THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM |
No.55/2007/QD-TTg | Hanoi, April 23, 2007 |
DECISION
APPROVING THE LIST OF PRIORITY INDUSTRIES AND SPEARHEAD INDUSTRIES FOR THE 2007-2010 PERIOD, WITH A VISION TO 2020, AND A NUMBER OF INCENTIVE POLICIES FOR THESE INDUSTRIES
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated December 25, 2001;
At the proposal of the Ministry of Industry in Report No. 5286/BCN-KH dated September 20, 2006, and Report No. 7062/TTr-BCN dated December 22, 2006.
DECIDES:
Article 1.
Article 2.
1. For priority industries:
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b) Regarding trade promotion:
- To incorporate priority industries into annual programs on brand building and development;
- To provide financial support (through trade line associations) for enterprises operating in priority industries to formulate international quality management standards;
- To introduce free of charge products of priority industries on the websites of the Ministry of Industry and provincial-level Industry Services.
- To display and introduce free of charge products of priority industries in national and local fairs and exhibitions.
c) Regarding research and development: To provide the maximum budget funds under current regulations for the execution of R & D activities related to key industries, in which:
- The central budget supports:
+ Technology transfer (including trial production with transferred technologies);
+ The establishment and capacity building of scientific and technological agencies (laboratories, testing labs, R &D institutions, etc.);
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- Local budgets support:
Trial production (of new products; raw materials and auxiliary materials to replace imported ones) in order to perfect new technologies and equipment before they are applied to industrial production.
2. Spearhead industries are entitled to policies applicable to priority industries and partial support from the State (not exceeding 50% of investment capital) for projects on environmental protection in production establishments.
Article 3.
1. Responsibilities of ministries and branches:
a) The Ministry of Industry shall guide, urge and inspect the implementation of this Decision; monitor and propose the Government or the Prime Minister to adjust mechanisms and policies for the development of priority industries and spearhead industries so as to suit realities;
b) The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall coordinate with the Ministries of Industry; Finance; Trade; Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; Science and Technology; Natural Resources and Environment; Agriculture and Development; and Fisheries, the State Bank of Vietnam and concerned ministries and branches in promulgating documents guiding the implementation of specific policies in their respective management domains for the development of priority industries and spearhead industries as stated in their annual and five-year plans; and coordinate with in-charge agencies in settling arising issues at the latter's request.
2. Responsibilities of provincial-level People's Committees: To make and publicize lists of local priority industries and spearhead industries and incorporate them into their annual and five-year plans for implementation.
Article 4.
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Article 5.
Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and government-attached agencies, and presidents of provincial/municipal People's Committees shall implement this Decision.
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Nguyen Tan Dung
APPENDIX
LIST OF PRIORITY INDUSTRIES AND SPEARHEAD INDUSTRIES FOR THE 2007-2010 PERIOD, WITH A VISION TO 2020
(Promulgated together with the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 55/2007/QD-TTg dated April 23, 2007)
Ordinal number
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2007-2010
2011-2015
2016-2020
Priority industry
Spearhead industry
Priority industry
Spearhead industry
Priority industry
Spearhead industry
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Textile and garment (yarn, fabrics, silk, exported clothings, raw materials and auxiliary materials)
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X
2
Leather and footwear (exported footwear, raw materials and auxiliary materials)
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X
X
3
Plastics (domestic-use plastics, packings, bottles, jars, pipes, etc., technical plastics)
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4
Processing of agricultural, forest and aquatic products
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X
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5
Steel (steel draft, special-use steel)
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X
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Exploitation and processing of aluminum bauxite
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X
7
Chemicals (base chemicals, fertilizers, petro-chemistry, pharmaco-chemistry, cosmetics)
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X
X
8
Mechanical engineering (automobiles, ship building, complete equipment, agricultural machines and mechanical electronics)
X
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X
X
9
Electronic, telecommunicatio-ns and information technology equipment
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X
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X
10
Products from new technologies (new energy, renewable energy, software industry, digital content)
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X
X
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