THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 86/2006/QD-TTg
Hanoi, April 20, 2006
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE MASTER PLAN ON THE SYSTEM OF VIETNAM'S NATURE MUSEUMS UP TO 2020
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister's Decision No. 156/ 2005/QD-TTg of June 23, 2005, approving the master plan on the system of Vietnam's museums up to 2020;
At the proposal of the Vietnam Institute of Sciences and Technologies in Documents No. 213/TTr-KHCNVN of March 4, 2005, and No. 1056/KHCNVN-VP of September 21, 2005; and of the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Document No. 469-BKH/ TD&GSDT of January 20, 2006, on the master plan on the system of Vietnam's nature museums up to 2020,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To approve the master plan on the system of Vietnam's nature museums up to 2020 with the following major contents:
I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Overall objectives:
To build and put into operation a system of nature museums which is structurally complete; technically modern; systematic, efficient and rich in operation; meets the requirements of research, teaching, excursion, study and popularization of knowledge about the process of development of the natural history in Vietnam.
2. Specific objectives:
- To build and efficiently operate facilities within the system of Vietnam's nature museums.
To create national, regional, specialized and local collections of specimens on botany, zoology, geology, mineralogy and other domains.
- To build botanical gardens, zoos and open-air exhibition areas of national and regional levels.
- To train a contingent of personnel and expand international cooperation in service of operation and development of the system of Vietnam's nature museums in general and its components in particular.
II. VIEWPOINTS:
The master plan on the system of Vietnam's nature museums up to 2020 must ensure the nature's uniformity in diversity, sociality, scientificity, technicality, practicality and high feasibility.
III. STRUCTURE OF THE SYSTEM OF VIETNAM'S NATURE MUSEUMS:
The system of Vietnam's nature museums comprises:
1. Nature museums at different levels:
a/ Based on their scientific nature, scope, size and exhibits, nature museums are of the following types:
The national nature museum (Vietnam Nature Museum).
- Regional nature museums.
- Specialized nature museums.
- Local nature museums.
b/ Based on their architectural and construction styles, exhibits and methods of exhibition, nature museums are of following types:
- Museum houses.
- Open-air exhibition areas.
2. Collections of specimens (from local to national level).
3. Botanical gardens and zoos of national or regional level.
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