| THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------ |
| No: 311/QD-TTg | Hanoi, March 20, 2003 |
DECISION
APPROVING THE SCHEME ON CONTINUING TO ORGANIZE DOMESTIC MARKETS AND CONCENTRATING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL TRADE TILL 2010
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of December 25, 2001;
At the proposal of the Minister of Trade,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the scheme on continuing to organize domestic markets and concentrating on the development of rural trade till 2010, with the following main contents:
I. Objectives and tasks of developing domestic markets till 2010
1. Overall objectives and tasks:
To arrange and expand the domestic markets in association with overseas markets, ensuring smooth circulation of goods and better satisfying production and daily-life demands; to accelerate the consumption of goods, especially farm produce, thus boosting production and export; to bring into full play the positive role of advanced trade models as well as assorted forms of traders of all economic sectors; to create a healthy, safe and favorable business environment, thus contributing to the implementation of the roadmap for integration into the region and the world, boosting socio-economic growth, serving the cause of industrialization and modernization as well as the development of socialist-oriented market economy.
2. Specific objectives and tasks:
a) To maintain the annual growth rate of total goods and service retails at 11-14% in the 2001-2005 period and 14-15% in the 2005-2010 period; to strive to increase by over three fold in absolute figure the current average annual per-capita goods and service retails in rural areas by 2010 and turn out many goods of high competitiveness on domestic and overseas markets.
b) The consumption price index to increase by around 5%/year, to step by step check the growth rate of proportion of industrial products and services to farm produce.
