THE GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 71/2003/ND-CP
Hanoi, June 19, 2003
 DECREE
ON DECENTRALIZING THE MANAGEMENT OF STATE ADMINISTRATIVE AND NON-BUSINESS PAYROLLS
 
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the February 26, 1998 Ordinance on Officials and Public Employees and the April 29, 2003 Ordinance amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Ordinance on Officials and Public Employees;
At the proposal of the Minister of the Interior,
 
DECREES:
 
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Scope of application
This Decree provides for the decentralization of the management of State administrative and non-business payrolls to the ministries, the ministerial-level-agencies and the agencies attached to the Government (hereinafter referred collectively to as ministries and branches) and the Peoples Councils and Peoples Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities (hereinafter referred collectively to as provincial-level Peoples Councils and Peoples Committees).