THE PRIME MINISTER
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 644/QD-TTg
Ha Noi, May 31, 2012
 
DECISION
APPROVING CONTENT OF THE SCHEME "COLLECTION OF PRECIOUS AND RARE ARCHIVES OF VIETNAM AND ABOUT VIETNAM"
THE PRIME MINISTER
 
Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization dated December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the National Archives Ordinance dated April 4, 2001;
Pursuant to Decree No. 111/2004/ND-CP dated April 8, 2004 of the Government detailing the implementation of some articles of the National Archives Ordinance;
Pursuant to Directive No. 05/2007/CT-TTg dated March 2, 2007 of the Prime Minister on strengthening the protection and promotion of the values of archives;
At the proposal of the Minister of Interior in Report No. 3809/TTr-BNV dated October 26, 2011,
DECIDES:
Article 1.Approving content of the scheme "collection of precious and rare archives of Vietnam and about Vietnam"
1. Objectives
a) Collecting rare and precious archives to supplement the archive background preserved at the National Archives Center of the State Record and Archives Department of Vietnam (Ministry of Interior).
b) Safely preserving and efficiently promoting the value of the collected precious and rare archives.
c) Assisting individuals, families and clans…in the safe preservation of precious and rare archives - a part of precious heritage of the nation at risk of degradation due to not being preserved properly.
2. Scope and subjects
a) Implementation period: 2012-2020.
b) Collection subject of the scheme: Precious and rare archives including materials of special valuable and rare for the content and form of information object and time.
- Contents and collected materials
+ Materials directly or indirectly of the sovereignty and territory of Vietnam;
+ Materials on activities of the state apparatus through the historical periods of Vietnam political, economic, cultural, social, diplomatic events ... typically in Vietnam's history that the materials in the National Archives Center does not have or have but inadequately;
+ Materials on the origin, development process reflecting the material and spirit life customs and practices of Vietnamese people through historical periods truthfully and dynamically;
+ Materials on individuals, families and clans bearing a lot of hallmarks in Vietnam’s history.
- Form of collected materials:
+ Uniquely about information object (leaves, wood, fabric, leather and Dó paper...);