Quyết định 104/1998/QĐ-TTg

THE PRIME MINISTER

Decision No.104/1998/QD-TTg of June 8, 1998 ratifying the overall project for socio-economic stability and development and defense and security consolidation in 20 communes of Son La province along the Vietnam-Lao border

The administrative boundaries for the implementation of the project shall cover 20 communes: 3 communes of Moc Chau district, 4 communes of Yen Chau district, 1 commune of Mai Son district and 12 communes of the Ma river district.

The project's objectives:

- To develop economy and society:

Economically: To give priority to the socio-economic development along the direction of concentrating efforts on the construction of communes that face acute difficulties and communes with protective forests at the upper reach of Ma River; to make plans on the readjustment and re-arrangement of population, striving to fulfill the population settlement plan by the year 2000; to strive to eliminate hungry family households by the year 2000 and reduce the proportion of poor family households to 10 % by the year 2005. To determine the available forest area for zoned tending and protection; to implement the afforestation program assigned by the State; to allot land, allot and contract forests to family households; to strive to raise the forest coverage to 51.6% by the year 2005 and 69.3% by the year 2010. To speed up the work of agricultural and forestrial promotion... while taking measures for the processing and consumption of products, expanding goods exchange in areas adjunct to the Vietnam-Lao border.

On infrastructure construction: To give priority to investment in upgrading, renovating and building roads linking districts with centers of commune clusters and inter-communal as well as inter-village roads. To continue building more schools, medical stations, hydro-electric works and radio and television stations, etc.

Socially: To solve burning issues related to educa-tion and health care. To bring down the rate of malnutritious children and goitre sufferers to around 10-15% by the year 2000. To give priority to the construction of people-funded semi-boarding schools in centers of communes or commune clusters.

- To ensure security and defense: In the immediate future to complete the construction and equipping of border guards' stations, border patrol posts, border gate customs and tax offices.

For the implementation of the project, beside the budget capital, the Son La province shall be entitled to mobilize other capital sources as prescribed.

The People's Committee of Son La province shall set up a steering board for the implemen-tation of the project.- (Summary)