Decree No. 24/2006/ND-CP dated March 06, 2006 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP dated June 3, 2002, detailing the implementation of the Ordinance on charges and fees

THE GOVERNMENT -------	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ----------
No. 24/2006/ND-CP	Hanoi, March 06, 2006

DECREE

AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF DECREE No. 57/2002/ND-CP OF JUNE 3, 2002, DETAILING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE ON CHARGES AND FEES

THE GOVERNMENT

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

Pursuant to August 28, 2001 Ordinance No. 38/2001/PL-UBTVQH10 on Charges and Fees;

Pursuant to the Government’s Resolution No. 08/2004/NQ-CP of June 30, 2004, on further accelerating the decentralization of state management between the Government and administrations of provinces and centrally run cities;

At the proposal of the Minister of Finance,

DECREES:

Article 1.- To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002, detailing the implementation of the Ordinance on Charges and Fees as follows:

1. To amend, supplement Clauses 4 and 5 of Article 3 as follows:

“4. Fees, monthly dues and yearly dues collected under the charters of political organizations, socio-political organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations and clubs;

5. Other charges already prescribed in other legal documents, such as freights, postal and telecommunication charges, payment and money transfer charges collected by credit institutions…”

2. To amend, supplement Article 5 as follows:

“Article 5.- Competence to prescribe charges is as follows:

1. The Government shall prescribe a number of important charges to be collected in great amounts and related to many socio-economic policies of the State. For each particular type of charge prescribed by the Government, the Government may, on a case-by-case basis, authorize ministries or ministerial-level agencies to set charge rates suitable to the practical situation.

2. The People’s Councils of provinces and centrally run cities (hereinafter collectively referred to as provincial-level) shall prescribe a number of charges associated with land and natural resource management or with the State administrative management function of local administrations.

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