Decree No. 65/2025/ND-CP: Some new points in provisions on assignment of sea areas to organizations, individuals for exploitation and use of marine resources

Abstract

On 12^th March 2025, the Government issued Decree No. 65/2025/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 40/2016/ND-CP dated 15^th May 2016 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Marine and Island Resources and Environment and Decree No. 11/2021/ND-CP dated 10^th February 2021 of the Government stipulating assignment of certain sea areas to organizations, individuals for exploitation and use of marine resources. In this Decree, many new points in provisions on assignment of sea areas to organizations, individuals for exploitation and use of marine resources have resolved difficulties and obstacles in management of activities of exploitation and use of marine resources; resolved some bottlenecks in administrative procedures through cutting down intermediate steps in the process of implementing administrative procedures on assignment of sea areas. This article focuses on some prominent amendments and supplements in Decree No. 65/2025/ND-CP on assignment of sea areas to organizations, individuals for exploitation and use of marine resources.