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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:
158/2001/QD-TTg
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Hanoi,
October 18, 2001
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DECISION
RATIFYING VIETNAM POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY TILL 2010 AND ORIENTATIONS TILL 2020
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the
Government of September 30, 1992;
Pursuant to the August 31, 2001 Resolution No. 10/2001/NQ-CP on the
Government’s August 2001 regular meeting;
At the proposal of the General Department of Post and Telecommunications in its
Report No.369/TCBD-KTKH of April 10, 2001; after considering opinions of the
Ministry of Planning and Investment (Official Dispatch No.2099-BKH/CSHT of
April 9, 2001), the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Official
Dispatch No.874/BKHCNMT-CN of April 5, 2001), the Ministry of Culture and
Information (Official Dispatch No.1164/BVHTT-BC of April 3, 2001), the Ministry
of Public Security (Official Dispatch No.453-CV/BCA(V11) of April 11, 2001),
the Ministry of Defense (Official Dispatch No.1169/QP of April 27, 2001), the
Ministry of Finance (Official Dispatch No.3237-TC/TCDN of April 10, 2001), and
the Ministry of Industry (Official Dispatch No.1252/CV-KHDT of April 5, 2001)
on "Vietnam post and telecommunications development strategy till 2010 and
orientations till 2020",
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To ratify
"Vietnam post and telecommunications development strategy till 2010 and
orientations till 2020" with the following major contents:
1. Viewpoints
a/ Vietnam post and telecommunications, which,
together with informatics and communication, constitute the national information
infrastructure, must be a spearhead branch, developing more strongly and being
regularly updated with modern technologies and techniques. The development must
go in line with the efficient management and exploitation in order to create
conditions for the application and promotion of information technology in all
domains of the entire society, thus contributing to national socio-economic
development and raising the population’s intellectual standards.
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c/ To take initiative in economic integration,
ensuring that development goes in parallel with the maintenance of information
security and safety, contributing to firmly defending the socialist fatherland
of Vietnam.
2. The strategy’s objectives:
a/ To build up and develop the national
information infrastructure with modern technologies being on a par with those
of the regional advanced countries, which covers the whole nation with high
flux, speed and quality, as well as fruitful operation, creating conditions for
the entire society to exploit and share information on the background of the
already built national information highway; and lays foundation for the
application and development of information technology in service of the cause
of national industrialization and modernization.
b/ To provide the society and consumers with
modern, diversified and abundant post and telecommunications services with
prices below or equal to the average prices of the regional countries; to
satisfy all demands for information in service of socio-economic development,
security and defense. To universalize post, telecommunications and informatics
services to all regions and parts of the country with higher and higher service
quality. By 2010, the number of telephone sets and Internet users per 100
people shall reach the regional average level.
c/ To build up post and telecommunications in
the trend of technological integration into a spearhead economic-technical
branch which fruitfully operates and contributes more and more to the national
GDP growth, thus creating more jobs for the society.
3. Orientations for
development of domains
a/ Development of infrastructure of
telecommunications and informatics networks
- To build and develop an advanced, modern,
fruitful, safe and reliable infrastructure of the national telecommunications
and informatics networks covering the whole country, including deep-lying, remote,
border and island areas. To formulate the national information highway of big
capacity and with high speed on the basis of integrating telecommunications,
informatics and mass media technologies and services. To apply broad
band-access methods to each user’s household: optic fiber cables, broad band
wireless, VINASAT..., which lay foundation for the application and development
of information technologies, electronic commerce, electronic government, public
services and other domains.
- By 2005, all provinces and cities throughout
the country shall be linked together by broad band- optic fiber cables. By
2010, the national information highway shall link to all districts and many
communes in the whole country by optic cables and other broad band transmission
modes; at least 30% of the subscribers will be able to access to the broad band
telecommunications and Internet.
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- To develop Vietnam post along the direction of
mechanization, automation and computerization, aiming to reach the modern level
of the regional advanced countries. To separate post from telecommunications so
that they will operate independently and fruitfully, provide various services
with international standards.
- By 2010, to achieve an average service level of
under 7,000 people per one post and telecommunications service-providing place
within an average service diameter of under 3 km. To achieve the target of 100%
of delta communes and most of mountainous communes receiving daily papers in
the day.
c/ Development of exclusive-use information
networks
- To develop modern exclusive-use information
networks compatible with the development of the national public networks,
which, on the one hand meet the branches’ demand for exclusive information and,
on the other hand, efficiently use information infrastructure of the already
built public networks.
- To give priority to the development of a
modern exclusive-use information network in service of the Party, the
Government, defense and security; to ensure the service quality and
requirements on confidentiality and information safety.
d/ Development of services
- To quickly develop, diversify and efficiently
exploit different types of services based on the national information
infrastructure, with a view to providing users with high-quality, safe and
confidential post, telecommunications and Internet services at the charge rates
below or equal to the average level of the regional countries, in service of
the cause of socio-economic development, security, defense, national
industrialization and modernization.
- To speed up the universalization of postal,
telecommunications and Internet services throughout the country. Besides the
basic fixed services, to promote the development of mobile services, Internet,
e-commerce, services for e-Government, public services, community services and
other value-added services.
By 2010, the average telephone density shall
reach 15-18 telephones/100 people; more than 60% of households will have
telephones on average, which shall be 100% in urban centers; to widely provide
Internet services to research institutes, universities, schools and hospitals
throughout the country.
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- To bring into play all the country’s internal
resources in combination with efficient international cooperation for market
expansion and development. To continue eliminating domains where enterprises
hold monopoly, strongly shift to the competitive market, create conditions for
all economic sectors to participate in postal, telecommunications and Internet
services while firmly maintaining the leading role of the State-run economic
sector. The new enterprises (besides the leading ones) will hold a share of
25-30% of Vietnam post, telecommunications and Internet market by 2005, and
40-50% by 2010.
- To actively exploit the domestic market while
expanding operations to international market. To take initiative in economic
integration along the roadmap already committed multilaterally or bilaterally.
f/ Scientific and technological development
- To update modern and advanced technologies in
building the national information infrastructure. The selected technologies
must be the forerunners, compatible and suitable with the technological
integration trend.
- To step up the research and application of scientific
and technological achievements in all domains: equipment, networks, services,
industries, management, human resources... To master the imported technologies,
then proceed to create more and more products with Vietnamese technologies.
g/ Development of post, telecommunications and
informatics industries
- To encourage domestic and foreign economic
sectors to participate in the development of post, telecommunications and
informatics industries; and various forms of foreign investment with the
transfer of high technologies, including form of 100% foreign capital.
- To enhance the acceptance of the transferred
modern technologies; step by step proceed to master both hardware and software
engineering, make products of international quality. To raise the home-made
equipment production capacity, thus meeting 60% of Vietnam’s demand for use of
post, telecommunications and informatics equipment by 2005 and 80% by 2010. To
accelerate the process of raising the value content of Vietnam’s labor in its
products to 30-40% by 2005 and 60-70% by 2010. To enhance cooperation and
exchange, participating in the international labor distribution market, effect
the specialized production of a number of products in Vietnam; to promote the
export of products to overseas markets.
- To pay attention to prioritizing the
mobilization of capital and investment in human resources for the development
of software engineering. By 2010, the software’s turnover is expected to make
up over 30% of the total turnover of post, telecommunications and informatics
industries. To quickly increase the software’s proportion in products; step by
step penetrate into regional and international markets through labor
distribution and production specialization.
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- To train and develop skillful and qualified
human resources that can master modern technologies and techniques and manage
the economy in a sound manner.
- By 2010, to raise the productivity and quality
of labor in service of Vietnam post and telecommunications to the level of the
regional advanced countries.
4. Major solutions
a/ To continue renewing policies to mobilize
domestic resources and attract foreign resources
- To speed up the elaboration of the Post and
Telecommunications Ordinance and Law and the formulation of a system of
relevant legal documents so as to create conditions for strongly shifting post
and telecommunications to the competitive market; to take initiative in
effecting the door-opening process and international economic integration.
- To quickly adopt and promulgate specific
policies and measures to boost competition, create conditions for all economic
sectors to participate in post, telecommunications and Internet development. To
permit the qualified domestic enterprises to participate in the market of
providing basic services, value-added services and services of applying
domestic and international information technology. To expand the competitive
market on the basis of bringing into play the leading role of State
enterprises. To adopt policies to ensure the effective operation of market
mechanism; policies of regulatory character in service of business, public
utility and service universalization. To early map out and announce the roadmap
of opening post, telecommunications and Internet market according to the time
table set for each specific service.
- To renew the charge rate policy so as to
ensure the establishment of a really competitive market, create motive force
for enterprises to strive to raise the efficiency of their production and business
activities and reduce their products and services prices. In 2001-2002, to
strive to reduce almost all charge rates of Vietnam post, telecommunications
and Internet services to the levels below or equal to the average level of the
regional countries.
- To adopt appropriate policies and measures
with a view to exploiting and mobilizing resources of all branches and
localities participating in development of the national information
infrastructure; to raise the capability of servicing the community, and
increase the service-accessing possibilities for people in the society.
- To effectively manage national natural
resources such as: radio frequency spectrum, number and code storage; zone and
domain names and addresses, and commercial rights, thereby creating equality
for operations of enterprises.
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- To build up and perfect a uniform State management
apparatus for post, telecommunications and information technology, suited to
the technological integration trend, ensuring that the management capability be
on a par with the growth rate. To speed up the administrative reform and
exercise the State management effectively and fruitfully in an open and
competitive environment.
- To exercise management according to law,
reduce administrative measures, enhance "post-inspection" measures,
not to interfere deep into production and business activities of enterprises.
To pay attention to the orientation and forecast; associate the planning and
plans with the system of mechanisms, policies and market, ensuring the healthy
and equal development. To protect the State’s, consumers and enterprises
interests.
- To establish necessary premises for post,
telecommunications and informatics in the process of participating in AFTA and
APEC, implementing Vietnam- US Bilateral Trade Agreement and joining WTO.
c/ To continue renewing the organization and
management of production and business and other activities of enterprises
- To renovate enterprises according to the
objective of "productivity, quality and efficiency"; to raise the
competitiveness of enterprises operating in the fields of post,
telecommunications and informatics. To promote the leading role of the
State-run economic sector, formulate powerful post, telecommunications and
informatics consortiums; to create posture and strength for successful
international integration and competition.
- To accelerate the restructuring of enterprises
operating in the fields of post and telecommunications, based on classifying
them into different categories: enterprises with 100% State-owned capital;
enterprises where the State holds dominant or special equities; and enterprises
of all socio-economic sectors. To step by step eliminate the cross-subsidy
regime, effect independent cost-accounting, clearly determine public-service
and business tasks. To equitize post, telecommunications and informatics
enterprises according to the specific schedule.
- To accelerate the process of restructuring
investment, step by step separate post from telecommunications.
d/ To mobilize and efficiently use capital
sources
- In the 2001-2020 period, to mobilize around
VND 160-180 trillion (equivalent to USD 11-12 billion) for investment in the
development of post, telecommunications and informatics, of which around VND
60-80 trillion (USD 4-6 billion) is to be mobilized in the 2001-2010 period. Of
the total investment capital, the mobilized domestic capital is estimated to
represent 60% while the foreign capital accounts for remaining 40%.
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- Regarding the domestic capital: To accelerate
the renovation of enterprises, restructure production and investment, create
conditions for enterprises to operate efficiently so as to increase their accumulation
capability with domestically- arising capital sources and development
reinvestment. To enhance the attraction of investment capital from all domestic
economic sectors; to apply appropriate solutions to encourage branches and
localities to take part in post, telecommunications and informatics
development; to set up the service universalization fund for the
universalization of post, telecommunications and Internet services, especially
in rural, deep-lying and far-flung areas.
- Regarding foreign capital: To take advantage
for the full exploitation of foreign capital sources; to encourage foreign
direct investment forms, especially the investment in post, telecommunications
and informatics industries, investment in service provision and other investment
forms suited to the branch’s door-opening process and international economic
integration. To set aside part of the ODA capital source for post,
telecommunications and informatics development in rural, deep-lying and remote
areas.
e/ To promote international cooperation in
service of development
- To further take initiative in participating in
all operations of international organizations so as to gather, supplement
knowledge and experiences and make practical contributions, thereby raising
Vietnam’s position, prestige and interests on the international arena.
- To take initiative in the process of opening
door for international economic integration. To diversify activities of
cooperation with foreign countries in order to take advantage of external resources
(investment capital, technologies, techniques, personnel training...) and
create competition on post, telecommunications and Internet. To create all
conditions for domestic enterprises to stand firm on the domestic market and
expand business to international and regional markets.
f/ To enhance the building of a contingent of
personnel
- To train and retrain the existing personnel.
To train in advance a contingent of personnel compatible with the development
objectives; diversify forms of training and fostering. To modernize specialized
training centers, upgrade material bases and facilities; renovate textbooks;
update new knowledge. To continue building the Post and Telecommunications
Technology Institute along the direction of actively participating in the human
resource training for post, telecommunications and information technology; to
enhance international cooperation in human resource training.
- To adopt appropriate training policies in
order to have a contingent of economic and technical experts; and a contingent
of excellent business managers in the international competitive environment,
paying special attention to the contingent of telecommunications and
informatics software experts.
- To implement a rational treatment policy in
order to attract talents and gray matter sources from inside and outside the
country, to be contributed to the post, telecommunications and informatics
development.
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1. To assign the General Department of Post and
Telecommunications to assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the
ministries, branches and People�s
Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities in implementing
"Vietnam post and telecommunications development strategy till 2010 and
orientations till 2020".
2. Based on the development objectives and
orientations of this strategy, the General Department of Post and
Telecommunications shall elaborate and organize the implementation of an
overall planning on post, telecommunications and Internet development till 2010
as well as the five-year and annual development plans in conformity with the
national socio-economic development plan; guide, inspect and supervise the
implementation of the Strategy; propose necessary solutions to the Prime
Minister for decision, thus creating conditions for the fruitful implementation
of this strategy; make preliminary review of five-year implementation of the
strategy and final review thereof in the conclusion year.
3. The ministries, branches and People’s
Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall, according to their
respective functions, tasks and powers, have to coordinate with the General
Department of Post and Telecommunications in performing tasks and realizing
objectives of the Strategy; ensure uniformity and conformity with the
implementation of the branch’s and localities socio-economic development plans.
Article 3.- This
Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing.
Article 4.- 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 centrally-run cities shall have to implement
this Decision.
PRIME MINISTER
Phan Van Khai