THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom Happiness
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No. 08/2004/CT-TTg
Hanoi, March 8, 2004
 
DIRECTIVE
ON ORGANIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION LAW
The Construction Law was passed on November 26, 2003 by the XIth National Assembly at its fourth session and takes implementation effect as from July 1, 2004. The Prime Minister hereby requests the ministers, the heads of the agencies attached to the Government and the presidents of the People's Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities to well organize the work of preparation for implementation of the Construction Law in order to quickly put the Construction Law into practice, create positive improvements in construction activity and construction investment management, and put the work of construction activity management into order and discipline. For the immediate future, it is necessary to concentrate efforts on performing the following tasks:
1. To expeditiously prepare conditions for the implementation of the Construction Law:
From now till the Construction Law takes effect, it is necessary to concentrate efforts on well performing the following key tasks:
- The Ministry of Construction shall have to draft decrees and relevant documents in order to submit them to the Government for promulgation or promulgate in time according to its competence when the Law takes effect; review the system of current legal documents related to construction activities and the system of construction regulations and standards in order to amend or supplement them or promulgate new ones to suit the Construction Law;
- The Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall coordinate with the Ministry of Construction in expeditiously studying and drafting regulations on construction of defense and security works classified as State secrets and works built