| THE GOVERNMENT ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------ |
| No: 76/2001/ND-CP | Hanoi, October 22, 2001 |
DECREE
ON CIGARETTE PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the September 30, 1992 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Government’s Resolution No. 12/2000/NQ-CP of August 14, 2000 on "the national policy to prevent and combat the cigarette’s harms in the 2000-2010 period";
At the proposal of the Minister of Industry,
DECREES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- Application scope and objects
1. This Decree prescribes the cigarette production and business activities in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
2. Domestic and foreign organizations and individuals engaged in cigarette production and business activities on the Vietnamese territory must all abide by the provisions of this Decree and other relevant law provisions, except otherwise provided for by the international agreements which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has signed or acceded to.
Article 2.- Principles on management of cigarette production and business activities
1. Cigarette products are goods items of which the domestic consumption is not encouraged. The State shall exercise the unified management of the cigarette industry and monopolize the cigarette production; Vietnam Cigarette Corporation shall play the core role in implementing this policy. Only State enterprises and licensed joint ventures with foreign countries meeting the conditions prescribed in this Decree can turn out cigarette products.
2. The State shall control the cigarette consumption on the market, including the wholesale and retail of cigarette products.
3. The business activities of buying and selling cigarette raw materials, producing cigarette products, cigarette wholesale or wholesale agency can be carried out only when all the prescribed business conditions are met.
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