training, examination and grant of certificates of training in rescue and salvage skills.

a) A dossier shall comprise:

For an authority, organization, or establishment: A written request for training, examination and grant of certificates of training (made using Form No. PC22);

For an individual: A written request for training, examination and grant of certificates of training (made using Form No. PC23).”.

b) Authorities, organizations, individuals might submit 01 set of dossiers to the competent authority specified at Point a of this Clause by any of the following methods:

In-person submission at the Single-window section of the competent authority;

Online submission via the Public Service Portal or the information system for public administrative procedures of the competent authority (for documents listed as State secrets, the procedures must be conducted in accordance with law regulations on the protection of State secrets);

Submission via the public postal services.

c) Notification of dossier processing results:

In cases where the dossier is submitted in person at the single-window section of a competent authority, the officer receiving such dossier shall directly hand over 01 receipt of processing public administrative procedures on fire prevention and firefighting or an instruction sheet on supplementing the dossier of request for handling administrative procedures on fire prevention and firefighting to the applicant and keep 01 copy of such receipt or instruction sheet;

In cases where the dossier is submitted via the Public Service Portal or the information system for public administrative procedures of the competent authority, the officer receiving such dossier must send notification on the dossier receipt or on the instruction for supplementing dossier via email or phone text message to the authority, organization, or individual submitting the dossier;

In cases where the dossier is submitted via the public postal services, the officer receiving such dossier shall send 01 receipt of processing public administrative procedures on fire prevention and firefighting or 01 instruction sheet on supplementing the dossier of request for handling administrative procedures on fire prevention and firefighting to the applicants and keep 01 copy of such receipt or instruction sheet.”.

c) To amend and supplement Article 6 as follows:

“6. Time limit for processing the procedures for training, examination, grant, and re-grant of certificates of training in rescue and salvage skills:

a) Within 14 days from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier, the police office shall organize the training and examination, evaluate the results thereof, and grant certificates of training in rescue and salvage operations to individuals who successfully pass the examination (made using Form No. PC35). In cases of refusal to issue a certificate, they shall send a written reply to the applicant and clearly state the reasons;

b) Time limit for the re-grant of a certificate of training in rescue and salvage skills is 05 working days from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier. In cases of refusal to re-issue a certificate, they shall send a written reply to the applicant and clearly state the reasons for such refusal therein.”.

d) To amend and supplement Article 7 as follows:

“7. Competence to grant certificates of training in rescue and salvage skills:

a) The Fire and Rescue Police Department shall grant certificates of training in rescue and salvage skills to individuals of the ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies, and establishments under the economic groups and corporations;

b) The Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments, and the district-level Police Sub-departments shall train, examine and evaluate rescue and salvage skills and then grant certificates of training in rescue and salvage operations to individuals of the units and establishments located in the localities under their management;

c) Certificates of training in rescue and salvage operations are valid nationwide.”.

3. To amend Clause 2, Article 12 as follows:

“2. The police offices, within the scope of their functions, tasks, and powers, and in accordance with this Decree, shall inspecting on a periodical or ad-hoc basis the conditions in terms of fire safety, incidents, and accidents, as well as the firefighting conditions, measures, and plans, including incident and accident scenarios appropriate to the scale, nature, and characteristics of the establishments under their management.”.

Article 3. Promulgation of the following Appendices to this Decree

1. Appendix I: List of establishments subject to fire prevention and firefighting management.

2. Appendix II: List of establishments with fire and explosion hazards.

3. Appendix III: List of establishments managed by the police offices.

4. Appendix IV: List of establishments managed by the communal-level People's Committees.

5. Appendix V: List of projects, construction entities and motor vehicles of which designs shall be appraised and approved with respect to fire safety.

6. Appendix Va: List of projects and construction works for which the Fire and Rescue Police Department is competent to examine and approve fire prevention and fighting designs.

7. Appendix Vb: List of projects, construction entities and motor vehicles of which the Fire and Rescue Police Divisions under the provincial-level Police Departments are competent to appraise and approve the designs with respect to fire safety.

8. Appendix VI: List of fire prevention and firefighting appliances.

9. Appendix VII: List of fire prevention and firefighting appliances subject to inspection.

10. Appendix IX: Forms used in fire prevention and firefighting, rescue and salvage.

Article 4. Amendments or additions of a number of phrases to Decree No. 136/2020/ND-CP

1. To add the phrase "or record the receipt thereof in order to notify the authority, organization, or individual submitting such dossier via email or phone message" after the phrase "(made using Form No. 03)" at Point a, Clause 4, Article 9; Point a, Clause 7, Article 13; Point a, Clause 5, Article 15; Point a, Clause 6, Article 19; Point a, Clause 9, Article 33; Point a, Clause 7, Article 38; Point a, Clause 7, Article 44; and Point a, Clause 8, Article 45.

2. To add the phrase "or record the instructions for supplementing the application dossier in order to notify the authority, organization, or individual submitting such dossier via email or phone message" after the phrase "(made using Form No. 04)" at Point b, Clause 4, Article 9; Point b, Clause 7, Article 13; Point b, Clause 5, Article 15; Point b, Clause 6, Article 19; Point b, Clause 9, Article 33; Point a, Clause 7, Article 38; Point b, Clause 7, Article 44; and Point b, Clause 8, Article 45.

3. To add the phrase "information system for public administrative procedures" after the phrase "Public Service Portal" at Point b, Clause 3; Point b, Clause 5, Article 9; Point b, Clause 6; Point b, Clause 8, Article 13; Point b, Clause 6, Article 15; Point b, Clause 4; Point b, Clause 5, Article 18; Point b, Clause 5; Point b, Clause 7, Article 19; Point b, Clause 8; Point b, Clause 10, Article 33; Point b, Clause 6; Point b, Clause 8, Article 38; Point b, Clause 6; Point b, Clause 8, Article 44; and Point b, Clause 7; Point b, Clause 9, Article 45.

4. To replace the phrase “Fire Prevention and Fighting Police” with the phrase “Police” in the title of Article 14, the phrase “Decree No. 42/2020/ND-CP dated April 08, 2020 of the Government on providing the List of dangerous goods and the transport of dangerous goods by road motor vehicles and the transport of dangerous goods on inland waterways (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 42/2020/ND-CP)” with the phrase “Decree No. 34/2024/ND-CP dated March 31, 2024, of the Government on providing the List of dangerous goods and the transport of dangerous goods by road motor vehicles and inland watercraft (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 34/2024/ND-CP)” in Clause 1 of Article 9, the phrase “Decree No. 42/2020/ND-CP” with the phrase “Decree No. 34/2024/ND-CP” in Clause 10 of Article 9.

5. To add the phrase "electronic dossiers shall comply with the Government’s Decree No. 45/2020/ND-CP dated April 8, 2023" at the end of Point b, Clause 3, Article 9; Point b, Clause 6, Article 13; Point b, Clause 4, Article 18; Point b, Clause 5, Article 19; Point b, Clause 8, Article 33; Point b, Clause 6, Article 38; Point b, Clause 6, Article 44; and Point b, Clause 7, Article 45.

Article 5. Annulment of clauses and forms

1. To annul Points and Clauses of, and Appendices to Circular No. 136/2020/ND-CP.

a) To annul Point b, Clause 2 and Clause 6, Article 9; Point a, Clause 5, Clause 9, Points a, b, and c, Clause 10, Article 13; Clause 7, Article 15; Clause 6, Article 18; Clause 8, Article 19; Clause 6 and Clause 11, Article 33; Clause 9, Article 38; Clause 3 and Clause 9, Article 44; Clause 10, Article 45 of this Decree;

b) To annul Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Appendix IV; Appendix V; Appendix VI; Appendix VII; Appendix IX thereto;

c) To remove the phrase "certified true copy" in Clause 5, Article 44 and Clause 6, Article 45;

d) To remove the phrase "by outsourcing services of enterprises, individuals, or under authorization in accordance with the law regulations" at Point c, Clause 3 and Point c, Clause 5, Article 9; Point c, Clause 6 and Point c, Clause 8, Article 13; Point c, Clause 4 and Point c, Clause 5, Article 18; Point c, Clause 5 and Point c, Clause 7, Article 19; Point c, Clause 8 and Point c, Clause 10, Article 33; Point c, Clause 6 and Point c, Clause 8, Article 38; Point c, Clause 6 and Point c, Clause 8, Article 44; Point c, Clause 7 and Point c, Clause 9, Article 45.

2. To annul Points, Clauses, and Forms of Decree No. 83/2017/ND-CP.

a) To annul Point b, Clause 2, Article 25; Article 43;

b) To annul Form No. 01, Form No. 02, Form No. 03, Form No. 04, Form No. 05 attached thereto.

Article 6. Effect

1. This Decree takes effect from May 15, 2024.

2. Transitional provisions

a) Authorities that have granted certificates of appraisal and approval of designs with respect to fire safety for construction entities and motor vehicles shall continue to appraise and approve designs with respect to fire safety and conduct fire safety pre-acceptance tests for such construction entities and motor vehicles. Projects and construction entities of which comments regarding fire safety have been given to the basic design dossiers but certificates of appraisal and approval of designs with respect to fire safety have not yet been granted shall have their designs with respect to fire safety appraised by competent authorities as specified at Point e, Clause 5, Article 1 of this Decree;

b) For projects and construction entities included on the list specified in Appendix V to Decree No. 136/2020/ND-CP, of which comments regarding fire safety have been given to the basic design dossiers or for which certificates of appraisal and approval of designs with respect to fire safety have been granted, but not included in the list of subjects specified in Appendix V to this Decree, the project owners shall organize the fire safety pre-acceptance tests on their own and be responsible for ensuring fire safety such construction entities;

c) Establishments that are subject to suspension or termination of operations in accordance with the Government’s Decree No. 136/2020/ND-CP and are not subject to suspension of operations under this Decree shall continue to comply with Articles 17 and 18 of the Government’s Decree No. 136/2020/ND-CP;

d) Certificates of practice of fire prevention and fighting consultancy that have been granted to individuals in accordance with Decree No. 79/2014/ND-CP, after they expires ore are lost or damaged, shall be re-granted by the provincial-level Police Departments. Certificates of practice of fire prevention and fighting consultancy that have been granted to individuals in accordance with Decree No. 136/2020/ND-CP, if new practices are added thereto, shall be exchanged for updated ones by the provincial-level Police Departments in accordance with the regulations;

dd) If the firefighting plans of the establishments, the rescue plans of the establishments, the firefighting plans of the police offices, and the rescue and salvage plans of the fire police have been formulated and approved by the competent authorities, and there is no change in the dangerous nature and characteristics of fire, explosion, and toxic hazards, and the conditions related to firefighting, rescue, and salvage operations, then they shall continue to be used and shall not be re-formulated and approved;

e) Authorities, organizations, and individuals who have received dossiers of request for processing the following procedures before the effective date of this Decree shall continue to process them in accordance with Decree No. 136/2020/ND-CP and Decree No. 83/2017/ND-CP: grant of licenses to transport dangerous goods with a fire or explosion hazard; appraisal and approval of designs with respect to fire safety, inspection of fire safety pre-acceptance testing results; approval of firefighting plans; grant of certificates of training in fire prevention and firefighting operations; grant of certificates of fire prevention and firefighting appliance inspection; grant of certificates of practice of fire prevention and fighting consultancy; grant of certificate of eligibility for commercial providing fire prevention and fighting services;

g) Upon expiration of the certificates of training in fire prevention and firefighting skills and the certificates of training in rescue and salvage skills, which were granted in accordance with Decree No. 136/2020/ND-CP and Decree No. 83/2017/ND-C, new certificates shall be granted in accordance with this Decree.

Article 7. Responsibilities for implementation

1. The Minister of Public Security shall be responsible for guiding, organizing and checking the implementation of this Decree.

2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, chairpersons of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, relevant authorities, organizations and individuals shall be responsible for implementing this Decree.

Appendix I

LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS SUBJECT TO
FIRE PREVENTION AND FIREFIGHTING MANAGEMENT

(Attached to the Government’s Decree No. 50/2024/ND-CP dated May 10, 2024)

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1. Headquarters of State authorities at all levels.

2. Condominiums; collective living quarters, dormitories; mixed-use buildings.

3. Nurseries, kindergartens, preschools; primary schools, secondary schools, high schools; multi-grade high schools; junior colleges, universities, and academies; trade schools; vocational training centers; continuing education institutions; other educational institutions established under the Law on Education.

4. Hospitals; multidisciplinary clinics, specialist clinics, sanatoriums, rehabilitation centers, orthopedic centers, nursing homes, disease prevention facilities, medical centers, other medical facilities established under the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment.

5. Theaters, cinemas, circuses; convention centers, event venues; community cultural houses; karaoke, disco, bar, and club service businesses; amusement parks, zoos, aquariums.

6. Markets; shopping malls, electronics stores; supermarkets; establishments commercially providing food & beverage and other services with a total business area of 100 m² or more or a total volume of 500 m³ or more; establishments trading flammable and explosive goods with a total business area of 50 m² or more or a total volume of building blocks used for commercial purpose of 200 m³ or more.

7. Hotels, guesthouses, motels; other accommodation establishments established under the Law on Tourism; boarding houses.

8. Buildings used as head offices of enterprises and political and social organizations.

9. Museums, libraries; exhibition halls; display halls, archives, bookstores, fairgrounds; religious institutions.

10. Offices of postal service points; establishments dealing with postal matter; telecommunications establishments; data storage and management centers; broadcasting and television establishments; publishing and printing establishments.

11. Stadiums; gymnasiums; indoor sporting arenas; physical education and sports centers; racetracks, shooting ranges; other sporting establishments established under the Law on Physical Education and Sports.

12. Airports; air traffic control towers; aircraft hangars; seaports; dry ports; inland waterways ports; bus stations; rest stops; railway stations; passenger cable car waiting stations; subways; motor vehicle registration establishments; establishments commercially selling, repairing and maintaining motor vehicles.

13. Car parks and parking lots established in accordance with the law regulations.

14. Road tunnels and railway tunnels with a length of 500 m or more.

15. Nuclear establishments; establishments commercially manufacturing, trading, storing, and using industrial explosives and explosive precursors; warehouses for industrial explosives and explosive precursors; ports for the export and import of industrial explosives and explosive precursors; warehouses for weapons and combat gears.

16. Establishments exploiting, processing, manufacturing, transporting, trading, and storing petroleum and oil and gas products on land; warehouses for petroleum and oil products, gas warehouses; ports for the export and import of petroleum and oil and gas products; gasoline and fuel oil stores, flammable liquid stores; gas stores.

17. Industrial establishments with Class-A, B, C, D, and E fire and explosion hazards.

18. Power plants; substations with voltage of 110 kV or higher.

19. Tunnels involving the production, storage, and use of flammable and explosive substances; national reserves; warehouses for flammable goods and materials; storage areas for flammable goods, materials, and with an area of 500 m² or more.

20. Other establishments not included in categories 1 to 19 that have internal gasoline stations or use central gas supply systems with a total gas consumption of 70 kg or more.

21. Shophouses involving the production and business of flammable and explosive goods with a floor area used for production and business purposes of 50 m² or more.

* Other Appendices are not translated herein.