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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. 235/QD-TTg
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Hanoi,
March 2nd, 2004
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DECISION
APPROVING
THE OVERALL PROJECT ON APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE IN VIETNAM
IN THE 2004-2008 PERIOD
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of December 25,
2001;
Pursuant to the Government's Resolution No. 0712000IND-CP of June 5, 2000 on
building and development of software industry in the 2000-2005 period;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 81/2001/OD-TTg of May 24, 2001
approving the action program for implementation of the Political Bureau's
Directive No. 58-CTITW of October 17, 2000 on stepping up the application and
development of information technology in the cause of industrialization and
modernization in the 2001 - 2005 period;
At the proposal of the Minister of Science and Technology,
DECIDES:
Article 1. - To
approve the overall project on application and development of open-source
software in Vietnam in the 2004-2008 period with the following contents:
I. OBJECTIVES
1. To accelerate the application
and development of open-source software, thus contributing to the protection of
copyright and reduction of software procurement expenses, and promoting the
development of the information technology industry in general and Vietnam's
software industry in particular.
2. To build up the contingent of
technicians who are qualified for and master technologies, and promote their
creativity in the application and development of open-source software.
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II. PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE
PROJECT
1. Main tasks:
a/ To formulate policies to
promote the application and development of open-source software.
-To formulate and promulgate
mechanisms and policies to encourage the application and development of
open-source software to attract educational, training and scientific research
establishments to participate in the open-source software training, development
and research; to encourage and create favorable conditions for overseas
Vietnamese and foreign specialists as well as foreign companies and
international organizations to invest in open-source software trading,
development, technology transfer and training in Vietnam.
- To promulgate policies to use
some open-source software in the State sector.
b/ To organize the application
of open-source software
-To organize the experimental
application of open-source software, first of all the application of
open-source software in a number of ministries, agencies and localities, then
expand it throughout the country.
- To organize the application of
open-source software to some professional utilities as well as to security and
defense. To establish and put into use high-performance and network-computation
computer systems based on open-source software to solve application problems
which require a strong computation capacity in ministries, branches and
localities nationwide.
c/ To train human resources for
application and development of open-source software
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- To build up the contingent of
cadres fully capable of organizing the application and development of
open-source software in ministries, branches and localities.
- To support the training of
technicians in service of the work of organizing and instructing the contingent
of open-source software professional cadres in ministries, branches and
localities, and work out programs on training and maintaining this contingent.
- To work out and implement
programs on training in the use of open-source software for State officials and
employees as well as students in universities, colleges, vocational and
job-training intermediate schools and pupils of senior-secondary schools. To
develop software tools, utilities and applications in service of teaching and
learning activities.
- To attract domestic and
foreign organizations and individuals as well as overseas Vietnamese to take
part in activities of training in open-source software in Vietnam.
- To send brilliant teachers,
lecturers and students to foreign countries for short-term and long-term
open-source software training.
d/ To develop a number of core
software, formulate standards and system of certificates, and train high-level
specialists
- To organize research into,
proposition and development of a number of core software of Vietnam, select and
localize some software to meet Vietnam's basic application demands.
- To establish the system for
evaluating and inspecting the quality of open-source software products and give
use cautions to the community.
- To research, elaborate and
promulgate open-source software technical standards and skill standards, and
establish the system for testing open-source software skills and granting
open-source software certificates.
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e/ To enter into international
cooperation in open-source software
- To join the regional and
international open-source software organizations and associations to enhance
the cooperation and experience exchange among members of such organizations.
- To organize the cooperation in
open-source software development research and trading with foreign partners.
2. Mini-projects:
a/ Formulation of mechanisms and
policies on open-source software application and development, with the Ministry
of Post and Telematics assuming the prime responsibility therefor.
b/Open-source software
application and training in universities, colleges and vocational intermediate
schools with the Ministry of Education and Training assuming the prime
responsibility therefor.
c/ Open-source software
application and training in job-training schools with the Ministry of Labor,
War Invalids and Social Affairs assuming the prime responsibility therefor.
d/ Training in open-source
software use for public servants, State officials and employees with the
Ministry of Home Affairs assuming the prime responsibility therefor.
e/ Experimental application and
development of open-source software in Hanoi city and Ho Chi Minh city with the
People's Committees of Hanoi city and Ho Chi Minh city assuming the prime
responsibility therefor.
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g/ Experimental application and
development of open-source software for security purpose with the Ministry of
Public Security assuming the prime responsibility therefor.
h/ Development of a number of
core software, formulation of standards and system of certificates, and
training of high-level specialists with the Ministry Science and Technology
assuming the prime responsibility therefor.
III. SOLUTIONS
1. To raise the community's
awareness about the protection of software copyright and benefits from the
open-source software for the information technology development in our country
in general and the software industry in particular.
2. To stringently enforce the
software copyright. 3. To organize the assessment of impacts of and solutions
related to the switch to use open-source software in the State sector as well
as the compatibility of open-source software applications with commercial
software products. To organize research into, experimentation and
multiplication of a number of applied open-source software.
4. To provide open-source
software training in the educational system and the training establishments. 5.
To develop and maintain core open-source software which can bring about common
benefits for the community, and formulate the national standards on open-source
software.
6. To develop open-source
software trading models, especially professional open-source software support
service.
7. Funding in service of the
open-source software application and development in general and mini-projects
in particular shall be mobilized from different sources of enterprises,
individuals and international organizations, ODA and the State budget.
Article 2. - Organization of implementation
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2. The Ministry of Planning and
Investment shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the
Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Science and Technology in, balancing
and synthesizing resources in the State's annual plans for projects,
mini-projects and plans on open-source software application of the ministries,
ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies, and the concerned
provinces and centrally-run cities.
3. The Ministry of Finance shall
assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Post
and Telematics and the Ministry of Science and Technology in, formulating
financial mechanisms and policies for open-source software application and
development.
4. The Ministry of Science and
Technology, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Labor, War
Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of
Defense, the Ministry of Post and Telematics and the People's Committees of
Hanoi city and Ho Chi Minh city, which are assigned to assume the prime
responsibility for mini-projects, shall direct the formulation and execution of
mink projects according to current regulations.
The execution of the above-said
mini-projects must ensure the efficient coordination and integration with other
programs and projects on information technology.
5. The ministries, the
ministerial-level agencies, the Government-attached agencies, the People's
Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall work out plans on
rational use of open-source software in their respective professional
operations, and build up the contingent of technicians knowledgeable about
open-source software.
Article 3. - This
Decision takes effect after its signing.
Article 4. - The
ministers, the heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the heads of the
Government-attached agencies and the presidents of the People's Committees of
the provinces and centrally-run cities shall have to implement this Decision.
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