THE GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 18/2003/ND-CP
Hanoi, February 20, 2003
 DECREE
PRESCRIBING THE FUNCTIONS, TASKS, POWERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT’S OFFICE
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government of December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the August 5, 2002 Resolution No. 02/2002/QH11 of the XIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the first session, prescribing the list of ministries and ministerial-level agencies of the Government;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 86/2002/ND-CP of November 5, 2002 prescribing the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of the ministries and ministerial-level agencies;
At the proposals of the Minister-Director of the Government’s Office and the Minister of the Interior,
DECREES:
Article 1.- Position and functions:
The Government’s Office is a ministerial-level agency, an assisting apparatus of the Government and the Prime Minister.
The Government’s Office functions to organize the general activities of the Government and the Prime Minister; advise the Prime Minister on the direction and administration of general activities of the State administrative apparatus; assist the Prime Minister in organizing the regulation and coordination of activities of the ministries, the ministerial-level agencies, the agencies attached to the Government as well as the People’s Councils and the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities for the implementation of the Government’s and the Prime Minister’s working programs and plans; work out, manage and strictly observe the Government’s and the Prime Minister’s Working Regulations as well as working programs and plans; and ensure the material and technical conditions for the Government’s and the Prime Minister’s activities.