Decree 101/2004/NĐ-CP

THE GOVERNMENT

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to the November 26, 2003 Law on Organization of the People’s Councils and People’s Committees;

At the proposals of the Minister of Post and Telematics and the Minister of Home Affairs,

DECREES:

Article 1.- To establish the provincial/municipal Services of Post and Telematics under the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities.

The provincial/municipal Services of Post and Telematics are professional agencies which assist the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities in performing the function of State management over post, telecommunications, information technology, electronics, Internet, wave transmission and broadcasting, radio frequencies and information infrastructures (referred collectively to as post, telecommunications and information technology); and manage public services regarding post, telecommunications and information technology in the provinces and centrally-run cities.

The provincial/municipal Services of Post and Telematics are subject to professional direction and examination by the Ministry of Post and Telematics.

Article 2.- The presidents of the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall define in detail the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of the provincial/municipal Services of Post and Telematics under the guidance of the Minister of Post and Telematics and the Minister of Home Affairs.

Article 3.- This Decree takes implementation effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette. All previous regulations contrary to this Decree are hereby annulled.

Article 4.- The Minister of Post and Telematics, the Minister of Home Affairs, the ministers, the heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the heads of the agencies attached to the Government and the presidents of the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall have to implement this Decree.

On behalf of the Government
Prime Minister
PHAN VAN KHAI