THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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Ha Noi , Day 15 month 11 year 2002
No: 162/2002/QD-TTg
Hanoi, November 15, 2002
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE PLANNING ON DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM’S LAND-ROAD COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT SECTOR TILL 2010 AND ORIENTATIONS TILL 2020
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
At the proposal of the Ministry of Communications and Transport (Report No. 4470/GTVT of December 28, 2000, Official Dispatch No. 2246/GTVT-KHDT of June 26, 2002 and Official Dispatch No. 3775/GTVT-KHDT of October 10, 2002); and on the basis of the opinions of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (Official Dispatches No. 5973/BKH/CSHT of September 4, 2001 and No. 5187/BKH/CSHT of August 14, 2002) on the Planning on development of Vietnam’s land-road communications and transport sector till 2010 and orientations till 2020,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the Planning on development of Vietnams land-road communications and transport sector till 2010 and its development orientations till 2020, with the following principal contents.
1. Viewpoints:
a/ Land-road communications and transport constitutes an important component of the socio-economic infrastructure in general and the communications infrastructure in particular. This sector should be invested and developed one step in advance with a view to creating the prerequisite and motive force for socio-economic development, serving the cause of industrialization and modernization, meeting the requirements of the regional and international integration process, and contributing to consolidating national security and defense.