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Issue nos 01-03/Februarv 2013 61 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/FebruaryI, 2013)

THE PRIME MINISTER

Decision No. 201/QD-TTg of January 22, 2013, approving the master plan on development of 's tourism through 2020, with a vision toward 2030

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organizationof the Government; 62 lssut> nos 01-03/Ft>bruarv2013 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/Febmary1, 2013)

Pursuant to the June 14, 2005 Tourism el To step up socialization to mobilize all Law; domestic and overseas resources for investment Pursuant to the Prime Minister :S- Decision in tomism development; to bring into the fullest No. 2473/QD-TTg of December 30, 2011, play the national potential and advantages in natural conditions and national culture as well approving the strategy for devel opment of Vietnam:S- tourism through 2020, with a vision as typical strengths of areas and regions all over toward 2030; the count1y; to promote association in tomism development. At the proposal of the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 2. Development objectives a/ General objectives DECIDES: By 2020, tourism will basically become a Article 1. Major contents spearhead industiy with professional services, a synchronous and modem physical and technical 1. Development viewpoints infrastiucturesystem and high-quality, diverse al To develop tourism into a spearhead and branded tourist products deeply imbued industry, accounting for an increasingly high with national cultural identity and competitive share in GDP and creating a motive force for with other countries in the region and the boosting socio-economic development. world. bl To develop tomism toward professionalism By 2030, Vietnam will have a developed and modernity with focuses and pliolities; to tomism industiy. attach importance to in-depth development of bl Specific objectives tomism so as to assure quality and effectiveness with well-known brands and competitiveness. - Regarding territorial organization: To develop 7 tomist regions with typical tourist cl To develop domestic and international products, 46 national tomist zones, 41 national tourism simultaneously; to attach impo1tance tomist sites, 12 tourist cities and some other to inbound tourism while enhancing the important tourist zones and sites to drive administration of outbound tourism. tomism development in each region and the di To develop sustainable tourism in close count1y. To enclose with this Decision a list association with conserving and promoting of national tourist zones, national tourist sites national cultural values; to preserve landscape and tourist cities. and protect the environment; to assure security - Sectoral development targets and defense and maintain social order and safety; andto assure hannony and interactivity + Tourist anivals between tourism exploitation and development • By 2015, the numbers of international and protection of natural resources and humane tomist anivals and domestic tourist anivals will values. be 7. 5 million and 3 7 million, with an annual Issue nos 01-03/Februarv 2013 63 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/FebruaryI, 2013) growth of 8.4% and 5.7%, respectively. + Investinent capital demand: The investinent • By 2020, the numbers of international capital demand is USD 18.5 billion for the tourist arrivals and domestic tomist anivals will 2011-2015 period; USD 24 billion for the be 10.5 million and 47.5 million, with an annual 2015-2020 pe1iod; USD 25.2 billion for the growth of 7% and 5 .1 %, respectively. 2020-2025 pe1iod; and USD 26.5 billion for the 2026-2030 pe1iod. By 2025, the numbers of international - Culnire: To conti·ibute to conserving and tourist anivals and domestic tomist anivals will be 14 million and 58 million, with an annual promoting Vietnamese cultural values; to develop the people's physical strengths and growth of 6% and 4,3%, respectively. improve their intellecn1al standards and culrural • By 2030, the numbers of international and spirirual lives, and promote solidarity, tourist anivals and domestic tomist anivals will friendshipand national superiority. be 18 million and 71 million, with an annual - Social security: To create more jobs, growth of 5.2% and 4.1 %, respectively. + contribute to pove1ty reduction, social security Total revenues from tourists will reach assurance and settlement of social affairs. VND 207 trillion, equivalent to USD 10.3 - Enviromnent: To develop "green" tomism, billion, by 2015; VND 372 trillion, equivalent combining tourist activities with conserving to USD 18.5 billion, by 2020; VND 523 trillion, and promoting naniral values and protecting equivalent to USD 26 billion, by 2025; and the environment. To maintain the tourist VND 708 trillion, equivalent to USD 35.2 enviromnent as an attractive element playing billion, by 2030. the decisive role in the quality and value of + Tomism contiibutionto GDP: Tomism will tourism and tomist brands. account for6% ofthe national GDP by 2015, 7% - Security and defense: To contribute to by 2020; 7.2% by 2025; and 7.5% by 2030. affinningand protecting national sovereignty + Nmnber of accommodation establishments: and territory and maintaining security and There will be 390,000 accommodation rooms by social order and safety. 2015; 754,000 by 2025; and 900,000 by 2030. 3. Major development orientations + Employment: By 2015, 2.1 million a/ Tomist market development: To step up laborers (including 620,000 directly engaged in the simultaneous development of domestic tourist activities) will be employed in the sector; tourism and international tourism; to attach by 2020, 2025 and 2030, this figures will be 2.9 impo1tance to the market segment oflong-stay million (including 870,000 directly engaged in and high-spending tourists. tourist activities), 3.5 million (including 1.05 million directly engaged in tomist activities), - Domestic tourists and 4.7 million (including 1.4 million directly + To strongly develop domestic tourist engaged in tourist activities), respectively. markets, attaching impo1tance to tourists who 64 lssut> nos 01-03/Ft>bruarv2013 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/Febmary1, 2013)

travel for leisure, recreation, weekend rests, - To develop typical tomist products based religious and belief festivals or shopping. on tourism development spaces with prominent + To encourage the development and unique characteristics so as to build tourist expansion of specialized tomism markets and brands for regions with integrated tourist business tourism. products and destinations. - International tourists - To diversify products to serve tourists with differentneeds such as MICE (Meeting, + To attract and strongly develop near Incentive, Convention and Exhibition) tourism; markets such as Asia (, , urban tourism; educational tourism; sports Hong Kong, Republic of Korea and Taiwan); tomism; convalescence tomism; cmise tomism; ASEAN (, , , and aesthetic tomism. , and ). - To promote association between localities + To enhance the exploitation of high-class and businesses, regions and economic conidors traditional markets such as Western , in order to, in combination with the transpo1t No1thern Europe, No1thAmerica, Oceania, and sector as well as regional, inter-regional and EasternEurope ( and Ukraine). international cooperation, form attractive + To expand new markets: and tomist products. India. cl Organization of tourism space b/ Tourist product development - To develop tourism in 7 regions - To prioritize the development of main + The n01thern midland and mountainous products: region, embracing 14 cities and provinces: Hoa + To strongly develop the system of marine Binh, Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Yen Bai, tourist products which are competitive in the Phu Tho, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, Ha Giang, region, including sea reso1ts, sea sightseeing Bae Kan, Thai Nguyen, Cao Bang, Lang Son and marine ecosystems. To exploit the system and Bae Giang. of coastal islands fortourism development. Typical products: + To prioritize the development of cultural • Back-to-the-origin tomism, tours to explore tourist products associated with heritage sites, cultural traits of ethnic minority groups;and the festivals and sightseeing and lifestyle-exploring mountain, grotto and midland ecosystems. tours. To strongly develop culinary tourism. To • Mountain reso1ts; weekend retreats. promote local cultural values as the foundation • Spo1ts and discove1y tours. of typical tourist products. • Border shopping tours. + To step up the development of eco-tourist products, attaching importance to grotto Key geographical areas for tourism exploration, mountain and eco-agriculturaland development: rnral tours. • Son La - Dien Bien, with such destinations Issue nos 01-03/Februarv 2013 65 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/FebruaryI, 2013) as Moc Chau, Son La reservoir, Tay Trang • Eco-agdcultural and rnral tomism. international border gate, and Dien Bien Phu • Festival and spiritual tomism. and Muong Phang histodcal relics. • Weekend and high-class recreation and • Lao Cai, with such destinations as Lao Cai ente1tainment tourism. international border gate, Sa Pa tourist zone, Phan Xi Pang peak and Hoang Lien national Key geographical areas for tourism park. development: • Phu Tho, with Hung King Temple festival • capital, with a system of historical and the system of relics of Hung King era, Thac and cultural relics in the inner city and places Ba reservoir. of natural landscape in the vicinity. • Thai Nguyen - Lang Son, with Nui Coe • Quang Ninh- Hai Phong, with n01theastern reservoir, Dinh Hoa and Tan Trao former sea areas and islands, especially Ha Long - Cat resistance bases, Dong Dang border-gate Ba, Van Don, Do Son. economic zone and Mau Son tourist resort. • Ninh Binh, with Tam Coe - Bich Dong, • Ha Giang, with the Dong Van Rocky Hoa Lu, Trang An, Van Long, Cuc Phuong, Plateau global geopark, Meo Vac landscape, Tam Chuc - Ba Sao and the system of relics Ma Pi Leng and Na Hang. and scenic spots in the vicinity. To develop the system of tomist zones, sites To develop the system of tourist zones, and cities, including 12 national tourist zones, 4 cities and cities, including 9 national tourist national tourist sites and 1 tomist city (specified zones; 8 national tourist sites and 2 tomist cities in the enclosed list, not translated). (specified in the enclosed list, not translated). In addition, to develop some other impo1tant In addition, to attach importance to the tourist zones and sites such as Xin Man, Sin development of Xuan Thuy national park, Dong Ho, Na Hang reservoir, Cam Son reservoir, Chau, Bach Long Vi, etc. Son La reservoir. + The n01thern central region, embracing + The Red River delta and northeastern 6 provinces and cities: Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, coastal region, embracing 11 provinces and Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua cities: Ha Noi, Vinh Phuc, Bae Ninh, Hai Thien Hue. Duong, Hung Yen, Thai Binh, Ha Nam, Ninh To-be-exploited typical products: Binh, Hai Phong and Quang Ninh. To-be-exploited typical products: • Tours to heritage sites and historical and cultural relics. • Cultural tourism in association with the Red River wet-rice civilization. • Marine and island tourism. • Marine and island tomism. • Eco-tours. • MICE tourism. • Border tomism linked with border gates. 66 lssut>nos 01-03/Ft>bruarv2013 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/Febmary1, 2013)

Key geographical areas for tourism minority groups living on the eastern side of development: Trnong Son range). • Thanh Hoa province and its vicinity, • MICE tourism . with the national tomist site of Ho Dynasty Key geographical areas for tourism Citadel, Lam Kinh, Ben En and Sam Son tomist development: center. • - Quang Nam, with Son Tra, Hai • South Nghe An - No1th Ha Tinh, with Cua Van, Hoi An, My Son, etc. Lo, Kim Lien, Dong Loe, Cau Treo border gate, • Binh Dinh - Phu Yen - Khanh Hoa, with Hong mountain - Lam liver, Xuan Thanh, etc. Phuong Mai beach, 0 Loan lagoon, • Quang Binh - Quang Tri, with Phong Nha - bay, Cam Ranh, etc. Ke Bang, Cua Tung and Cua Viet beaches, Con • Binh Thuan, with Mui Ne beach, Phu Quy Co islet, Lao Bao border gate and the system island, etc. of anti-US war relics. To plan the development of a system of • Thua Thien Hue, with the system of the tourist zones, sites and cities, including 9 cultural heritage site of Hue ancient capital and national tomist zones, 7 national tourist sites natural landscapes in Lang Co - Canh Duong, and 4 to mist cities ( specified in the enclosed Bach Ma, Tam Giang, etc. list, not translated). To plan the development of a system of + The Central Highlands region, covering 5 tourist zones, sites and cities, including 4 provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak national tomist zones; 6 national tourist sites N ong and Lam Dong. and 3 tourist cities (specified in the enclosed To-be-exploited typical products: list, not translated). • Central Highlands cultural tourism; In addition, to attach importance to sightseeing tours to explore the cultural traits developing Cam Luong fish cave, Ben En of ethnic groups in the Central Highlands. national park, Pu Mat national park, Huong • Mountain leisure tourism; sightseeing tours temple, Con Co, etc. to explore the highland ecosystems with such + The southern central coast, embracing 8 specialties as flowers, coffees and elephants. provinces and cities: Da Nang, Quang Nam, • Border tourism linked with border gates Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, and the development triangle. Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan. Key geographical areas for tourism To-be-exploited typical products: development: • Marine and island tourism. • Da Lat city, with Tuyen Lam lake, Dan • Sightseeing tours to relics (the heritage Kia - Suoi Vang . system) in combination with exploring culniral • Dak Lak, with Yok Don national park and the traits ( of Champa group and other ethnic space of Gong culture in the Central Highlands. Issue nos 01-03/Februarv 2013 67 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/FebruaryI, 2013)

• Gia Lai- Kon Tum, with Bo Y international tomism in such places as Thac Mo - Ba Ra, Binh border gate, Mang Den and Yaly. Chau, Phuoc Buu and Dinh mount. To plan the development of a system + The Mekong River delta area, embracing of tourist zones, sites and cities, including 13 provinces and cities: Can Tho, Long An, 4 national tourist zones and 1 tourist city Dong Thap, An Giang, Kien Giang, Ca Mau, (specified in the enclosed list, not translated). Bae Lieu, Soc Trang, Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, Vinh In addition, to attach impo1tance to developing Long, Tien Giang and Hau Giang. tourism in such places as An Khe pass relics and To-be-exploited typical products: Buon Me Thuot city and its vicinity. • Eco-tourism (gardens and submerged + The southeastern region, embracing 6 land). provinces and cities: , Ba • Marine and island tourism. Ria - Vung Tau, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh • Culniral and festival tourism. Phuoc and Tay Ninh. Key geographical areas for tourism To-be-exploited typical products: development: • MICE tourism. • Tien Giang - Ben Tre, with Thoi Son tourist • Cultural, festival and recreational tourism. countiyside. • Marine leisure tourism, weekend tourism, • Can Tho - Kien Giang, with Phu Quoc spo11s tourism and shopping tourism. island and Ha Tien beach. • Border tourism linked with border gates. • Dong Thap - An Giang, with Long Xuyen Key geographical areas for tourism quadrangle and Tram Chim national park. development: Ca Mau, with such destinations as U Minh, • Ho Chi Minh City, with Can Gio shrnb Nam Can and Ca Mau cape. forest and the system of cultural and historical To develop a system of tourist zones, sites relics in the inner city. and cities, including 4 national tourist zones • Tay Ninh, with Moc Bai international and 7 national tourist sites. border gate, Ba Den mount and Dau Tieng In addition, to attach importance to such reservoir. places as Ba Dong and Vinh Long. • Vung Tau city, with such destinations as Long Hai, Phuoc Hai and Con Dao. - To develop a system of tourist routes To plan the development of a system of + Air routes: From national airports and tourist zones, sites and cities, including 4 other impo1tant airpo1ts. national tourist zones, 5 national tomist sites + Land routes: Along the system of national and 1 tourist city (specified in the enclosed list, highways linking tourist zones and Ho Chi not translated). Minh road. In addition, to attach impo1tance to developing + Sea routes: Linking coastal islands and 68 lssut> nos 01-03/Ft>bruarv2013 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/Febmary1, 2013) such routes as Da Nang - Hoang Sa; Nha Trang + Development of natural resources and - Trnong Sa and Ho Chi Minh sea trail. protection of tomist environment.

+ River routes: Along the systems of Red + Development of tomist zones and sites. River and Mekong River. - Areas enjoying concenn·ated investment: + Railway routes: The no1th-south route; National tomist zones, national tourist sites and Hanoi - Hai Phong; Hanoi - Lao Cai and Hanoi tomist cities, prioritizing those in deep-lying, - Lang Son routes. remote and border areas and islands. To attach importance to developing sea - Investment phases: routes and land routes along the borders. + 2011-2015: VND 372 trillion (USD 18.5 billion). + Specialized tours: Tours to explore the culture of Vietnamese ethnic groups; marine + 2016-2020: VND 482 trillion (USD 24 and island exploration tours; heritage tours; billion). mountain and forest eco-tours; MICE tourism; + 2021-2025: VND 506 trillion (USD 25.2 craft village tours; community, agricultural billion). and rural tourism; cruise tourism; river and + 2026-2030: VND 533 trillion (USD 26.5 lake tours; festivaland religious and spiritual billion). tours. - Investment programs and projects: Transnational tours linking Vietnam, Laos, + To concentrate investment in priority Cambodia, Thailand, China, etc.. programs; to promulgate together with this diTourism development investment Decision a list of investment priority programs - Total investment capital is VND 1,931 and projects (not translated). trillion( equivalent to USD 94.2 billion according dd/ Organization of tourism business to the cunent exchange rate), in which: activities + State budget funds, including ODA - Travel business: To enhance the provision capital, account for 8-10%. of travel se1vices so as to attract, receive and se1veinbound internationaltourists and, at the + Funds from the private sector, including FDI capital, account for 90-92%. same time, se1ve taking domestic or overseas tours; to step up tours - Investment priority fields: linking tourist attractions and se1vice systems + Development of a synchronous and within the destination places. modem system of tourism infrastmcture. -Accommodation business: To expand, and + Development of competitive tourist improve the quality of, tomist accommodation products and national tomist brands. establishments, attaching importance to high­ + Development of tourism human quality accommodation with diverse additional resources. se1vices and raising the quality of se1vices so as Issue nos 01-03/Februarv 2013 69 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/FebruaryI, 2013) to meet tomists' increasingly high demands. budget ftmdsfor, and promote socialization of, - Cate1ing se1vices: To expand and develop tomism promotion and adve1tisement activities; differentfo1ms of culinary se1vices and traditional and to adopt policies and mechanisms suitable dishes. To fo1m chains ofbranded restamants in to prices and other conditions to properly the international mar·ket and raising the status of exploit the domestic tomist markets in both Vietnamese culinary culture. urban and mral areas. -Tomistzones and sites: To attach impo1tance - Regarding ent1y, exit and customs: To to developing business activities at national further refo1m ent1y and exit procedures to be tourist sites and sites and expanding business more convenient fortourists. at local tourist zones and sites. - Regarding socialization of tourism: To - Recreation and ente1tainment: To fu1ther encourage the development of community expand and develop high-class recreational and tourism and responsible tourism, especially ente1tainment se1vices, especially in national in deep-lying and remote areas and islands; to tourist sites and major cities. encourage the contribution of revenues from 4. Groups of solutions for implementation tourism forthe conservation and restoration of of the master plan ecological and culniral values, development of green tomism and climate change adaptation. a/ Solutions on mechanisms and policies - In ter-regional and inter-sectoral - Regarding tourism development coordination mechanisms: To encourage investment: To adopt policies to prioritize intra-regional and inter-regional association investment in infrastrncture development and in implementing the master plan, developing policies to encourage investment in developing tourist products, promoting tourism and modem recreation and ente1tainment centers; investment and building tourist brands; to and to implement the policy of socialization of step up the development of regional tourism tourism development investment. development organizations; to develop and - Regarding taxes: To provide softloans for promote inter-sectoral and inter-regional approved pliority projects; to offer incentives coordination and price support mechanisms applicable to expo1t production and business among related sectors. lines to international tourism business and adopt appropriate tax policies, especially b/ Solutions on raising investment funds land tax for tourist sites and impo1t duty on - To increase, and improve the effectiveness high-class equipment, devices and means of of, state budget investment in tourism transpo1t used for tourism; to revise and adjust development, specifically: tax, charge and feecalculation methods; and to + Dete1mining an appropriate investment unifo1mly apply the one-plice policy. capital stmcture for each region, assming that - Regarding marketing: To provide budget 8-10% of investment capital will come from fundsfor market research activities; to increase the state budget. 70 lssut> nos 01-03/Ft>bruarv 2013 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/Febmary1, 2013)

+ Concentrating funds for building up to regional vocational standards. infrastructure in tomist zones and integrating d/ Solutions on tourism promotion and tourism development into national target adve1tising programs. - To increase capacity, apparatus and + Fmther mobilizing ODA capital through mechanisms for tourism promotion and bonowing foreignpreferential loans or issuing advertisement activities: To reorganize government bonds for great works such as the apparatus of the Vietnam National airpo1ts, expressways and tourist po1ts, making Administration of Tourism, focusing on the use of international suppo1ts to call for non­ function of tourism promotion and assuming refundable aid for long-term development a task of risk management; to fo1m tourism programs. promotion and advertising centers in key - To mobilize to the utmost capital sources tourist localities and overseas markets; to to meet the capital demand for tourism increase budget funds for tourism promotion development investment: and advertising and building of the national tomist image and brands. + Mobilizing to the utmost capital sources; making the fullest use of financial sources - To strongly professionalize tourism from the population and financial potential of promotion and advertisement activities: To domestic and overseas organizations to assure concentrate effo1ts on conducting promotion sufficient capital sources with 90-92% from and advertisement activities under key the private sector. campaigns in confo1mitywith the olientations on development of tourist products and c/ Solutions on human resources brands; to fo1mulate a mechanisms for intra­ - To elaborate and implement national and sectoral and inter-sectoral coordination, local master plans on development of tourism boosting socialization of toudsm promotion and human resources. adve1tisement activities; to make the fullest use - To develop a network of tourism training of media power and mobilize the cooperation institutions so as to meet the increasing of overseas diplomatic representative missions workforce demands of the sector. and communication via social networks. - To associate training institutions and dd/ Solutions on management and planning tourism businesses in providing training to meet - To improve legal documents on planning. at businesses' needs. - To consolidate the state management - To fo1mulate standards and standardize apparatuses of tourism at all levels through tourism human resources. the fo1mation of management boards of tourist - To formulate and announce standards zones and sites. applicable to, and standardize, tomism training - To survey, evaluate, classify and manage schools so as to improve their training capacity tomist resources. Issue nos 01-03/Februarv 2013 71 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/FebruaryI, 2013)

- To organize the fo1mulation of master resources and the environment in tourist plans and plans. activities. - To improve the capacity of tourism - To apply technical advances to control administration under planning for different environmental issues and manage and develop autholities and sectors. natural resources. e/ Solutions on application of science and - To apply measures to encourage eco­ technology friendly tourist activities, protect and promote To actively apply scientific and technological the values of natural resources and the advances in the management and operation of enviromnent; and at the same time, to strictly tourist activities, including: sanction activities that harm natural resources and the tourist environment. - Improving the system of tourist databases and statistics. - The State provides financial suppo11s for the protection of natural resources and the - Building the capacity of scientific and enviromnent. technological research and application. iiSolutions on climate change response g/ Solutions on internationalcooperation - To raise public awareness about the - To effectively implement cooperation impacts of climate change. activities: To proactively and effectively implement bilateral and multilateral cooperation - To build the capacity of adapting to and agreements already signed. mitigating the impacts of climate change.

- To multilateralize and diversify fo1ms of Article 2. Organization of implementation cooperation: To expand cooperation with other of the master plan countiiesand tenitolies; to diversifycooperation channels; to expand, increase and officialize 1. The State Steering Committee on cooperation with international organizations. Tourism - To take the initiative in calling for financial The State Steeling Committee on Tomism assistance: To take the initiative in fonnulating shall assist the PlirneMinister in directing related and proposing development projects fundedwith ministiies, sectors and localities in settling inter­ internationalcapital sources; to coordinate with sectoral and inter-regional issues arising the localities and sectors in proposing lists of specific course of implementing the master plan. projects calling for financial assistance. 2. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and h/ Solutions on protection of natural Tourism: resources and the tourist environment a/ To assume the prime responsibility for - To conduct education and public organizing the implementation of the master inf01mation to raise the awareness about the plan; to publicize the mater plan nationwide and role and significance of tourism and of naniral assign specific tasks to the Vietnam National 72 lssut>nos 01-03/Ft>bruarv2013 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/Febmary1, 2013)

Administration of Tourism and its ftmctional development master plans in confo1mity with units. the national tourism development master b/ To assume the p1ime responsibility for plan; to integrate national tai·get programs and fo1mulatingand implementing master plans on sectoral action plans with the master plan on development of tourist areas, national tomist tomism development; to effectivelycoordinate zones and sites; to organize preliminary and with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and final reviews of the implementation of, and Tomism in settling inter-sectoral matters. adjust (when necessa1y) these master plans. a/ The Ministiy of Planning and Investment c/ To direct the Vietnam National and the Ministiy of Finance shall pe1fonn tasks Administration ofTourism in: and functions related to the determination of state investment in tourism, mechanisms - Formulating and organizing the and policies on tourism investment, taxes implementation of action plans for tourism and preferential credit and creation of capital development for every five-year period; balances and detennination of the propo1tion of integrating the master plan with tourism state budget expenditures for implementation of development plans, programs and projects the master plan on tourism development. nationwide. - Guiding localities to fo1mulatetheir local b/ The MinistiyofTranspo1t and the Ministry tourism development master plans and master of Constl11ctionshall pe1fonntasks and ftmctions plans on local tourist zones and sites. related to infrastrncturedevelopment and means of t1·anspo1t, especially air and sea transpo1t, - Assuming the prime responsibility for traffic safety and constrnction planning in fo1mulatingand implementing master plans on association with tourism development. tourist areas, national tourist zones and sites. c/ The Ministry of Information and - Conducting annual preliminaiy reviews and Communications, Vietnam , Vietnam proposing appropriate policies and adjustments News Agency and of Vietnam shall to the master plan to suit reality. pe1fo1mtasks and ftmctionsrelated to infonnation di To direct specialized culture and management and multimedia communication sports units to advise on the fonnulation and about tomism; application of infonnation and implementation of cooperation and assistance communication technologies in tomist activities, policies, master plans, programs, schemes and especially tomism promotion and adve1tisement projects to meet the requirements of the master and online tourist transactions. plan on Vietnam's tourism development. di The Ministiy of Natural Resources and 3. Ministiies, ministerial-level agencies and Environment, the Ministry of Science and government-attached agencies Technology and the Ministiy of Health shall To propose to the Government or the perform tasks and functions related to the Prime Minister for approval their sectoral planning of land areas for tourist activities; Issue nos 01-03/Februarv 2013 73 (Cong Bao nos 71-72/FebruaryI, 2013) protection of the tomist environment, climate Article 4. Ministers, heads of ministe1ial­ change response, standards and regulations on level agencies, heads of government-attached or related to tomism, food hygiene and safety, agencies and chairpersons of provincial-level copyiight and intellecnial property 1ight. People's Committees shall implement this 4. Provincial-level People's Committees Decision.-

- To coordinate with the Ministry of For the Prime Minister Culnire, Spo1ts and Tomism in elaborating and Deputy Piime Minister implementing master plans and detailed plans NGUYEN THIEN NHAN on tourism development in the localities; to manage tomist development as planned. - To conduct education and public info1mation to raise people's awareness about tourism; to direct local authorities in protecting narnralresources and the tomist environment. 5. Tourism businesses and associations and other social organizations - Based on the national master plan on tourism development, businesses shall take the initiative in elaborating and implementing detailed plans on tourist zones and sites and tourism development investment projects. - Tourism associations and other social organizations shall, within the ambit of their functionsand operation, grasp and specifythe objectives, viewpoints and oiientations of the master plan into their action plans. - Communities shall actively participate in tourist activities such as provision of community tomism services, conservation and sustainable exploitation of narnral resources and protection of the tourist environment under tourism development master plans.

Article 3. This Decision takes effecton the date of its signing.