THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 55/2002/QD-TTg
Hanoi, April 23, 2002
 
DECISION
ON EXPERIMENTAL REFORM OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AT SEA PORTS IN HO CHI MINH CITY AREA
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 22/CP of March 22, 1994 on the tasks, powers, State management responsibility and organizational structure of the Ministry of Communications and Transport;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 136/2001/QD-TTg of September 17, 2001 approving the overall program on State administrative reform in the 2001-2010 period;
At the proposal of the Minister of Communications and Transport in Report No.126/TTr-BGTVT of January 14, 2002,
DECIDES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- To permit the experimental reform of administrative procedures for vessels entering and leaving sea ports in Ho Chi Minh City area, except for foreign military ships and nuclear-powered sea-going ships, ships of Vietnam’s armed forces in service of security and defense purposes and other State public-duty ships operating at seaports in Ho Chi Minh City area.
Article 2.- Interpretation of terms and phrases
In this Decision, the following terms and phrases shall be construed as followed:
1. "The specialized State management agencies" are organizations assigned to perform the function of specialized State management at Ho Chi Minh City’s seaports, including Saigon Port Authority, Saigon Port Border Guards, Saigon Port Customs Sub-Department, Ho Chi Minh City’s International Medical Quarantine Center, Region II Plant Quarantine Sub-Department, Ho Chi Minh City area’s Veterinary Center.
2. "Vessels" include sea-going ships, domestic water means of Vietnam with the gross tonnage of 50 GT or dead weight tonnage of 100 DWT or higher and assorted foreign ships and boats.
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