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THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No. 99/1998/QD-TTg
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Hanoi , May 26, 1998
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DECISION
ON THE MANAGEMENT
OF POST AND TELECOMMUNICATION PRICES AND CHARGES
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant
to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
At the proposal of the General Director of the General Department of Post and
Telecommunications,
DECIDES:
Article 1.-
This Decision stipulates the unified State management over post and
telecommunication prices and charges, including the prices and charges for
domestic and international post and telecommunication services.
Article 2.-
The post service charges include charges for services of delivering,
dispatching mails, money and parcels, distributing newspapers, printed matters
and other services via the postal operation network. The telecommunication
service prices and charges including charges for information transmitting,
recording and supplying services, prices of telephone installation via the
telephone network, telegraphs, telex, Internet, communication channels and
other services of the telecommunication operation network.
Article 3.-
Principles for setting post and telecommunication prices and charges:
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2. The post and telecommunication prices and
charges shall be set on the basis of the product or service prices, ensuring
that the enterprises can cover costs, make reasonable profits and fulfill
obligations towards the State budget, being suited to the users' payment
capability and encouraging healthy competition.
3. The international post and telecommunication
prices and charges shall be determined in the US dollar (USD), applicable to
all Vietnamese organizations and individuals, foreign organizations and
individuals working in Vietnam, shall be collected in USD of in Vietnam dong at
the official exchange rate announced by the State Bank of Vietnam at the time of
collection.
Article 4.-
Tasks and competence in the management of post and telecommunication prices and
charges
1. The Prime Minister:
a/ Deciding the strategies, policies, mechanisms
and principles for setting domestic and international post and telecommunication
prices and charges;
b/ Deciding or authorizing the General Director
of the General Department of Post and Telecommunications, the heads of the
concerned ministries and branches to negotiate and sign multilateral or
bilateral international agreements on post and telecommunication prices and
charges;
c/ Authorizing the General Director of the
General Department of Post and Telecommunications to decide the domestic
standard charges for ordinary mails of up to 20 grams in weight; telex and
telephone charges.
2. The Government Pricing Committee:
a/ Evaluating the projects of the General
Department of Post and Telecommunications on the policies, mechanisms,
principles for setting post and telecommunication prices and charges for
submission to the Prime Minister. Evaluating the options on standard charges of
post and telecommunication services mentioned in Point c, Item 1, Article 4
prepared by the General Department of Post and Telecommunications and
submitting them to the Prime Minister;
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- Charges for transmitting Nhan Dan (People) and
Quan Doi Nhan Dan (People's Army) newspapers;
- Charges for domestic radio and television
broadcasting;
- Charges for distributing Nhan Dan and Quan Doi
Nhan Dan newspapers.
c/ Coordinating with the General Department of
Post and Telecommunications in controlling, when necessary, the production
costs of the post and telecommunication enterprises;
d/ Organizing or coordinating with the General
Department of Post and Telecommunications in inspecting, supervising and
handling violations of post and telecommunication prices and charges in
accordance with the provisions of law.
3. The General Department of Post and
Telecommunications:
a/ Formulating policies, mechanisms and
principles for setting domestic and international post and telecommunication
prices and charges and submitting them to the Prime Minister;
b/ Formulating options on the standard charges
of services mentioned in Point c, Item 1, Article 4 and submitting them to the
Prime Minister;
c/ Being authorized by the Prime Minister to
decide the domestic standard charges for ordinary mails of up to 20 grams in
weight, telegraph and telephone charges.
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e/ After consulting the Government Pricing
Committee, setting the price and charge brackets or specific prices and charges
for the following services:
- Specifying the standard charge levels for
services mentioned in Point c, Item 1, Article 4 of this Decision;
- The price bracket for telephone installation;
- The telephone package-hiring charge bracket or
specific charges and intra-area telephone charges;
- Data transmission.
f/ Setting the charge bracket or charges for the
following services:
- Mobile phone;
- Charges for hiring domestic or international
long-distance telephone channel;
- Internet;
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- Outbound international letters and telephone
calls;
- Domestic parcels.
g/ Guiding and directing post and
telecommunication enterprises:
- To fulfill international commitments and
obligations, ensuring the interests of the State, their interests and the
interests of post and telecommunication service users.
- To draw up options on the prices and charges
for services under the deciding competence of the General Department of Post
and Telecommunications or the Government Pricing Committee.
h/ Setting the prices or price brackets for
payment between enterprises jointly engaged in the provision of post and
telecommunication services;
i/ Laying down the principles for the exemption
and/or reduction of post and telecommunication charges for service users after
consulting the Government Pricing Committee;
j/ Laying down the principles and adopting the
policies on international payment charges between Vietnamese post and
telecommunication enterprises and international post and telecommunication
organizations; ensuring the national interests and the enterprises' interests
in conformity with international practices and agreements which have been
signed or acceded to by Vietnam;
k/ Defining the mechanism for management of post
and telecommunication service charges with regard to organizations which are
permitted to resell such services in accordance with the provisions of law;
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m/ Setting, in agreement with the Vietnam Civil
Aviation Department, charges for air transportation of postal matters;
n/ Assuming the prime responsibility and
coordinating with the Government Pricing Committee in supervising, when
necessary, the production costs of post and telecommunication enterprises;
o/ Organizing the inspection, supervision and
handling of violations of prices and charges in accordance with current
provisions of law.
4. Post and telecommunication enterprises:
a/ Abiding by the prices and charge rates set by
the competent agencies. Complying with the State prescriptions on the
management of post and telecommunication prices and charges.
b/ Drawing up options on post and
telecommunication prices and charges or price or charge brackets and submitting
them to the General Department of Post and Telecommunications for decision or
proposing them to the Government Pricing Committee for decision according to
its competence.
c/ Basing themselves on the price and charge
brackets and guiding documents of the General Department of Post and
Telecommunications and the Government Pricing Committee to decide the specific
prices and charge levels for post and telecommunication products and services;
deciding and guiding the application of prices and charges for post and
telecommunication services outside the list prescribed by the State.
Article 5.-
Posting up post and telecommunication prices and charges
Post and telecommunication enterprises, agents,
restaurants, hotels and other organizations which are permitted to resell post
and telecommunication services shall have to post up openly and clearly prices
and charges appropriate to the services provided.
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The General Director of the General Department
of Post and Telecommunications and the head of the Government Pricing Committee
shall have to guide the implementation of this Decision.
Article 7.-
The ministers, the heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the heads of the
agencies attached to the Government and the presidents of the People's
Committees of the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government
shall have to implement this Decision.
THE PRIME
MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Nguyen Tan Dung