Nghị quyết 01/2002/NQ-CP

On December 27, 28 and 29, the Government held its December 2001 regular meeting, discussing and resolving the following issues:

- It heard a report on the program for organizing the implementation of the Vietnam-US Bilateral Trade Agreement, presented by the Trade Minister. The Government directed the elaboration of the program for the efficient implementation of the Agreement. The program covers specific and synchronous activities with appropriate steps, aiming to help the ministries, branches, localities and enterprises firmly grasp the principal contents of the Agreement, the advantages and difficulties as well as responsibilities of the levels, branches and enterprises in the course of implementation of the Agreement; things to be expeditiously done such as the amendment and supplementation of legal documents, the renovation and reorganization of State enterprises, trade promotion, as well as self-protective measures in commodity trading,�; the training of human resources for well performing the tasks in the context of international economic integration in general and implementation of the Agreement in particular. The Government assigned the Ministry of Trade to finalize the draft program and submit it to the Prime Minister for consideration and approval in January 2002. On the basis of the program approved by the Prime Minister, the ministries, branches, localities and enterprises shall, in the first quarter of 2002, draw up specific programs of action on things to be done, propose solutions to developing production and raising the competitiveness of products, commodity lines and enterprises, thus creating the initiative to strictly abide by commitments made in the Agreement.

- It considered the draft ordinance on the Most Favored Nation (MFN) treatment and National Treatment in international commerce, the draft ordinance on self-protective measures in commodity trading with foreign countries, the draft ordinance on population, and the draft ordinance on non-public medical practice.

- It adopted the report outlining the socio-economic situation in December 2001 and the whole year 2001; the report reviewing the direction and administration work in 2001, and the 2002 working program.- (Summary)