| THE PRIME MINISTER ------- No: 26/2008/CT-TTg | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness --------- Hanoi, September 01, 2008 |
DIRECTIVE
ON STRENGTHENING CONTINUOUSLY THE STATE MANAGEMENT OF MINERAL EXPLORATION, EXPLOITATION, PROCESSING AND EXPORT ACTIVITIES
THE PRIME MINISTER
In recent years, the State management of mineral exploitation, processing, use and export activities have been strengthened; the enterprices acting in the field of mineral resources have focused on investment of exploitation and processing technology, increase of the mineral value, partly to meet demand in domestic and export; tasks of environmental protection in mineral activities have been intensified. However, in mineral exploitation and processing activities, there is still a lack of specific strategies and plans to each type of minerals, the investment is spread; loss in exploiting and processing minerals are big; mineral export is still mainly in the form of crude materials, ore or the crude ore; Labor status is unsafy, environmental pollution causing by the mineral exploitation activities as well as the circumstances of mineral exploitation and export donot overcome this thoroughly.
The main cause of the above situation is that the planning of the mineral exploration, exploitation, processing and utilisation and checking the restrict areas, temporarily banning the mineral activities carried out very slowly State management of mineral resources is still weak and inadequate. In some localities, the management and protection of mineral resources is neglected and undisciplined; inspection, check and handle of violations have not been carried out regularly, less effective; the financial mechanism, especially, export tax of royalty for longer any reasonable; the state manager forces on minerals somewhere arenot enough of quantity, lacking of profession and capacity
With the aim to make the active changes in the State management of mineral exploitation, processing, utilisation and export activities, Prime Minister has directed:
1. People's Committees of provinces, cities directly under the central government:
a) Directing the review of licensing exploration and exploitation and processing of minerals have been granted by the authorities and the issuance of documents to allow withdrawing minerals in the area of national defense, industrial zones, economic zones, The project of tourism area, the project of aquaculture, etc. ..; withdrawing the license, decision, the text has not enacted the correct jurisdiction, the order procedures; clarify responsibilities and dealt with the of law for organizations and individuals in violation. The provincial people's committee have to complete the works aboved before the 31 October, 2008 and to report the result to Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment for sumarizing and reporting to the Priminister.
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