Ordinance No. 01/2018/UBTVQH14 dated December 22, 2018 of the National Assembly Standing Committee on amending and Supplementing a Number of Planning-Related Articles of 4 Ordinances

ORDINANCE

Amending and Supplementing a Number of Planning-Related Articles of 4 Ordinances^[1]

Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

Pursuant to the National Assembly’s Resolution No. 74/2018/QH14 of November 20, 2018, on the sixth session of the XIV^th National Assembly;

The National Assembly Standing Committee promulgates the Ordinance Amending and Supplementing a Number of Planning-Related Articles of Ordinance No. 02/2018/PL-UBTVQH12 on Defense Industry, Ordinance No. 11/2016/UBTVQH13 on Market Surveillance; Ordinance No. 31/2000/PL-UBTVQH10 on Library, and Ordinance No. 26/2005/PL-UBTVQH11, on Preferential  Treatment of  People with Meritorious Services to the Revolution, of which a number of articles were amended and supplemented under Ordinance No. 04/2012/UBTVQH13.

Article 1. To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Ordinance on Defense Industry

1. To amend and supplement Clause 1, Article 6 as follows:

“1. Disclosing state secrets on building and development of the defense industry in the master plan on the system of defense works, military zones, ammunition depots, and defense industry, plans on building and development of the defense industry, scientific and technological results related to the defense industry, and tasks on product manufacturing serving national defense and security.”.

2. To amend and supplement Chapter III as follows:

“Chapter III

PLANS ON BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY

Article 12. Plans on building and development of the defense industry

1. Defense industry building and development plans must adhere to the principles defined in Article 4 of this Ordinance and meet the following requirements:

a/ Efficiently exploiting and using all national potentials and resources for building and development of the defense industry; supplying increasingly modern and advanced weapons and military technical equipment;

b/ Ensuring the balance, synchronism, rational scale and proper arrangement in strategic geographical areas;

c/ Being in line with national socio-economic development plans.

2. Grounds for formulation of plans on building and development of the defense industry:

a/ National defense and security tasks and socio-economic development tasks of the country;

b/ Strategies on sufficient supply of weapons and military technical equipment for the people’s armed forces;

c/ The master plan on the system of defense works, military zones, ammunition depots, and defense industry;

d/ The national industrial development plan, and the State’s capability to balance investment resources for building and development of the defense industry.

3. A plan on building and development of the defense industry must have the following contents:

a/ Definition of objectives, tasks, programs and key projects;

b/ Organization of the system of defense industrial establishments;

c/ Balance of resources, and implementation conditions and solutions.