THE PRIME MINISTER OF
GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF
VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 222/2005/QD-TTg
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Hanoi, September 15, 2005
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DECISION
APPROVING THE MASTER PLAN FOR E-COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE
2006-2010 PERIOD
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on
Organization of the Government of December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Politburo’s Directive No. 58/CT-TW of October 17, 2000 on
promoting the application and development of information technology in the
cause of industrialization and modernization from 2001 till 2005;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 272/2003/QD-Ttg of December 31,
2005 approving the Strategy for the development of science and technology in
Vietnam till 2010;
At the proposals of the Minister of Trade,
DECIDE:
Article 1. To
approve the master plan for e-commerce development in the 2006-2010 period with
the following major contents:
I.
DEVELOPMENT POSITION
1. E-commerce development helps
promote trade and enhance the business competitiveness in the context of
Vietnam increasingly integrating into the world economy;
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3. E-commerce development must
be closely linked to the application and development of information technology
and communications.
II. GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
By the year 2010, e-commerce
development need to have achieved the following major goals:
1. Approximately 60% of
large-scaled enterprises conduct “business-to-business” e-commerce
transactions;
2. About 80% of medium- and small-sized
enterprises are aware of the benefits brought about by e-commerce and conduct
“business-to-consumer” or “business-to-business” e-commerce transactions;
3. Some 10% of households conduct “business-to-consumer” or
“consumer-to-consumer” e-commerce transactions;
4. Government procurement
tendering invitations are published on electronic newspaper by Government
agencies and e-commerce transactions are applied in Government procurement.
III. MAJOR
POLICIES AND SOLUTIONS
1. To conduct training and propaganda
on and popularization of e-commerce.
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- In the 2006-2010 period, to
provide standardized training in universities, colleges, vocational secondary
schools in the fields of law and economics; while simultaneously undertaking
general education programmes in vocational schools in the fields of trade and
business administration; providing training for state management officials in
charge of policy making and law enforcement with respect to e-commerce at the
Central, provincial and municipal levels; encouraging enterprises to take part
in providing e-commerce education services;
- To popularize and propagandize widely on e-commerce among the
people, firstly for the business community, administration agencies and
industrial associations.
2. Improving and completing the
legal system
- By the end of 2006, to fully
promulgate the by-laws to implement the Law on Electronic Transactions,
Commercial Law and Civil Code, laying the legal foundation for data message. By
the end of 2007, to fully promulgate legal documents regulating
e-commerce-related aspects of dispute settlement, consumer protection,
intellectual property rights protection, crime prevention and fighting, and
issues of domestic tax and customs tariff.
- To review, supplement and
amend concerned legal documents in order to ensure that the entire legal system
is generally oriented towards supporting and facilitating e-commerce
development.
3. Requirements for Government
agencies in charge of providing services in support of e-commerce and
conducting electronic transactions in Government procurement:
- By the year 2010, government
agencies will have brought all public services online, of which priority is
given to the services of: electronic tax, electronic customs, electronic
import-export procedures, electronic procedures related to investment and
business registration, specialized trade licenses and dispute settlement
procedures;
- To amend regulations on tendering in Government procurement in the
direction where investors have to publish tender invitations on the electronic
newspaper of the state management body responsible for tendering as well as
electronic newspapers by other agencies. The Central Ministries and branches,
and local authorities in big cities have to gradually negotiate and conclude
Government procurement contracts online.
4. To develop technologies in
support of e-commerce on the basis of encouraging technology transfer from
abroad:
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- To encourage and assist banks
and credit organizations in applying new technologies in banking activities and
different types of banking services, especially electronic payment service; establishing
electronic business network for some industries with large economic scale.
5. To organize the implementation of legal regulations related to
e-commerce:
- To establish effective mechanism and apparatus to enforce intellectual
property rights protection, protection of consumers, personal secrets and to
settle disputes arising from e-commerce in accordance with laws and regulations
in force;
- To promptly conduct
statistical operations on e-commerce.
6. International cooperation on
e-commerce:
- To give priority to
multilateral cooperation with international and regional economic and trade
organizations like WTO, APEC, ASEAN, ASEM and specifically trade-specialized
United Nations bodies such as UNCTAD, UNCITRAL, UNCEFACT.
- To give priority to bilateral
cooperation with advanced countries in the field of e-commerce and with
countries who have big trading volumes with Vietnam.
IV.
PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS
Programmes with specific
projects aimed at implementing the major policies and measures to be carried
out in the 2006-2010 period:
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2. Programme of building and
improving the legal system for e-commerce;
3. Programme of providing public
services in support of e-commerce and applying e-commerce in Government
procurement;
4. Programme of developing
technologies in support of e-commerce;
5. Programme of enforcing laws
related to e-commerce;
6. Programme of international
cooperation on e-commerce;
The content and
implementation assignment of the projects and programmes are stipulated in the
Appendix attached to this Decision.
Article 2.
Organization of implementation
- The Ministries, ministry-level and Government agencies, the People
Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government who
are assigned to preside over projects within programmes mentioned in Section
IV, Article 1, are responsible for setting up implementation plans for the
entire 5 year period from 2006 to 2010 and concrete plans for 2006.
- To designate the Ministry of
Planning and Investment to preside, in coordination with the Ministry of
Finance and Ministry of Trade, over balancing, synthesizing and arranging
budgets in the 5-year State plan and annual plans for the programmes and
projects carried out by the Ministries, ministry-level agencies, the People
Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government.
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Article 3.
This Decision takes effect after 15 days since the date of publishment on the
Official Gazette.
Article 4.
The Ministers, Heads of ministry-level agencies, Heads of Government agencies,
Chairpersons of the People Committees of provinces and cities directly under
the Central Government, assume responsibility for the implementation of this
Decision./.
Receiving
locations:
- Party Central Committee of Secretaries;
- Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers;
- Ministries, ministry-level agencies, Government agencies;
- People Councils, People Committees of provinces,
cities directly under the Central Government;
- Party Central Office and Committees;
- Office of the President;
- National Council and National Assembly Committees;
- Office of the National Assembly;
- People’s Supreme Court;
- People’s Supreme Procuracy;
- Central Offices of Organizations;
- National Institute of Administration;
- VPCP: BTCN, TBNC, PCNs, BNC,
112 Managing Committee,
Spokesperson of the Prime Minister,
Departments, bureaus, subordinate offices, Official Gazette;
- File: records, KTTH (5b). Ha (310b)
THE PRIME MINISTER
Phan Van Khai
APPENDIX
PROGRAMMES WITH SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN IMPLEMENTING
THE MASTER PLAN FOR E-COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE 2006-2010 PERIOD
(Attached to the Prime Minister’s Decision No.222/2005/QD-TTg of
September 15, 2005)
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No.
Names
of Projects
Goals
and objectives
Implementing
Bodies
Duration
1
Project in popularization and
propaganda on e-commerce for the business community.
To help enterprises become aware
of the benefits brought about by e-commerce and conditions necessary for
participation.
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce
and Industry presides, in coordination with associations and trade promotion
agencies.
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2
Project in popularization and
propaganda on e-commerce for economic leaders at the Central and local
levels.
To provide basic knowledge of
state management in e-commerce and the role and tasks undertaken by state
bodies.
Ministry of Trade presides, in
coordination with Ministry of Home Affairs and people committees of provinces
and cities directly under the Central Government.
2006 - 2008
3
Project in popularization and
propaganda on e-commerce for consumers, particularly urban youth.
To foster advanced shopping
practice thanks to the application of e-commerce.
Vietnam National Television
presides, in coordination with
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2006 - 2008
4
Project in human resource training
on e-commerce at universities, colleges, professional and vocational high
schools.
To train in a standardized
manner e-commerce experts and officials who have basic knowledge in
conducting e-commerce-related activities in all economic sectors.
Ministry of Education and
Training presides, in coordination with Ministry of Labor, Invalid and Social
Affairs.
2006 - 2010
II.
PROGRAMME OF BUILDING AND IMPROVING THE LEGAL SYSTEM FOR E-COMMERCE
No.
Names
of projects
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Implementing
Bodies
Duration
1
Project on promulgation of
legal documents implementing Law on Electronic Transactions, Commercial Law
and Civil Code.
To ensure that e-commerce
activities are protected by the law, just as for normal commercial activities.
Ministry of Trade presides
over the project of formulating the Decree on e-commerce activities, together
with other ministries and agencies, formulating decrees guiding the
implementation of the above-mentioned laws.
2006
2
Project of promulgating,
supplementing and amending legal documents regulating specific issues related
to e-commerce.
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- Ministry of Trade presides
over proposing the promulgation of new legal documents or amendment of
already-in-place legal documents which include provisions inconsistent with
the Law on Electronic Transactions, Commercial Law and Civil Code.
- Ministry of Justice presides
over the programme of formulating and improving these legal documents.
- Concerned ministries and
agencies preside over the formulation of legal documents under their
respective state management functions.
2006 - 2008
3
Project on improving and completing
the legal system with a view to creating a legal environment for e-commerce.
To ensure the coherence and
consistence of the legal document system related to e-commerce.
Ministry of Justice presides,
in coordination with Ministry of Trade and concerned ministries and agencies.
2006 - 2010
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No.
Names
of projects
Goals
and objectives
Implementing
Bodies
Duration
1
Projects of providing online
public services.
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a)
Project of providing online
commercial procedures.
To facilitate the provision of
licenses related to the business of commercial service, export, import,
online certificate of origin.
Ministry of Trade presides
2006 - 2010
b)
Project of electronic customs
procedures.
To create favorable conditions
for export-import enterprises.
Ministry of Finance presides
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c)
Project of electronic tax
declaration and payment, especially value-added tax.
To help enterprises save time
and cost of transaction, fighting tax frauds.
Ministry of Finance presides
2006 - 2010
d)
Project of electronic
investment procedures.
To create favorable conditions
for enterprises right from the stage of enterprise establishment
registration.
Ministry of Planning and
Investment presides
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Project of applying e-commerce
in Government procurement.
To ensure the clarity and
cost-effectiveness in the purchase of goods and services by State bodies from
the Central to local levels.
Ministry of Planning and
Investment presides
2006 - 2010
IV.
PROGRAMME OF DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES IN SUPPORT OF E-COMMERCE
No.
Names of projects
Goals and objectives
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Duration
1
Project on the formulation and
usage of electronic data interchange standards in commerce like EDI, ebXML.
To issue and put into practice
electronic data interchange standards which are popular in the world.
Ministry of Trade presides, in
coordination with Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry.
2006 - 2010
2
Project of modernizing banks
and payment system.
To provide modern banking
services, including electronic payment.
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2006 - 2010
3
Project of establishing
electronic business network in some industries with large economic
scale.
To enhance competitiveness, expand
markets and reduce transaction cost.
Ministry of Trade presides, in
coordination with Ministry of Industry and large economic corporations
2006 - 2008
V. PROGRAMME
OF ENFORCING LAWS RELATED TO E-COMMERCE
No.
Names
of projects
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Implementing
Bodies
Duration
1
Project on fighting commercial
frauds and unhealthy competition in e-commerce activities.
To protect trade-related
intellectual property rights within the network environment and to protect consumers.
Ministry of Trade presides, in
coordination with Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Public
Security.
2006 - 2010
2
Project on dispute settlement
in e-commerce activities.
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Ministry of Justice presides,
in coordination with the People’s Supreme Court, People’s Supreme Procuracy,
Ministry of Trade and concerned agencies.
2006 - 2008
3
Project on e-commerce
statistics.
To conduct e-commerce
statistics in accordance with criteria of the United Nations and
international organizations, supporting the formulation of strategies and
policies for e-commerce development.
General Statistics Office
presides, in coordination with Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Post and
Telecommunications and concerned agencies.
2006 - 2008
VI. PROGRAMME
OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON E-COMMERCE
No.
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Goals
and objectives
Implementing
bodies
Duration
1
Project of participating in
e-commerce-related activities of international trade and economic
organizations, particularly the World Trade Organization (WTO), Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) and United Nations trade-specialized
bodies.
To make best use of assistance
in human resource development and technology for e-commerce as well as the
promotion of international trade.
Ministry of Trade presides, in
coordination with Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and concerned
agencies.
2006 - 2010
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To assist enterprises and
research institutions to adopt the most effective approach to advanced technology
and solutions in e-commerce, while promoting Vietnam’s exports of goods and
services by means of e-commerce.
Ministry of Trade presides, in
coordination with concerned Ministries and branches.
2006 - 2010