An Overview of International Laws and Vietnamese Laws to Prevent and Compensate for Damage Caused by Offshore Oil Pollution
An Overview of International Laws and Vietnamese Laws to Prevent and Compensate for Damage Caused by Offshore Oil Pollution

Summary/Abstract: Pollution caused by offshore oil can cause severe damage and have lasting effects. It is recognized that preventing, treating, and compensating for damage caused by offshore oil pollution is a matter of great concern to all countries. As a result, international laws and regulations on the prevention and compensation of oil pollution have been promulgated one after another. Vietnam is a large maritime country that has been improving its own policies and laws on preventing, combating, and demanding compensation for damage caused by oil pollution, while studying international law on prevention and compensation of damage as a guideline. These improvements to pollution laws and policies are urgent because of the prevalence of and damage done by offshore oil. This study, therefore, focuses on the major international treaties to prevent, control, and compensate for damage caused by offshore oil pollution. Vietnam’s policy formation and legislative process is particularly relevant in this area. Arguments to support Vietnam’s policy formulation and legislative process is particularly important in joining the international treaties of Vietnam (International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969, 1996).

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