| THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT -------------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness -------------- |
| No. 165/2004/QD-TTg | Hanoi, September 21, 2004 |
DECISION
ON APPROVING THE PLANNING ON DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT FOR THE 2004-2010 PERIOD
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the October 6, 1999 Measurement Ordinance;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 06/2002/ND-CP of January 14, 2002 detailing the implementation of the Measurement Ordinance;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 65/2001/ND-CP of September 28, 2001 promulgating the system of lawful units of measurement of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
At the proposal of the Science and Environment Minister,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the Planning on development of national standards of measurement for the 2004-2010 period, with the following principal contents:
1. Objectives of the Planning
To develop Vietnam's national standards of measurement from now till 2010 along the direction of modernization up to the world's advanced level, suitable to the development trend and speed of science and technology in order to accomplish the task of State management over measurement and meet measurement demands in service of socio-economic development and international economic integration.
The specific objectives of the Planning on development of national standards of measurement include:
- Stage I (2004-2005): To invest in perfecting the standards of the existing 10 quantities (4 basic quantities and 6 derived quantities); stage II (2006-2010): To formulate new standards of 22 quantities (03 basic quantities and 19 derived quantities); by 2010 Vietnam shall have the standards of 32 quantities (7 basic quantities and 25 derived quantities) up to the technical level of national standards of measurement.
