Enhancing understanding about civil liability for inland waterwway transport vehicles owner in Kien Giang province

AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (2), 91 – 100<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ENHANCING UNDERSTANDING ABOUT CIVIL LIABILITY FOR INLAND<br /> WATERWWAY TRANSPORT VEHICLES OWNER IN<br /> KIEN GIANG PROVINCE<br /> <br /> Vu Hong Van1, Nguyen Dang Son2<br /> 1<br /> University of Transport and Communications<br /> 2<br /> Tra Vinh University<br /> <br /> Information: ABSTRACT<br /> Received: 21/01/2019<br /> This paper researches the status of legal regulations for owners of inland<br /> Accepted: 01/07/2019<br /> waterway traffic in Kien Giang province. Using field surveys, it includes<br /> Published: 11/2019<br /> inspection and sanction results from Marine Department inquiries focused<br /> Keywords: on the waterway owners. On this basis, this paper proposes measures to<br /> Civil liability, inland, raise civil liability for marine vehicles operating on the inland waterway of<br /> waterway transport, vehicles, the province.<br /> owners, Kien Giang, province Specifically, the reseach explores the current reality of the legal regulations<br /> of waterway owners in Kien Giang province through actual surveys using the<br /> marine police data. On that basis, proposal to improve civil liability issues<br /> are offered.<br /> <br /> <br /> 1. INTRODUCTION province has a relatively fast development traffic<br /> Kien Giang is a coastal province, located in density. Kien Giang currently manages 902,374<br /> Vietnam’s south western Mekong Delta. It covers motorcycles, motorbikes and 21,381 cars and<br /> an area of more than 6,348.53 km2, with 15 4,649 vehicles of various types.<br /> districts, towns and cities and 145 communes, The inland waterway system are numerous with<br /> wards and towns hosting a total population of many routes to the sea. The coast is 200 km long,<br /> over 1.8 million. The economy of the province is the sea area is 63,290 km2, including 145 islands,<br /> diversified: forestry, agriculture, aquaculture, large and small, with historical water adjacent to<br /> fishing, industry and tourism services. This Cambodia. The whole province has 88 inland<br /> includes 02 island district and the border with waterway routes, with a total length of 679.8 km<br /> Cambodia. (of which: 22 routes under central management,<br /> Kien Giang province has a quite diverse and 53 routes under local management and 13 routes<br /> complex transportation system, including roads, from shore to island); 276 cargo terminals, 18<br /> inland waterways, seaways and airways. The fixed-route passenger wharves, 01 passenger port,<br /> whole province has 292km of national roads, 04 cargo ports. According to the statistics of the<br /> 727km of provincial roads, 57 km of coastal functional departments of Kien Giang province,<br /> corridors, 636km of district roads, 638km of there are 63,000 waterway vehicles, of which<br /> urban roads and 7,084km of rural roads. The exists 122 passenger vehicles. The rest are cargo<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 91<br /> AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (2), 91 – 100<br /> <br /> and household vehicles; there are also over 12,000 2. ACTUAL SITUATION OF LAW<br /> fishing boats. As a neighboring province of An OBSERVANCE AND UNDERSTANDING<br /> Giang, Can Tho, Hau Giang, Ca Mau and Bac OF CIVIL LIABILITY OF INLAND<br /> Lieu provinces, Kien Giang receives a large WATERWAY TRANSPORT VEHICLES<br /> number of vehicles from other provinces and OWNERS<br /> cities in the region every year. On the other hand, 2.1 What is the civil liability of inland waterway<br /> Phu Quoc island district is a key tourist area, vehicles owners?<br /> which is being strongly invested in, so there is a<br /> What is the owner’s responsibility?<br /> great demand for goods and materials as well as<br /> the transport of tourists every year. A civil obligation is a legal relationship between<br /> the obligee and the obligor to legally execute the<br /> As for inland waterway transport in the province,<br /> obligation. To this point, Clause 1, Article 351 of<br /> in recent years, with the development on social<br /> the Civil Code 2015 stipulates: “The obligor fails<br /> life fields of the province in general, in which the<br /> to perform or performs improperly the<br /> number of tourists has rapidly increased,<br /> obligations, so he has civil liability to the parties<br /> waterway transport vehicles are increasing. They<br /> with interests“. Violators are obliged to incur<br /> operate effiently increasing the number of vehicle<br /> adverse consequences as civil liability. If the<br /> of transport on key waterway points on the river,<br /> parties fulfill their obligations fully and legally,<br /> such as: Rach Gia - Ha Tien, Rach Gia - Long<br /> the arising legal relationship is the obligation<br /> Xuyen, Rach Soi - Hau Giang, Ong Hien - Ta<br /> relationship, and in case the obligation is violated,<br /> Nien; waterway routes to islands such as: Giap<br /> the relationship arises then the liability<br /> Gia - Thoai Son, Nam Du and vice versa, Ha Tien<br /> relationship.<br /> - Phuc Quoc and vice versa. It is estimated that on<br /> average, there are about 6,000 vehicles passing With the above explanation, it can be understood<br /> through these important waterway routes every that civil liability is a detrimental legal<br /> day. For river transport routes, the main vehicles consequence, applied to the subject violating civil<br /> of transporting construction materials, goods such law to force this subject to repair the damage<br /> as bricks, stone, sand, cement...; with regard to caused.<br /> traffic routes to the islands, it will mainly be Who are the owners of inland waterway<br /> tourists. In addition, there are many vehicle transport vehicles?<br /> designed for transporting seafood and transporting<br /> According to Clause 7, Article 3 of the 2004<br /> construction materials to the island. Most inland<br /> Inland Waterway Law (23/2004/QH11): “inland<br /> waterway transport owners abide by the traffic<br /> waterway vehicle are ships, boats and other<br /> laws as well as show their understanding to civil<br /> floating structures, motorized or non-motorized,<br /> responsibilities when engaging in this area of<br /> specializing in inland waterway operations“.<br /> business. However, not all water vehicle owners<br /> Therefore, owners of waterway vehicles are those<br /> strictly abide by the traffic laws nor accept as well<br /> who own and have the right to decide on the<br /> as knowing all their civil responsibilities. The<br /> above mentioned vehicle types.<br /> research survey showed that many boats still<br /> overload goods. Violations were made by many Responsibilities of owners of inland waterway<br /> vehicle owners with little understanding of civil transport vehicles:<br /> liability when participating in traffic as well as Responsibilities of owners of inland waterway<br /> their fields of business. Therefore, the situation of vehicles specified in Article 5 of Circular<br /> waterway traffic safety and order in the province 47/2015/TT-BGTVT stipulate the scope of<br /> is becoming increasingly complicated. responsibilities of crew members, vehicle drivers<br /> <br /> <br /> 92<br /> AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (2), 91 – 100<br /> <br /> and minimum safe manning levels on inland of violations, the situation of traffic order and<br /> waterway vehicles as issued by the Minister of safety in the province has made positive changes.<br /> Transport and as amended by Clause 2, Article 1 However, violations in the field of waterway<br /> of Circular 04/2017/TT-BGTVT as follows: transport still occur quite frequently, especially<br /> − Preparing a crew member directory book the situation of overloaded vehicle of transport<br /> according to the form provided in Appendix I causing potential risks of accidents, especially in<br /> to this Circular, equipped with a logbook of the storm seasons.<br /> vehicle of transport of vehicles with a total Although the Ministry of Transport as well as<br /> tonnage of 300 tons or more or a vehicle of Kien Giang province has issued many documents<br /> transport guests with a capacity of 50 guests or and official letters stipulating that waterway<br /> more. transport vehicles must reduce their load during<br /> flood and storm seasons but in reality, that<br /> − Arranging enough numbers and standards of<br /> regulation has not been taken seriously by vehicle<br /> crew members working on the vehicles,<br /> owners. Therefore, throughout 2017 and the first 9<br /> suitable to the number of working shifts in a<br /> months of 2018, the vehicles of transport continue<br /> day.<br /> to violate regulations on water transport safety.<br /> − Apart from crew members prescribed in the This is also one of the primiry causes of many<br /> minimum safe manning limit in Article 19 of waterway traffic accidents.<br /> this Circular, in case of necessity, vehicle<br /> “From November 2017 to November 2018, the<br /> owners may arrange additional crew members<br /> province had 04 inland waterway traffic accidents<br /> or other titles such as: nurses, telegraph,<br /> and 01 marine accident, killing 06 people and<br /> divers...and staff to ensure job requirements.<br /> estimated property damage at. 468,400,000 VND.<br /> − Regulating the scope of responsibilities of Compared to 2017, the number of traffic accidents<br /> other titles working on vehicles not included in decreased by 02 (June 4) = 50%, the number of<br /> the minimum safe payroll specified in this deaths increased by 02 (April 6) = 50%. Property<br /> Circular. damage increased VND 168 million VND<br /> − Ensuring occupational safety and labor (468/300 million VND)” (The Kien Giang<br /> hygiene for crew members and other titles province waterway police department, 2018).<br /> working on the transport vehicles. Comparison of the number of accidents, deaths and<br /> 2.2 Actual situation of law observance by property damage in 3 years (from November 15 of<br /> owners of waterway vehicles this year to November 15 of the following year)<br /> (Table 1) charts accidents reduction, however, the<br /> Recently, thanks to synchronous deployment of<br /> number of deaths and damages are currently on the<br /> propagation and dissemination of the Law on<br /> increase.<br /> inland waterway, with the inspection and handling<br /> Table 1. Violation of inland waterway transport in Kien Giang province for 03 years<br /> <br /> Numerical<br /> Content 2016 2017 2018 Compare<br /> order<br /> Number of<br /> 1 05 06 04 Reduction<br /> accidents<br /> 2 Number of deaths 03 04 06 Increase<br /> Property damage<br /> 3 200.000.000 300.000.000 468.000.000 Increase<br /> (million VND)<br /> <br /> <br /> 93<br /> AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (2), 91 – 100<br /> <br /> As for the vehicles of transportation on the river disbursement of capital construction investment<br /> routes, mainly barges carrying sand and stone, must adjust the plan many times; state<br /> boats transporting agricultural products from other management on seaports, inland waterway<br /> provinces; daily, there are nearly 400 small and wharves does not comply with the planning,<br /> medium waterways vehicles moving across the administrative inspection is still slow and not<br /> river, some even deliberately overtake other resolute.<br /> vehicles at very close distances, easily leading to 2.3 Situation of knowledge about civil liability<br /> collisions. In a brief period, the waterway police of inland waterway transport vehicles<br /> patrol team discovered many overloaded vehicles owners in Kien Giang province<br /> carrying sand, river water level flooded through<br /> For vehicles participating in traffic in general and<br /> the floor, sand too high and overloaded causing<br /> waterway transport vehicles, the strict observance<br /> obstruction of view for the pilot.<br /> of traffic laws is an absolute must. It concerns the<br /> For vehicles of transport on the routes to the rights and lives of individual’s rights, when an<br /> islands, due to the important nature as well as the accident occurs. Therefore, it is extremely<br /> understanding of the vehicle owners, violations important to fully understand the civil<br /> are rare. However, during the rainy season, many responsibilities when participating in traffic. It is<br /> vehicle owners do not strictly comply with notices even more important for owners of vehicles<br /> of time and safety equipment for tourists. Some involved in water transport business.<br /> exceed the level of transport regulations when<br /> Most owners or operators of watercraft<br /> transporting construction materials to the island.<br /> participating in water transport know the danger<br /> From the beginning of the year until now, there level of overloading, vessels as well as<br /> have been 04 cases of water traffic accident in the compliance with regulations on vehicle standards,<br /> province caused by overloading, as well as failure traffic safety and insurance for vehicle owners as<br /> to comply with the regulations on safety for well as taxpayers to operate vehicles. However,<br /> travelers when participating in traffic. In violations have continued and have tended to<br /> particular, during the rainy season, the violation of increase.<br /> the provisions of the law on ensuring safety and<br /> When interviewed, many vehicle owners said that<br /> order of waterways in general and the violation of<br /> it was difficult for each shipment of goods, so<br /> overloading allowances in particular increase the<br /> they carried as much goods as possible, in order to<br /> risk and cause of unsafe traffic on the province’s<br /> profit more. It discovered, only administrative<br /> waterways.<br /> sanctions are imposed. There are a number of<br /> In spite of the achieved results, in 2018, the vehicle owners who do not buy insurance for<br /> transport sector of Kien Giang province still has people served on board. Even vehicles do not<br /> some shortcomings and limitations that need to be have insurance. For some owners of business<br /> overcome, such as: a lack of inspection and vehicles with small and odd nature, small vehicle<br /> management guidance, poor monitoring; loads, do not participate in business registration.<br /> implementation and fully implementing the Many owners of vehicles still operate according to<br /> regulations in coordination with agencies, districts pre-existing river habits. When asked the<br /> and towns. Some regulations have been question: Why do not you register your business?<br /> implemented but the ability of people to Many media owners answered: No matter how<br /> understand and implement is still limited. The long it is, there is no problem!<br /> management of progress and quality of some<br /> To further clarify the understanding of civil<br /> transportation works has not met requirements;<br /> liability of inland waterway transport vehicles<br /> <br /> 94<br /> AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (2), 91 – 100<br /> <br /> owners when participating in transportation and on river routes and owners of waterway means<br /> business in the waterway sector, the authors participating in traffic to island routes, the results<br /> conducted a survey with two groups of subjects: are shown in the following chart:<br /> owners of waterway vessels participating in traffic<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chart 1. Understanding the Civil Law of inland waterway transport vehicles owners on rivers<br /> Survey results of 200 waterway transport owners and some of these only remember the 2005 Civil<br /> participating in the traffic on rivers such as: Rach Law, but little is known of the 2015 Civil Law.<br /> Gia - Ha Tien, Rach Gia - Long Xuyen, Rach Soi As for the survey results of vehicle owners on<br /> - Hau Giang, Mr. Hien - Ta Nien show: vehicle routes from the mainland to the island (frequency<br /> owners do not know clearly the Civil Law is up to 100), although their awareness and awareness of<br /> 33% (66/200 respondents), the number of people civil liability have changed, the number of vehicle<br /> who know that is 16% (32/200 respondents), the owners understanding of civil law and their<br /> remaining 51% (102/200 respondents) are vague responsibilities are not high. This is evidenced by<br /> the following chart:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chart 2. Understanding the Civil Law of inland waterway transport vehicles owners on routes to islands<br /> <br /> <br /> 95<br /> AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (2), 91 – 100<br /> <br /> When interviewed, some vehicles owners 50,000 VND to 12,000,000 VND. In particular,<br /> appeared to be indifferent to the violations and the act of transporting goods beyond the safety<br /> gave many reasons to explain the violations. One water mark above 1/2 of the freeboard height of a<br /> of the important reasons is that many vehicle vehicle, for vessels with a gross tonnage of<br /> owners are less knowledgeable about their between 15 tons and over 1,500 tons, an<br /> responsibilities. Typically, there are the owners additional penalty is added: custody of the<br /> who have 3 to 5 sanctions for overloaded cargo Captain’s certificate, the driving license for 1-2<br /> from the checkpoints of other provinces. This months (Government of Vietnam, 2015).<br /> shows that the compliance with the laws on traffic In addition, the Decree clearly stipulates other<br /> safety as well as the owners’ sense of civil regulations on handling of administrative<br /> liability is not high. The owners usually use the violations as well as sanctions and other remedies.<br /> rationale: “Knowing that overloading is illegal, However, the number of owners of inland<br /> but because each trip lasts from 3 to 5 days, we waterway transport vehicles who answered did<br /> have to accept overloading to make a profit, if not know up to 34% (frequency of 102/300<br /> carrying the legal load, the profit will not be respondents), number of unknown answers was<br /> high”. 37.7% (frequency of 113/300 respondents), the<br /> Regarding the current acts of overloading on rest respondents only understood 28.3%<br /> waterway vehicles, the provisions of Article 28 of (frequency of 85/300 respondents).<br /> Decree No. 132/2015/ND-CP stipulate the In order to have a basis for offering basic<br /> sanctioning of administrative violations in the solutions to improve civil liability for inland<br /> field of inland waterway transport. The waterway transport vehicles owners in the<br /> Government has stated clearly the sanctioning province, the research team conducted the survey<br /> level of administrative violations in the field of by questionnaire, the results are as follows:<br /> inland water transport with a fine ranging from<br /> Table 2. Some vehicle owners’ understanding of civil liability-related issues<br /> <br /> numerical Yes A little No<br /> Content<br /> order Frequency % Frequency % Frequency %<br /> Do you think insurance<br /> for vehicles and people<br /> 1 156 52.0 102 34.0 42 14.0<br /> involved in water<br /> transport is important?<br /> Do you think it is<br /> important to buy<br /> 2 insurance for vehicles 137 45.7 94 31.3 69 23.0<br /> and people involved in<br /> water transport?<br /> Do you know of any<br /> 4 97 32.3 102 34.0 101 33.7<br /> insurance policy?<br /> Do you know the<br /> 5 54 18.0 122 40.7 124 41.3<br /> premium rates?<br /> 6 Do you know the extent 78 26.0 113 37.7 109 36.3<br /> <br /> <br /> 96<br /> AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (2), 91 – 100<br /> <br /> numerical Yes A little No<br /> Content<br /> order Frequency % Frequency % Frequency %<br /> of compensation for<br /> damages to inland<br /> waterway vehicles?<br /> Do you know the forms<br /> of administrative<br /> 7 80 26.7 105 35.0 115 38.3<br /> sanctions when vehicles<br /> are violated?<br /> When the consequences<br /> of violations have to<br /> 8 52 17.3 248 82.7<br /> overcome? (check only 2<br /> boxes with and without)<br /> <br /> <br /> The results of the survey showed that many province has made great progress, meeting<br /> owners of inland waterways transport were not promptly the needs of socio-economic<br /> aware of the regulations, as well as the penalties development of the province in the new situation,<br /> for vehicles violating the waterway traffic law. including a significant contribution from the<br /> Worth mentioning is that up to 82.7% (248/300 owners of inland waterway transport vehicles of<br /> respondents) said that they did not know about province.<br /> having to overcome the consequences when the 3.1 General solution<br /> vehicle of transport violated and caused<br /> Firstly, improve the role of state management in<br /> consequences; many inland waterwway transport<br /> the management of inland waterway transport,<br /> vehicle owners also answered: just compensation<br /> strengthen the state management of vehicle<br /> is done!<br /> quality, service quality, and traffic safety, and<br /> Thus, it can be said that the knowledge about civil create a healthy competitive market for all<br /> liability of inland waterway transport vehicle economic sectors participating in inland waterway<br /> owners in Kien Giang province is relatively low. transport business.<br /> This is an alarming issue and also poses many<br /> Secondly, continue to perform the work of<br /> problems for the waterway transport management<br /> ensuring the order and safety of road and<br /> unit in the province. In order to improve civil<br /> waterway traffic in the province. Strengthen<br /> liability for water transport owners in the<br /> patrol, control and management of operation of<br /> province, there should be many synchronous<br /> cross-river passenger wharves, waterway transport<br /> solutions.<br /> vehicle from shore to island. To ensure traffic<br /> 3. PROPOSAL OF SOME BASIC order and safety, the provincial police need to<br /> SOLUTIONS direct the competent authorities to strengthen<br /> Although the transport system of Kien Giang inspection and supervision ... the observance of<br /> province is diverse and complex, but with the the provisions of the law, especially the<br /> motto of “Traffic goes ahead to paving the way”, regulations on service quality standards of inland<br /> over the past time, with the attention of the waterway transport owners, especially for<br /> Central Government, the Party Committee, local businesses trading in this field. Strictly handle<br /> authorities, transport industry of Kien Giang according to law provisions on violating<br /> <br /> 97<br /> AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (2), 91 – 100<br /> <br /> individuals and business establishments, to create and controlling along the route in charge so that<br /> deterrence. At the same time, the competent when detecting a violation, immediately<br /> authorities should quickly resolve complaints and determined. It is necessary to drastically enforce<br /> denunciations about issues related to business and impose penalties for waterway vehicle<br /> activities, passenger transport and material operating in contravention of regulations. Only in<br /> transport, in order to ensure the fair equal, this way can it create surprise and limit the<br /> effective in competition as well as ensure the subjectivity of the vehicles involved in traffic.<br /> safety of life and property for people involved in The purpose is to create a habit for road users to<br /> inland waterway transport. strictly abide by traffic safety laws. Besides, it is<br /> Thirdly, Kien Giang province needs to have necessary to drastically stop the situation of<br /> mechanisms and policies to encourage businesses asking begging, even negative in the process of<br /> with capacity and conditions to participate in the handling waterway traffic violations.<br /> business of inland waterway transport. Focus on inspecting and handling vehicles with<br /> Department of Transport should set up a large tonnage, carrying construction materials,<br /> professional council (can invite reputable flammable substances, passengers and tourists,<br /> scientists) to advise the competent authorities to etc. Resolutely handle and force to overcome<br /> review the dossier for the establishment, issuance consequences for violations which are raw causes<br /> and revocation of operation licenses. For causing traffic accidents, overloading the<br /> businesses involved in this sector, any unit or permissible load, exceeding the prescribed<br /> organization doing business must have a permit number; vehicles which do not ensure technical<br /> granted by the competent State agencies. The safety, fire and explosion prevention and safety,<br /> competent State agencies shall be responsible for are not equipped with life-saving and shipwreck<br /> appraising, reviewing dossiers and issuing salvage facilities and are not equipped with<br /> operation licenses for organizations and units enough crew members; crew members, vehicle<br /> wishing to directly conduct business and meet all drivers do not have a license, a professional<br /> conditions, records in accordance with the law. certificate, or have but are not suitable, the vehicle<br /> Therefore, to facilitate the development of is not registered and failing to test quality of<br /> businesses participating in the business, it is vehicle transport .<br /> necessary to continue to promote administrative Fourthly, proactively and promptly advise the<br /> procedures in order to facilitate the establishment Party Committee and the Director of the<br /> and resolution of regimes and policies for Provincial Public Security Department to develop<br /> businesses. However, if any establishment fails to plans, programs, and direct the implementation of<br /> comply with the provisions of law, the competent major and focused tasks, enhance responsibility in<br /> State agency will revoke its operation license. the struggle and prevent conspiracy and anti-<br /> For the inland waterway traffic police force, sabotage activities of hostile forces, crime<br /> which is the core force to ensure traffic safety and prevention and handling complex issues related to<br /> order, so the improvement of professional traffic order and safety in inland waterways in<br /> qualifications, education of sense of Kien Giang province. Strengthening the political-<br /> responsibility, correction of behavior and attitude ideological education for cadres and soldiers to be<br /> in interacting with road users and water transport assured of their work, at the same time seriously<br /> owners that is necessary. In addition to implementing the working process, office rules,<br /> modernizing equipment, working facilities, office culture and beautiful image-building<br /> innovating to improve the quality of patrols in the behavior of waterway police towards the people.<br /> direction of increasing maneuverability, patrolling<br /> <br /> 98<br /> AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (2), 91 – 100<br /> <br /> 3.2 Specific solution about the inadequacies of this system, the<br /> Firstly, for the waterway traffic police force in shortcomings of the inspection and management<br /> Kien Giang province, it is the core force to ensure agencies ... thereby raising the awareness of law<br /> traffic safety and order, so the improvement of observance, raising the civil liability of traffic<br /> professional qualifications, education of sense of participants, of vehicle owners, of business<br /> responsibility, correcting attitudes when establishments and responsibilities of State<br /> interacting with road users and waterway management agencies in the field of inland<br /> transport vehicles owners is a necessary job. In waterway transport.<br /> addition to modernizing equipment, working Fourthly, strengthening the dissemination of laws<br /> facilities, innovating to improve the quality of and regulations on navigation: through the mass<br /> patrols in the direction of increasing media, professional groups to propagate the<br /> maneuverability, patrolling and controlling along situation of waterway traffic safety and order,<br /> the waterway routes in charge so as to detect enforce regulations on responsibilities of water<br /> violations, instant settlement. It is necessary to transport owners as well as business<br /> drastically enforce and impose penalties for establishments. Need to renovate the form and<br /> waterway vehicle operating in contravention of content of popular propagation and education of<br /> regulations. Only in this way can it create surprise laws on traffic order and safety, insurance<br /> and limit the subjectivity of the vehicles involved regulations, levels and penalties such as photo<br /> in traffic. The purpose is to create a habit for the exhibition, distribution of leaflets transmission...<br /> vehicles participating in the traffic to strictly abide 4. CONCLUSION<br /> by the laws on traffic safety. Besides, it is<br /> Over the years, with the efforts of Kien Giang’s<br /> necessary to drastically stop the situation of<br /> departments and agencies, the observance and<br /> asking begging, even negative in the process of<br /> understanding of regulations of inland waterway<br /> handling violations of waterway transport.<br /> transport vehicles owners in the province have<br /> Secondly, renewing the content, methods of improved. In general, transport activities on<br /> propagation and education of the law on inland inland waterways are at a safe threshold. But with<br /> waterway transport, the regulations on handling of the above-mentioned situation, along with the<br /> administrative violations in the field of waterway rapid increase of inland waterway transport<br /> transport to owners of vehicles and vehicles vehicles when the vehicles owners have certain<br /> drivers, people in traffic know and obey. Regular knowledge when participating in transportation<br /> or irregular activities in coordination with and business in this field, it may cause<br /> newspaper agencies, Radio and television stations catastrophic. Under these circumstances,<br /> of the province, district radio station, PX15 office propaganda and education for waterway transport<br /> build reports, news...propaganda, reflect the vehicles owners to understand their<br /> situation of safety in inland waterways transport, responsibilities is an important thing and needs to<br /> activities of inspecting and handling be done immediately.<br /> administrative violations of functional units and<br /> The waterway traffic police force is actively<br /> branches for common dissemination, education<br /> implementing the plan to ensure traffic safety,<br /> and prevention.<br /> raising the civil liability of waterway transport<br /> Thirdly, develop a plan to organize exchanges and vehicles owners with specific activities:<br /> dialogues for vehicle owners, crew members, promoting propaganda and dissemination,<br /> vehicle drivers ... to absorb the regulations related education on Civil Law, inland waterway traffic<br /> to inland waterway transport and give feedback law; the necessity of insurance for vehicles<br /> <br /> <br /> 99<br /> AGU International Journal of Sciences – 2019, Vol. 7 (2), 91 – 100<br /> <br /> owners and operators; guide boat people to wear Kien Giang Provincial Police, Waterway Police<br /> life jackets, floating tools as well as necessary Department. 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