THE
GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
66/2006/ND-CP
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Hanoi,
July 07, 2006
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DECREE
ON DEVELOPMENT OF
RURAL TRADES
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on
Organization of the Government;
At the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,
DECREES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Scope of regulation
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Article 2.- Subjects of
application
1. Domestic and foreign organizations and
individuals that directly invest in the development of production and services
of rural trades in rural areas (hereinafter referred to as rural trade
establishments), including:
a/ Small- and medium-sized enterprises
established and operating under the Enterprise Law;
b/ Cooperatives established and operating under
the Cooperative Law;
c/ Family businesses registered under business
registration regulations.
2. Trade villages and clusters of rural trade
establishments.
Article 3.- Rural trades
Rural trades in rural areas prescribed in this
Decree include:
1. Processing and preserving agricultural,
forest and aquatic products.
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3. Treating and processing materials serving
rural trade production.
4. Producing art handicrafts.
5. Growing and trading in ornamental plants.
6. Communal and inter-communal construction and
transport services, and other services serving rural production and daily life.
7. Training in and handing down rural trades;
and providing consultancy on production and business related to rural trades.
Article 4.- Accreditation
of trades, trade villages and quality management of rural trade products
1. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development shall define contents and standards for accreditation of
traditional trades, trade villages and traditional trade villages.
Provincial-level People's Committees shall
decide on accreditation of traditional trades, trade villages and traditional
trade villages in their localities.
2. Provincial-level People's Committees shall
organize the registration and quality control of rural trade products in their
localities according to the provisions of law on product quality management.
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1. The State shall devise national and regional
master plans and orientations for long-term development of rural trades which
ensure sustainable development and industrialization and modernization of
agriculture and rural areas.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development shall formulate a national master plan on rural trades development.
Provincial-level People's Committees shall formulate provincial master plans on
rural trades development. Such master plans shall be approved according to
current regulations on planning.
2. Master plans on rural trades development must
conform with national and regional master plans on socio-economic development
and comply with legal provisions on planning with a view to exploiting and
bringing into play potential trades of each region and locality.
Chapter II
INCENTIVE POLICIES
Article 6.- Program on conservation and
development of trade villages
1. The program on conservation and development
of trade villages shall cover:
a/ Conservation and development of traditional
trade villages;
b/ Combination of trade village development with
tourism;
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2. The State shall work out and allocate its
budget to assist the program on conservation and development of trade villages
prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.
3. Based on practical local conditions,
provincial-level People's Committees shall adopt mechanisms to assist projects
on conservation and development of trade villages in their localities apart
from the financial assistance prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.
Article 7.- Production
sites
1. Based on approved land use plans, and master
plans and orientations for rural trades development, provincial-level People's
Committees shall work out master plans on construction of trade villages and
clusters of rural trade establishments to meet the demand for production
development, environmental protection, and association of production with
consumption, and submit them to competent authorities for approval.
2. To encourage organizations, individuals and
rural trade establishments to invest in building infrastructure for trade
villages and clusters of rural trade establishments. The State shall assist
investment in trade village infrastructure and rural trade establishments'
outside-fence infrastructure as provided for in Clause 1, Article 8 of this Decree.
3. Rural trade establishments having efficient
investment projects shall:
a/ Be provided with favorable conditions in
receiving land assigned with land use levy payment or renting land in clusters
of rural trade establishments and be granted a land use rights certificate
according to the provisions of the Land Law;
b/ Investment projects satisfying strict
requirements on treatment of environmental pollution and requirements on
research into and production of new products shall be prioritized in receiving
land assigned with land use levy payment or renting land in industrial parks or
clusters;
c/ Rural trade establishments relocating from
residential areas to planned areas shall get incentives in land use levy, land
rent and land use tax and receive financial assistance for relocation.
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1. Local budget shall be allocated to cover part
of investment costs for infrastructure construction and environmental treatment
in trade villages and clusters of rural trade establishments. Provinces having
budget revenue difficulties shall receive supports from the central budget
which shall be incorporated in annual budget estimates.
2. Production and business projects operating
with good results shall:
a/ Be entitled to investment incentives under
the Investment Law;
b/ Be entitled to post-investment interest
supports under current regulations;
c/ Get loans from the Employment Assistance Fund
under current regulations;
d/ Enjoy development investment credit and
export credit under relevant state policies;
e/ Be guaranteed by the Credit Guarantee Fund
for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises to get loans from credit institutions.
Article 9.- Trade promotion
1. The State shall encourage, facilitate and
support rural trade establishments to conduct trade promotion activities under
current regulations on the national trade promotion program.
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Article 10.- Science and
technology
1. Rural trade establishments shall be entitled
to incentives under incentive policies and financial mechanisms for enterprises
investing in scientific and technological activities when they apply scientific
and technological results, renew technologies, make new products and provide
scientific and technological services or receive scientific and technical
advances from domestic and foreign organizations and individuals.
2. Rural trade establishments conducting
independent research projects, or collaborating with scientific research
agencies in creating new technologies or perfecting commercially viable
research products in the rural trade domain shall receive financial support
from the state budget for non-business scientific and technological activities.
3. State budget for agricultural, fisheries and
industrial extension work shall be used to assist rural trade establishments in
communication and propaganda activities; model construction and scientific and
technological transfer; refresher training and training; and consultancy and
services.
Article 11.- Human
resource training
1. Investment projects on setting up rural
vocational training establishments shall enjoy state policies on development
investment credit to train human resources for trades to be developed under the
master plan on rural trades development.
2. Local budget shall be allocated to finance
part of training costs for rural trade establishments opening training in
trades.
3. Rural trade artisans organizing training in
trades may collect training fees from trainees on the principle of mutual
agreement; shall be entitled to remuneration when they provide training at
training establishments according to the establishments' regulations; and be
entitled to tax incentives for such training activities under current
regulations.
4. Rural laborers attending vocational training
shall get assistance in training costs according to polices on short-term
vocational training assistance for rural labor; and get loans from the national
employment program.
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IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
Article 12.- Implementation effect
1. This Decree takes effect 15 days after its
publication in "CONG BAO."
2. Rural trade establishments, trade villages,
and clusters of trade village establishments shall be entitled to incentive
policies under the provisions of this Decree and current regulations.
Article 13.-
Responsibilities for implementation guidance
1. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development shall assume prime responsibility for, and coordinate with
concerned ministries and branches, and provincial/municipal People's Committees
in, guiding the implementation of this Decree.
2. The Ministers of Planning and Investment;
Finance; Culture and Information; Natural Resources and Environment; Labor, War
Invalids and Social Affairs; Science and Technology; Industry; and Fisheries,
and the State Bank of Vietnam shall have to guide the implementation of this
Decree according to their functions and competence.
Article 14.- Ministers,
heads of ministerial-level and government-attached agencies, and presidents of
provincial/municipal People's Committees shall have to implement this Decree.