THE PRIME MINISTER | | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness |
No. 121/QD-TTg | | Hanoi, January 24, 2019 |
DECISION
Approving the Plan on implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)[1]
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the June 19, 2015 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to April 9, 2016 Law No. 108/2016/QH13 on Treaties;
Pursuant to the National Assembly’s Resolution No. 72/2018/QH14 of November 12, 2018, approving the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and related documents;
At the proposal of the Minister of Industry and Trade,
DECIDES:
Article 1. To promulgate together with this Decision the Plan on implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Article 2. This Decision takes effect on the date of its signing.
Article 3. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees, and heads of related agencies shall implement this Decision.-
Prime Minister
NGUYEN XUAN PHUC
THE PRIME MINISTER | | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness |
PLAN
On implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
(Promulgated together with the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 121/QD-TTg of January 24, 2019)
I. OBJECTIVES
The Prime Minister approves the Plan on implementation of the CPTPP to assign tasks and responsibilities to related agencies and organizations, and decide on the direction and administration measures, as well as other measures to fully and effectively implement the Agreement.
II. MAJOR TASKS
In order to achieve the aforementioned objectives, in the coming time, in addition to regular tasks, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, and provincial-level People’s Committees shall concretize and implement the following fundamental tasks:
1. Dissemination and propagation of the CPTPP and information about markets of member states of the CPTPP
a/ To intensify propagation of the CPTPP to stakeholders (people, especially those who are likely to be affected by the Agreement such as farmers and fishermen, and central and local management agencies, trade associations, cooperatives, and the business cycle, especially medium-, small- and micro-sized enterprises) through the mass media, websites, training courses and workshops to raise the awareness and knowledge about the commitments under, and to-be-performed jobs to effectively implement, the CPTPP.
b/ To attach importance to the training of state officials in such fields as investment, services, customs, government procurement, trade defense, intellectual property, agro-forestry-fisheries, labor and environment about relevant specific commitments of the CPTPP, ensuring that clear and accurate understanding of these commitments and full and effective implementation of the Agreement.
c/ To establish an information focal point on the CPTPP in particular and free trade agreements (FTAs) in general at the Ministry of Industry and Trade to provide information on, and guide and clarify, the commitments of, and issues related to, the CPTPP and FTAs which Vietnam has acceded to.
[1] Công Báo Nos 169-170 (11/02/2019)
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