THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 81/2001/QD-TTg
Hanoi, May 24, 2001
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE PROGRAM OF ACTION TO IMPLEMENT THE POLITICAL BUREAU’S DIRECTIVE No. 58-CT/TW ON STEPPING UP THE APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CAUSE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MODERNIZATION IN THE 2001-2005 PERIOD
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;Pursuant to the
Political Bureaus Directive No. 58-CT/TW on stepping up the application and development of information technologies in the cause of industrialization and modernization in the 2001-2005 period;
At the proposal of the Minister of Science, Technology and Environment,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the program of action to implement the Political Bureaus Directive No. 58-CT/TW of October 17, 2000 on stepping up the application and development of information technologies in the cause of industrialization and modernization, with the following principal contents:
I. OBJECTIVES OF THE APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (ITs) IN OUR COUNTRY IN THE 2001- 2010 AND 2001-2005 PERIODS
1. The objective towards the year 2010: Vietnams information technologies shall reach the advanced level in the region, be extensively applied in all domains; the information technology industry shall become a spearhead economic branch having a high growth rate and ever-increasing contributions to the GDP growth.
The national information network shall cover the whole country with a large information volume, with high quality and speed at a cheap price. The percentage of Internet users shall reach the worlds average level.
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