Resolution 01/1999/NQ-CP

RESOLUTION No. 01/1999/NQ-CP of January 6, 1999 on the Government�s December 1998 regular meeting

On December 30 and 31, 1998, the Government held its December 1998 regular meeting to discuss and resolve the following issues:

- It adopted the report reviewing its executive work in 1998 and the 1999 working program;

- It adopted the Bill on Press (amended). It assigned the Ministry of Culture and Information to coordinate with the Ministry of Justice, the Government Office and the concerned agencies in finalizing the Bill, then submitting it to the Prime Minister in January 1999 for decision on its submission to the National Assembly;

- It adopted the draft Ordinance on Income Tax on High Income Earners (amended). It assigned the Ministry of Finance to coordinate with the Ministry of Justice, the Government Office and the concerned agencies in finalizing the draft Ordinance, then submitting it to the Prime Minister in January 1999 for decision on its submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee.

- The Ministry of Planning and Investment submitted to the Government the report on the execution of December�s plan, the whole year of 1998 and the measures to manage and execute the plan in the first quarter of 1999. The Government requested the ministries, the ministerial-level agencies, the agencies attached to the Government and the People�s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities to organize the assignment of 1999 plan to the grassroots levels for implementation right from the beginning of the year under Decision No.248/1998/QD-TTg of December 24, 1998 of the Prime Minister; and regularly coordinate with one another in proposing timely measures to assist the Prime Minister in well managing the 1999 plan.- (Summary)