OIL POLLUTION ACT OF USA AND REFERENCE TO VIETNAM SITUATIONS

Abstract

The issues of compensation for oil pollution damage from ships are complex and involving many people, so we need some legal documents stipulate details of the process and procedures for compensation for oil pollution damage. Moreover, Vietnam has un-actively incorporated the provisions of the CLC into national laws. These are the reasons that Vietnam has difficulty in claiming oil pollution damages caused by ships. Unlike Vietnam, the United States was among active participants in the deliberations preceding the adoption of the CLC, but did not participate in this convention, and built its own law - this is OPA with superior rules. Within the scope of the article, the author will analyze OPA to help understand this law, thereby drawing lessons that can be applied to the Vietnam laws system, which aims to further improve the Vietnam's civil liability regime for oil pollution damage caused by ships.