THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 120/2002/QD-TTg
Hanoi, September 18, 2002
 
DECISION
ADDING AND REPLACING COMMUNES COVERED BY THE PROGRAM ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNES MEETING WITH EXCEPTIONAL DIFFICULTIES, REGIONS INHABITED BY ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE AS WELL AS MOUNTAINOUS, BORDER, REMOTE AND DEEP-LYING AREAS
THE PRIME MINISTER
 
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of December 25, 2001;
At the proposal of the Minister-Director of the Committee for Nationalities,
 DECIDES:
 Article 1.- To add 37 communes to the list of those covered by the Program on socio-economic development in communes meeting with exceptional difficulties, regions inhabited by ethnic minority people as well as mountainous, border, remote and deep-lying areas (Program 135) for the performance of the program’s tasks as from 2002:
1. Newly-established communes belonging to the group of those to be provided with investment support by the central budget: 33 communes, including:
a) Twenty five newly-established communes: Hoa Thuan commune (Phuc Hoa rural district, Cao Bang province); Thanh Loa commune (Cao Loc rural district, Lang Son province); Lien Hoa commune (Moc Chau rural district, Son La province); Trung Bi commune (Kim Boi rural district, Hoa Binh province); Lam Thuy commune (Le Thuy rural district, Quang Binh province); Dak Wil commune (Cu Jut rural district, Dak Lak province); Ia Khai commune (Ia Grai rural district) and Ia Pior commune (Chu Prong rural district, Gia Lai province); Xop commune (Dakglei rural district), Mang Ri and Van Xuoi communes (Dak To rural district, Kon Tum province); Loi Thuan commune (Ben Cau rural district, Tay Ninh province); Da Mi commune (Ham Thuan Bac rural district, Binh Thuan province); An Thanh Dong commune, Cu Lao Dung township and An Thanh Nam commune (Cu Lao Dung rural district, Soc Trang province); Thanh Duc commune (Thanh Chuong rural district, Nghe An province); Tra Ka commune (Tra My rural district), Song Tra commune (Hiep Duc rural district) and Phuoc Loc commune (Phuoc Son rural district, Quang Nam province); Phu Nghia commune (Phuoc Long rural district), Phuoc Son commune (Bu Dang rural district), Minh Thang commune (Binh Long rural district), and Dong Tien and Tan Tien communes (Dong Phu rural district, Binh Phuoc province).
b) Eight communes in the former resistance base of Hoa Binh province: the communes of Vinh Dong, Hung Tien, Nat Son, Kim Son, Vinh Tien and Kim Tien (Kim Boi rural district); Truong Son commune (Luong Son rural district); and Yen Bong commune (Lac Thuy rural district).
2. Newly-established communes belonging to the group of those to be provided with investment support by the local budget, including the following four communes of Kien Giang province:
Vinh Thang commune (Go Quao rural district); Ngoc Thanh, Ngoc Thuan and Ban Thach communes (Giong Rieng rural district).