THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 112/2002/QD-TTg
Hanoi, September 03, 2002
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT ORIENTATIONS FOR VIETNAMESE ARCHITECTURE TILL 2020
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of December 25, 2001;
At the proposal of the Minister of Construction (Report No. 07/TTr-BXD of February 21, 2002 and Official Dispatch No. 160/BXD-VP of July 19, 2002),
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the orientations for the development of Vietnamese architecture till 2020 with the following major contents:
1. On objectives
a) Overall objectives:
To raise architectural quality, create a sustainable living environment, meet the requirements of cultural and socio-economic construction and development in the cause of national industrialization and modernization, and create a firm premise for the process of forming and developing a modernized Vietnamese architecture imbued with national identity.
b) Specific objectives:
To study and establish theoretical bases of the modernity and national characteristic of Vietnamese architecture;
To propagate so as to raise the awareness of architects and the entire population about the significance, importance, orientations and tasks of developing a modern Vietnamese architecture imbued with national identity;
To preserve and promote the cultural values of traditional architecture and the national identity of our country’s architecture in the globalization trend;