Decision No. 980/1997/QD-TTg approving the salt production plan for the years 2000-2010

1. The objecti,·es of the planning: Article 2.- Organization ofimplementation: To work out an overall plan for salt production and circulation throughout the country from now to the - To organize the salt production and distribution year 2010. to ensure the sufficient supply of salt for system under the State's Salt Corporation, to the daily consumption by people and salt products for encourage all individuals, units and organizations at the production and e~-port demands. the central and local levels and of all economic sectors to engage themselves in the production ofkitchen salt,

2. The scale of de\'clopment of the salt industry: salt for the domestic production and export, and participate in the salt distribution and marketing. - By the year 2000, to produce some 1,100,000 tons of kitchen salt and industrial salt of high quality. - To build the system of storage at salt fields, the salt distribution reserve stocks and the national salt - By the year 2010. to achieve an output of2,000,000 reserve. tons of salt and salt products. -The Minisuy of Trade shall have to direct the Salt

3. The salt acreage and ma_jor salt-making areas: Corporation in organizing the circulation of kitchen sat t and ensuring the salt distribution reserves as well a/ To expand and revamp the existing salt fields in as the national salt reserve ... North and Central Vietnam and those in South Vietnam - The Salt Corporation shall work out the plan for which see efficient operation. thus meeting the growing demand of the people for salt in tem1s ofboth quantity development and improvement of salt fields and the and quality. relevant projects in order to achieve the objectives of the master plan in conformity with the State policy on b/ To make efficient use of coastal land, agricultural national industrialization and modernization. land with low efficiency in the Central Vietnam - The Minisuy of Trade shall have to study, devise provinces to establish new industrial salt and then submit to the Government the mechanism establishments equipped with advanced technology, and polides to support people engaged in the salt so as to meet the domestic production and export demands. production, and coordinate with the concerned ministries and branches and the provincial People's c/ The acreage of the major salt areas: Committees in directing and inspecting the - To produce kitchen salt in the North and South implementation of the ratified master plan. Vietnam: About 6.500 hectares. This Decision takes effect 15 days after its signing. - To produce industrial salt in the Central Vietnam: About 14.000 hectares. mostly in the following Article 3.- The ministers, the heads ofthe ministerial- provinces: level agencies and the agencies attached to the Government, the presidents of the People's Committees + Ninh Thuan province: About 4,500 hectares; of the provinces and cities directly under the Central + Binh Thuan province: About 3.500 hectares; Government and the General Director of the Salt Corporation shall have to implement this Decision. + Quang Nam and Da Nang province: About 3;000 hectares. For the Prime Minister -'· The total investment capital: estimated at 1,466 Deputy Prime Minister billion VND. NGUYENTANDUNG