THE GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 71/2002/ND-CP

Hanoi, July 23, 2002

 

DECREE

DETAILING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE ORDINANCE ON THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CASE OF GREAT DISASTERS OR DANGEROUS EPIDEMICS

THE GOVERNMENT

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to the March 23, 2000 Ordinance on the State of Emergency;

At the proposals of the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Minister of Science, Technology and Environment and the Minister of Health,

DECREES:

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1.- Scope of regulation

This Decree prescribes in detail the organization of implementation of the National Assembly Standing Committee’s resolutions or State President’s orders promulgating the state of emergency in case of great disasters or dangerous epidemics (hereinafter called the state of emergency), and the application of special measures in the emergency state.

Article 2.- Principles for organization of implementation of the National Assembly Standing Committee’s resolutions or State President’s orders promulgating the state of emergency, and the application of special measures in the state of emergency