THE MINISTRY OF TRADE
THE COMMITTEE FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS
THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 07/2002/TTLT-BTM-UBDTMN-BTC-BKHDT
Hanoi, August 12, 2002
 
JOINT CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT’S DECREE No. 02/2002/ND-CP OF JANUARY 3, 2002 AND DECREE No. 20/1998/ND-CP OF MARCH 31, 1998 ON TRADE DEVELOPMENT IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS, ISLANDS, AND AREAS INHABITED BY ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 20/1998/ND-CP of March 31, 1998 on trade development in mountainous regions, islands, and areas inhabited by ethnic minority people and Decree No. 02/2002/ND-CP of January 3, 2002 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 20/1998/ND-CP,
The Ministry of Trade, the Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Regions, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning and Investment hereby jointly guide the implementation thereof as follows:
I. REGARDING MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS, ISLANDS, AND AREAS INHABITED BY ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE
The mountainous regions, islands, and areas inhabited by ethnic minority people are geographical areas recognized and classified by the Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Regions into three regions according to their development levels (I, II and III) in Decision No. 42/UB-QD of May 23, 1997; Decision No. 26/1998/QD-UB of March 18, 1998; Decision No. 21/1998/QD-UB of March 18, 1998; Decision No. 21/1998/QD-UBDTMN of February 25, 1998 of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Regions.
The Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Regions shall decide and guide the implementation in case of changes in administrative units and administrative boundaries of communes, districts and/or provinces in the mountainous, island and ethnic minority areas.