THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 108/2003/QD-TTg
Hanoi, June 05, 2003
 DECISION
ESTABLISHING CHU LAI OPEN ECONOMIC ZONE, QUANG NAM PROVINCE, AND PROMULGATING ITS OPERATION REGULATION
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the conclusions of the Political Bureau in Communiqué No. 79-TB/TW of September 27, 2002;
At the proposal of the Minister of Planning and Investment,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To establish Chu Lai open economic zone in the territory of Quang Nam province.
Article 2.- To promulgate the Operation Regulation of Chu Lai open economic zone together with this Decision.
Article 3.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article 4.- The Ministers of Planning and Investment; Finance; Defense; Public Security; the Interior; Natural Resources and Environment; Construction; and Trade; the heads of the other ministries, ministerial-level agencies and agencies attached to the Government and the president of the People’s Committee of Quang Nam province shall have to implement this Decision.
 
PRIME MINISTER




Phan Van Khai
 
OPERATION REGULATION OF CHU LAI OPEN ECONOMIC ZONE
(Promulgated together with the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 108/2003/QD-TTg of June 5, 2003)
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- This Regulation prescribes the operation of Chu Lai open economic zone (hereinafter abbreviated to Chu Lai OEZ).
Article 2.- Chu Lai OEZ is a zone with delimited geographical boundaries within the national territory and under the national sovereignty but having a separate economic space and the most favorable investment and business environment under the current regulations, including socio-technical infrastructures and management policies and mechanisms favorable for business activities and compatible with the market mechanism, aiming to promote investment and export.