THE PRIME MINISTER

Decision No. 1043/QD-TTg of July 1, 2013, approving Vietnam’s industrialization strategy within the framework of Vietnam-Japan cooperation through 2020 with a vision toward 2030    
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 1075/QD-TTg of August 13, 2012, on the establishment of the Steering Committee for Vietnam’s industrialization strategy within the framework of the Vietnam-Japan cooperation through 2020;
At the proposal of the Minister of Planning and Investment;
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve “Vietnam’s industrialization strategy within the framework of Vietnam-Japan cooperation through 2020 with a vision toward 2030 (below referred to as the industrialization strategy) with the following major contents:
1. Vision, viewpoints and objectives
a/ Vision: To strongly develop six priority industries, including electronics, agricultural machinery, agricultural fishery product processing, shipbuilding, environment and energy saving; automobiles and auto parts manufacturing, into spearhead industries of the economy with high added value and international competitiveness. Industries prioritized for development in the industrialization strategy have a leading role in promoting the attraction of investment from domestic and foreign enterprises, first of all Japanese ones, and creating a spillover of technology and skills for the industry in particular and Vietnam’s economy in general.
b/ Viewpoints:
- The industrialization strategy contributes to the implementation of Vietnam’s general policy on industrial development focusing on the development of the six selected priority industries on the basis of effectively tapping potentials and comparative advantages of Vietnam to develop internationally competitive industries.
- The industrialization strategy contributes to speeding up Vietnam’s industrialization process through 2020. The selected industries conforms to Vietnam’s industrial development orientations and make great contributions to creating motives for the development of other industries during the industrialization process through 2020. The industrialization process makes direct contributions to the restructuring of sectors, serves the change of growth models together with economic restructuring towards higher quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the economy.