THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
-------
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
----------
No. 108/2003/TT-BTC
Hanoi, November 7, 2003
 CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE FINANCIAL MECHANISMS APPLICABLE TO ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION PROJECTS FUNDED WITH OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (ODA) CAPITAL SOURCES
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 90/1998/ND-CP of November 7, 1998 promulgating the Regulation on foreign loan borrowing and debt repayment;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 17/2001/ND-CP of May 4, 2001 promulgating the Regulation on management and use of official development assistance sources;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 77/2003/ND-CP of July 1, 2003 prescribing the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
Pursuant to the Finance Ministers Decision No. 02/2000/QD-BTC of January 6, 2000 promulgating the Regulation on re-lending of the Governments foreign loan/aid capital;
Pursuant to the Governments Official Dispatch No. 1073/CP-QHQT of August 12, 2003 approving the principles for adjustment of financial mechanisms applicable to ODA-funded environmental sanitation projects;
The Ministry of Finance hereby guides the implementation thereof as follows:
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. ODA-FUNDED PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION INCLUDE:
- Projects on water drainage and waste water treatment in cities, towns and population quarters;
- Projects on treatment of urban garbage and solid waste;
- Projects on treatment of medical waste and environmental sanitation in hospitals;
- Projects on treatment of industrial waste water, solid waste and gaseous waste in industrial parks, export-processing zones and hi-tech parks;