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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. 133/1998/QD-TTg
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Hanoi, July 23,
1998
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DECISION
RATIFYING THE
NATIONAL TARGET PROGRAM ON HUNGER ELIMINATION AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN THE
1998-2000 PERIOD
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant
to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
Pursuant to Decision No. 5/1998/QD-TTg of January 14, 1998 of the Prime
Minister on the management of the national target programs;
At the proposals of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and
the Minister of Planning and Investment,
DECIDES:
Article 1.-
To ratify the "national target program on hunger elimination and poverty
alleviation in the 1998-2000 period", that includes the sedentarization
and support for ethnic minority people facing fierce difficulties, aimed to
create favorable and suitable conditions for the poor to develop production,
increase incomes, eliminate hunger and alleviate poverty.
The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social
Affairs shall act as the standing body to assist the Government in the
execution of the program.
1. The program's objectives:
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2. Scope of the program:
The program shall be implemented nationwide. In
the first years, priority shall be given to poor and particularly difficult
communes in high-land, border, island, deep-lying and remote areas.
3. Contents and activities of the program:
The program on hunger elimination and poverty
alleviation shall include the following projects:
a/ Investment project on infrastructure
construction (excluding the rural clean water supply) and population
rearrangement;
b/ Project in support of production and the
development of branches and crafts;
c/ Project in support of credits for the poor;
d/ Project in support of education;
e/ Project in support of public health;
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g/ Project on raising qualifications of the
contingent of cadres engaged in the hunger elimination and poverty alleviation
work and cadres in poor communes;
h/ Projects on sedentarization, migration and
new economic zones;
i/ Project in support of ethnic minority people
facing fierce difficulties.
4. Implementation period: 3 years (1998-2000).
5. Total investment capital and capital sources:
The total investment capital is estimated at
10,000 billion VND, covering the following sources:
- The State budget;
- International cooperation;
- Other sources.
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Article 2.-
On organization of implementation:
The national target program on hunger
elimination and poverty alleviation shall operate under the inter-branch
mechanism. The division of responsibilities among the concerned ministries and
branches is effected as follows:
1. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and
Social Affairs:
- To act as the standing body to assist the
Government in coordinating with the relevant ministries, branches and
localities to implement the national target program on hunger elimination and
poverty alleviation;
- To assume the prime responsibility and
coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Commission on
Nationalities and Mountainous Areas and the relevant ministries and branches in
determining poor communes according to the order of priority and guiding the
localities to formulate concrete projects for submission and ratification
according to the current regulation on the management of investment and
construction, and at the same time, urging and inspecting the implementation of
the projects after they are approved by the competent level;
- To coordinate with the Bank for the Poor in
allocating credit capital along the direction of giving priority to high-land,
border, island, deep-lying and remote areas;
- To coordinate with the ministries, branches
and mass organizations in guiding the ways of earning their living for poor
people who are provided with loan capital so that they use such capital for the
right purposes and in an efficient manner;
- To coordinate with the Commission on Nationalities
and Mountainous Areas and localities in raising the qualifications of the
contingent of cadres engaged in the hunger elimination and poverty alleviation
work and cadres of poor communes defined in Point g, Clause 3, Article 1 of
this Decision.
2. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development:
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- To assume the prime responsibility and
coordinate with the General Land Administration, concerned ministries and
branches in organizing the implementation of the project in support of
production and development of branches and crafts for poor family households
mentioned in Point b, Clause 3, Article 1 of this Decision;
- To assume the prime responsibility and
coordinate with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the
concerned branches in organizing the agricultural- forestrial and fishery
promotion for the poor family households covered by the project specified in
Point f, Clause 3, Article 1 of this Decision.
3. The Commission on Nationalities and
Mountainous Areas:
- To assume the prime responsibility and
coordinate with the concerned ministries, branches and localities in organizing
the implementation of the project in support of the ethnic minority people
facing difficulties as mentioned in Point i, Clause 3, Article 1 of this
Decision;
- To coordinate with the Ministry of
Communications and Transport, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of
Education and Training, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Trade, the
Ministry of Industry and the localities in organizing the implementation of the
project on investment in infrastructure construction and population
rearrangement mentioned in Point a, Clause 3, Article 1 of this Decision;
- To coordinate with the Ministry of Labor, War
Invalids and Social Affairs in training cadres for poor high-land communes.
4. The Ministry of Planning and Investment:
- To assume the prime responsibility and
coordinate with the Ministry of Finance in balancing State-budget funds
allocated to the ratified component projects of the program, then submit them
to the Prime Minister for assigning norms to the provinces and cities directly
under the Central Government in their annual plans;
- To coordinate with the Ministry of Labor, War
Invalids and Social Affairs, the concerned ministries and branches in guiding
the localities to incorporate other relevant programs into the national target
program on hunger elimination and poverty alleviation on the same territory,
from the process of planning to the process of directing the implementation.
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- To coordinate with the Ministry of Planning
and Investment in determining the sources of State budget capital for annual
investment in the program;
- To provide guidance on the mechanism of
financial management over capital sources mobilized for the program;
- To guide and organize the full and prompt
allocation of capital according to the ratified estimates and objectives.
6. The State Bank of Vietnam:
To assume the prime responsibility and
coordinate with the concerned ministries and branches in organizing the
implementation of projects on credits for the poor as mentioned in Point c,
Clause 3, Article 1 of this Decision.
7. The Ministry of Education and Training:
To assume the prime responsibility and
coordinate with the concerned ministries and branches in organizing the
implementation of the project in support of education as mentioned in Point d,
Clause 3, Article 1 of this Decision.
8. The Ministry of Health:
To assume the prime responsibility and
coordinate with the concerned ministries and branches in organizing the
implementation of the project in support of public health as mentioned in Point
e, Clause 3, Article 1 of this Decision.
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The program's Managerial Board and the
ministries and branches being project owners shall have to coordinate with the
Vietnam Fatherland Front and the mass organizations in organizing the
implementation of this program.
Article 4.-
This Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing.
Article 5.-
The ministers, the heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the heads of the
agencies attached to the Government, the presidents of the People's Committees
of the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government that have
projects included in this program shall have to implement this Decision.
THE PRIME MINISTER OF
GOVERNMENT
Phan Van Khai