THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No. 18/2004/CT-TTg
Hanoi, May 31, 2004
 DIRECTIVE
ON ELABORATION OF THE 2005 SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND STATE BUDGET ESTIMATES
The year 2005, the last year of the 2001-2005 five-year plan, is of extremely important significance for the attainment of the socio-economic development targets of the 2001-2005 five-year plan set in the National Assembly's Resolution No. 55/2001/QH10 in order to create a development momentum for the first years of the next 5-year plan.
The Prime Minister hereby requests the ministries, branches and localities to thoroughly grasp the guideline on continued renewal set out in the Resolution of the 9th plenum of the Party Central Committee, create all favorable conditions for the maximum exploitation of potentials and advantages, step up economic development, and fully concretize the following principal tasks in their 2005 plans:
A. MAJOR OBJECTIVES AND TASKS OF THE 2005 PLAN
I. OBJECTIVES:
1. To develop the economy in a fast, efficient and sustainable manner. To mobilize to the utmost and efficiently use various resources for national development, create marked changes in quality, efficiency and competitiveness of products and the economy. To step up economic restructuring and reduce production costs in order to raise growth quality.