THE GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No: 05/2001/TT-TCDL
Hanoi, December 28, 2001
 
CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT’S DECREE No. 47/2001/ND-CP OF AUGUST 10, 2001 ON THE FUNCTIONS, TASKS, POWERS, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TOURIST INSPECTORATE
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
Pursuant to the Inspection Ordinance of April 1, 1990;
Pursuant to the Tourism Ordinance No. 11/1999/PL-UBTVQH10 of February 8, 1999;
Pursuant to the Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations of July 6, 1995;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 47/2001/ND-CP of August 10, 2001 on the functions, tasks, powers, and organization of the Tourist Inspectorate;
After reaching agreement with the State Inspector General and the Minister-Director of the Government Commission for Organization and Personnel, the General Director of Tourism hereby provides detailed guidance for uniform implementation as follows:
I. FUNCTIONS OF THE TOURIST INSPECTORATE
The Tourist Inspectorate is the State inspection organization specialized in tourism, which performs the function of State inspection according to the provisions of the Inspection Ordinance and other relevant inspection legislation; and at the same time, performs the function of specialized inspection according to the provisions of the Tourism Ordinance and other relevant legislation on tourism a swell as legislation on the handling of administrative violations.
II. ORGANIZATION OF THE TOURIST INSPECTORATE
1. Organization of the Tourist Inspectorate
The Tourist Inspectorate belongs to the organizational system of the State Inspectorate, comprising:
1.1. The Inspectorate of the General Department of Tourism;
1.2. The Inspectorates of the provincial/municipal Tourist Services (in this Circular the terms below shall be construed as follows: the provincial/municipal Services performing the task of State management of tourism such as the provincial/municipal Tourist Services, Tourist-Trade Services, and Trade-Tourist Services shall be called provincial/municipal Tourist Services. The provincial/municipal Tourist Service Inspectorates and the Tourist Inspectorates belonging to the Inspectorates of the provincial/municipal Tourist-Trade Services or Trade-Tourist Services shall be called the provincial/municipal Tourist Service Inspectorates).
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