THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 30/2003/QD-TTg
Hanoi, February 21, 2003
 DECISION
PROMULGATING THE WORKING REGULATION OF THE GOVERNMENT DELEGATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC-TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 116/1998/QD-TTg of July 8, 1998 on the establishment of the Government Delegation for International Economic-Trade Negotiations;
At the proposals of the chairman of the National Committee for International Economic Cooperation, the Minister of Trade and the head of the Government Delegation for Economic-Trade Negotiations,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To promulgate together with this Decision the Working Regulation of the Government Delegation for International Economic-Trade Negotiations.
Article 2.- This Decision takes effect 15 days after it is published on the Official Gazette.
Article 3.- The chairman of the National Committee for International Economic Cooperation, the ministers and the heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the heads of the agencies attached to the Government, the head and members of the Government Delegation for International Economic-Trade Negotiations shall have to implement this Decision.
 
PRIME MINISTER




Phan Van Khai
 
WORKING REGULATION
OF THE GOVERNMENT DELEGATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC-TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
(Promulgated together with the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 30/2003/QD-TTg of February 21, 2003)
Article 1.- Functions of the Government Delegation for International Economic-Trade Negotiations
The Government Delegation for International Economic-Trade Negotiations (hereinafter referred to as the Government Negotiation Delegation for short) has the function of preparing for and conducting negotiations for Vietnam’s accession to or signing of international treaties on trade under the Prime Minister’s decisions, focussing in the immediate future on negotiations for Vietnam’s admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO).