Law No.10/2003/QH11 dated June 17, 2003 of the National Assembly amending and supplementing a number of Articles of the Vietnam State Bank Law

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY -------	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ------------
No: 10/2003/QH11	Hanoi, June 17, 2003

LAW

AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE VIETNAM STATE BANK LAW
(No. 10/2003/QH11 of June 17, 2003)

Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10 of December 25, 2001 of the Xth National Assembly, the 10th session;

This Law amends and supplements a number of articles of the Vietnam State Bank Law of December 12, 1997.

Article 1.-

To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Vietnam State Bank Law as follows:

1. Article 9 is amended and supplemented as follows:

"Article 9.- Interpretation of terms

In this Law, the following words and phrases are construed as follows:

1. Currency means a payment instrument, including bank notes, coins and papers of money value.

2. Monetary market means a short-term capital market, where the short-term purchase and sale of valuable papers, including treasury bills, the State Bank's bills, deposit certificates and other valuable papers are carried out.