If a house is near the railway, can it be opened to cross the railway line in Vietnam?

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• In Vietnam, if a house is near the railway, can it be opened to cross the railway line?
• How are organizations and individuals engaged in railway activities entitled to incentives and supports?

In Vietnam, if a house is near the railway, can it be opened to cross the railway line?

In Article 9 of the Railway Law 2017, there are provisions on prohibited acts in railway activities as follows:

1. Damage railway works and railway vehicles.

2. Illegally occupy the railway safety corridor and the safety perimeter of the railway work

3. Build an illegal crossing; illegally build flyovers, underpasses, culverts or other works built within the land area for rail transport; illegally drill or bore within the safety perimeter of the railway work.

4. Falsify works and railway signaling; hide or falsify railway signals.

5. Obstruct the train operation; arbitrarily use signals or equipment to stop the train, unless a threat to railway safety is found.

6. Trespass the fence, the barrier of the level crossing when the block signal is given; trespass the fences that separate the railway from the surrounding.

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According to current regulations, you will not be allowed to open the passageway across the railway to ensure your safety and the operation of the train.

How are organizations and individuals engaged in railway activities entitled to incentives and supports?

In Clause 2, Article 6 of the Railway Law 2017, there are provisions on incentives and support in railway activities as follows:

2. An organization or individual involved in railway activities shall be eligible for incentives and support as follows:

a) They are allocated land without paying land levy on the land area used for construction of urban and railway infrastructure; the land for construction of dedicated railway infrastructure and railway industrial work shall be exempted from land rent.

b) According to the actual sources, the State shall lend them a fund charged at the interest rate of preferential investment from the State investment or they shall be provided with government-guaranteed loans according to regulations of the law on management of public debt for development of national and urban railway infrastructure; investment in and procurement of railway vehicles, machines and equipment for railway maintenance; development of railway industry;

c) The railway infrastructure enterprise, urban railway enterprise and railway industry enterprise shall be eligible for incentives for enterprise income tax rate according to regulations of the Law on Enterprise Income Tax;

d) They shall enjoy exemption from import duties on machines, equipment, components, railway vehicles, raw materials for manufacture of machines and equipment or spare parts of machines and equipment necessary for construction of railway infrastructures that are yet to be domestically produced;

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