| THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------ |
| No: 15/2003/CT-TTg | Hanoi, June 12, 2003 |
DIRECTIVE
ON THE ELABORATION OF THE 2004 SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND STATE BUDGET ESTIMATES
In furtherance of the National Assembly's Resolution No. 09/2002/QHXI on the State budget estimates and Resolution No. 14/2002/QHXI on the 2003 tasks, the Government has adopted many mechanisms and policies and concentrated its efforts on directing the ministries, central agencies and localities to bring into full play all resources, to promptly settle and remove problems and difficulties, to step up agricultural and industrial production, develop service activities, boost exports and apply measures to reduce costs in order to raise the competitiveness of each product as well as the entire economy; to speed up the execution tempo of investment projects on social and cultural development; to initially restore order in some fields like traffic and social order and safety; to timely and effectively handle newly-arising issues regarding severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and to maintain security and national defense.
