C/S S.

007 - HANDBOOK OF BEACON REGULATIONS VTN - Section

Last update: 23 May 2019
(Last amended sections are shown highlighted in grey)

VIET NAM

1. REGULATIONS

General

Nil.

EPIRBs

All ships including passenger ships, regardless of length, general cargo ships with tonnage of 300
GT and above, shall be fitted with EPIRB.

All fishing vessels working in GMDSS area A2 & A3: at least one 406 MHz EPIRB.

ELTs

Vietnamese aircraft are required to be equipped with the ELTs in accordance with the regulations
under the Civil Aeronautics Law.

PLBs

1.4.1 National Beacon Regulations for Serial-Coded PLBs

For Terrestrial In Maritime On

Applications Environment Aircraft
Administration Country Country Country Comments
Recognises PLB Recognises PLB Recognises PLB
Activations Activations Activations
Viet Nam Y Y Y Nil

Similar information is available in the new table on the Cospas-Sarsat website (www.cospas-
sarsat.int) with the status indication in colors (Y = green, allows / N = red, not allowed /
Restrictions = amber (see comments) and with the note that the national beacon regulations can be
found on the Cospas-Sarsat website in document C/S S.007).

2. BEACONS CODING METHODS

EPIRB Coding Methods

USER PROTOCOLS LOCATION PROTOCOLS
Radio RLS
Maritime User Serial User Call User Location Standard Location National Location (Return Link
Country Sign Service)
Code Serial Number
Radio Radio Nal TAC
Radio TAC TAC TAC Assigned by
MMSI Call MMSI Call MMSI RLS &
Call Sign & S/N & S/N & S/N Competent
Sign Sign Number S/N
Administration
574 Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N N [Y/N] N
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ELT Coding Methods

USER PROTOCOLS LOCATION PROTOCOLS
RLS
Aviation National
Serial User User Location Standard Location (Return Link
User Location
Service)
Country
Aircraft Aircraft Aircraft Aircraft Aircraft Serial Number
Code
Operator Aircraft Nationality Operator Aircraft Nationality Operator Aircraft Assigned by Nal TAC
TAC TAC TAC
Designator 24-bit and Designator 24-bit and Designator 24-bit Competent RLS &
& S/N & S/N & S/N
and Serial Address Registration and Serial Address Registration and Serial Address Administra- Number S/N
Number Marking Number Marking Number tion
574 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y [Y/N] Y

PLB Coding Methods

USER PROTOCOLS LOCATION PROTOCOLS
RLS
Serial User User Location Standard Location National Location
Country (Return Link Service)
Code Serial Number Assigned Nal TAC
TAC TAC
by Competent RLS &
& S/N & S/N
Administration Number S/N
574 Y Y Y [Y/N] Y

3. LIST OF BEACON MODELS TYPE APPROVED BY ADMINISTRATION

Not available.

4. BEACON TESTING REGULATION

Not available.

5. POINT OF CONTACT FOR BEACON MATTERS (CODING, REGISTRATION

AND TYPE APPROVAL)

The point of contact for beacon matters is: Viet Nam Maritime Communication and Electronics
Single Member Limited Liability Company (VISHIPEL).
Updated point of contact details for administrations are available at:
https://www.cospas-sarsat.int/en/contacts-pro/contacts-details-all.

6. BEACON REGISTRATION

Regulation

Beacon owners are requested to submit a registration form to Viet Nam Mission Control Centre
(website: www.vnmcc.vishipel.vn or email: vnmcc@vishipel.com.vn).

Forms

Online beacon registration form (ELT, EPIRB, PLB) is available at: http://vnmcc.vishipel.vn/.

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