| THE PRIME MINISTER | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM |
| No. 29/2008/QD-TTg | Hanoi, February 22, 2008 |
DECISION
SETTING UP, AND DEFINING THE FUNCTIONS, TASKS, POWERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF, VIETNAMS CULTURAL CENTER IN FRANCE
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 178/2007/ND-CP of December 3, 2007, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 185/2007/ND-CP of December 25, 2007, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Culture, Spoils and Tourism;
Pursuant to the 1993 Ordinance on overseas representative offices of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
Pursuant to the Governments Decree No. 183/CP of November 18, 1994. detailing the implemen-tation of the Ordinance on overseas representative offices of the SocialistRepublic of Vietnam;
At the proposal of the Minister of Culture. Sports and Tourism.
DECIDES:
Article 1. To set up. and define the functions, tasks and powers of. Vietnams Cultural Center in the Republic of France
1. To set up VietnamsCulturalCenter in the Republic of France.
2.VietnamsCulturalCenter in the Republic of France, referred to as the VietnamsCulturalCenter in France for short, is a non-business cultural unit and overseas representative office of the Ministry of Culture. Sports and Tourism, functioning to organize activities of cultural exchange, communication and tourism in order to increase the understanding of French and European people about Vietnam and its people; provide information on socio-economic situations, undertakings, guidelines, policies and laws of the Vietnamese State, promote tourism and support sport activities.
3. Vietnams Cultural Center in France has the legal person status, its own bank account and seal; its transaction name in French is Centre Culturel du Vietnam en France, abbreviated to CCV.
Article 2. Tasks and powers
Vietnams CulturalCenter in France has the following tasks and powers:
1. To propose the Minister of Culture. Sports and Tourism:
a/ To decide on long-term and annual plans on the operation and development of VietnamsCulturalCenter in France;
b/ To promulgate or submit to competent authorities for promulgation incentive mechanisms and policies in support of other socio-cultural operations in Europe, suitable to each period and time, and big national anniversaries;
c/ Todecide on the Regulation on organization, operation and management of VietnamsCulturalCenter in France.
2. To organize activities of:
a/ Culture, arts, education, science-technology, and promotion of trade, investment, tourism, cuisine, sport, oriental medicine and other activities that need to be promoted in Europe:
b/ Introduction of ancient and present-day Vietnam in all aspects of social life;
c/ Research and organization of cultural, sport and tourism exchanges between Vietnam and France and other European countries;
d/ Teaching and organizing training courses of, Vietnamese language and arts, preserving Vietnamese language in the Vietnamese community in France.
3. To organize the following activities in support of Vietnam-related cultural operations in Europe:
a/ Cultural programs in Europe with the participation of domestic units and overseas Vietnamese;
b/ Visits to study European cultures for Vietnamese researcher delegations;
c/ Seminars, talks, exchanges and dialogues on Vietnamese and foreign cultures, arts, tourisms, economics, investment and social sciences;
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