| THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT -------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness -------------- |
| No. 153/2004/QD-TTg | Hanoi, August 17, 2004 |
DECISION
PROMULGATING THE ORIENTED STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOP-MENT IN VIETNAM (VIETNAM’S AGENDA 21)
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
At the proposal of the Minister of Planning and Investment,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To promulgate the Orientated Strategy for Sustainable Development in Vietnam (Vietnam's Agenda 21) in order to sustainably develop the country on the basis of closely, rationally and harmoniously combining economic development, social development and environmental protection (see the document attached herewith).
The Oriented Strategy for Sustainable Development in Vietnam is a framework strategy containing major orientations which serve as legal bases for the ministries, branches, localities, organizations and concerned individuals to organize the implementation thereof, and at the same time reflect Vietnam's international commitments.
Article 2.- The Minister of Planning and Investment shall be responsible for organizing and guiding the implementation of the Oriented Strategy for Sustainable Development in Vietnam.
The ministers, the heads of ministerial-level agencies, the heads of Government-attached agencies, the presidents of the provincial/municipal People's Committees shall base themselves on the Oriented Strategy for Sustainable Development in Vietnam to formulate oriented strategies on sustainable development of their respective ministries, branches or localities.
Article 3.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
The ministers, the heads of ministerial-level agencies, the heads of Government-attached agencies, the presidents of the provincial/municipal People's Committees shall have to implement this Decision.
| | FOR THE PRIME MINISTER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Nguyen Tan Dung |
ORIENTED
STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (VIETNAM'S AGENDA 21)
(Promulgated together with the Prime Minister's Decision No. 153/2004/QD-TTg of August 17, 2004)
Introduction
The concept of "sustainable development" emerged in the environmental protection movement in the 70s of the 20th century. Sustainable development was defined by the World Council on Environment and Development (WCED) of the United Nations in its 1987 report "Our Common Future" as "the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
