Directive on services in the development plans of social-economic development 2006-2010 over the years, our State has had many advocates, policy created favorable conditions for the development of service activities. Thanks to this service area has a positive turnaround, better meet the needs of production, consumption and life of the population, contribute to accelerating economic growth. Some of the service sector such as telecommunications; Finance, banking, insurance; air transportation; sea transport; Tourism, labor exports, ... There was fast growth; quality of service is raised substantially; attract more workers, contributing to boosting exports.
However, the growth of the service sector is still low compared with the general economic growth; the proportion of recent GDP tends to decrease, the slow transition, many services have not yet formed and be exploited effectively. The legal environment, mechanisms, policies about missing service development and not yet in sync; Yet there is coherence between sectors to support and complement each other to grow. The quality and performance of business services still low; low value; the price of the service sectors are also quite high compared with other countries in the region and the world, a number of important services have important implications for national competitiveness has not yet developed.
The cause of the weak on is the perception of the role of services in the economy of the ministries, localities are more limited; Yet the true interest rate; the lack of practical measures to develop, little experience in management; lack of information, metrics to build plans, policies, lack of updated practices operation of the market in services, outside the country.
To promote the results achieved and overcome the weaknesses mentioned above, create powerful movements in the service development, accelerate the process of economic restructuring, the proportion of the contribution corresponds to the potential overall economic growth, increasing the competitiveness of products and services attracted more strongly the participation of all economic sectors, foreign investment in the service sector, increased exports, meet the requirements of economic reform and the process of international economic integration, the Prime Directive: 1. in 2005 and plans for 2006-2010 , high position is needed and the role of the service sector; view the service industry is one sector to spearhead economic development in the country with the following goals:-to focus the development of the service sector has potential as tourism, insurance, air transportation, sea transportation, warehousing, transport, finance, banking, auditing, telecommunications , construction, Labor export to ... encourage the development of new competitive services; striving for growth the 2006-2010 period of service is higher than the overall growth of the economy; accelerate the industry restructuring and civil service sectors, gradually increasing the proportion of services in GDP of about 45%, go in 2010.
-Improving the quality of products and services and the competitiveness of enterprises and business services on the domestic market, the region and internationally; promote the potential and advantages of each service sector, strengthening the cooperation between the services sector to compete and grow.
-Promote service exports and foreign currency services in place through the operation of the service for tourism, banking and finance, currency remittances and sales premises, telecommunications, air and sea transport; balance of services deficit reduction.
-Promote socialization to the development of cultural services, education, health, sport, employment services, ... According to market mechanisms, to meet the increasing demand of the people and step by step integration.
-Surveys, reviews the competitiveness of each sector of services now and in the future, the classification of services need to be protected, the areas of temporary exclusion, exclusion entirely for the opening of the service industry and the national remuneration, dark hue for foreign service providers.
2. build strategic orientation, development planning services.
In the process of preparation of the 2006-2010 five-year plan, the Ministry of planning and investment to bring out the main orientations of policy, structure, macro mechanism to promote development of services; the ministries actively building strategy, planning and action program development services, as well as industry specific solutions to implementation on the basis of the general orientation and strategy of industry development.
a general orientation) on investment services.
-Continue to mobilize investment capital from all economic sectors in and outside the country to upgrade, build new infrastructure, equipped with modern technical means in order to facilitate the development of the service.
-Funding from the State budget (Central and local) should be arranged for the development, consolidation, modernization, upgrades are the key infrastructure, especially transportation, airports, ports, telecommunications, tourism, finance, Bank. Support equipment, modern technical means for the service industry primarily to enhance competitiveness in domestic, international and better serve the needs of the production and consumption of the people.
-Open services market according to international commitments, strengthen advocacy, promotion of foreign investment in the service sector, meet on 30% of the Charter capital by sources of FDI.
-Proceed to the powerful, business organization under the new model to effectively mobilize the resources of the whole society for investment, development services, firstly in the sectors: banking, insurance, tourism, transportation of passengers and goods, telecommunications business, real estate, wholesale, retail sale of goods and a number of other industries.
b) About some investment-oriented service industry primarily-transportation services: investment to maintain, consolidate, upgrade and development of key infrastructure and transportation infrastructure. To upgrade the existing road transport, the construction of some key projects, gradually build the highway system, is a system that connects the key economic zones, important transport axes have large volumes of traffic, connecting the tourism area , the cultural history of Vietnam as well as the region. Improving the quality of transport services of passengers and freight, respond promptly demanded for socio-economic development and people's travel.
+ Renovations, upgrades and synchronize the existing rail network, modernize information systems, signal, raise service quality, striving to catch up the level region.
+ Investment and modernization of the port system. Forming a number of ports in the model of open ports, gradually increasing transport services. Develop a national shipping fleet towards specialized, modern. Fleet, combining the domestic and new ship purchases abroad. Promote enterprise equitization process maritime services. Improving the quality and professionalism of export and transport services, focus on developing types of maritime services package.

+ Investment to renovate, upgrade, modernization and construction of new system of international air port, the service facility operator and flight control. Investment in new aircraft procurement and modernization of aircraft fleet enough to compete with regional aviation market. Gradually open the market, attracting the participation of international airlines.
-Travel services: travel Vietnam must really become the spearhead economic industry based on the mobilization of the resources of the whole society to effectively harness the potential, the advantage of natural conditions, ecology, culture and traditions of the country's history; striving to attract over 6 million visitors and over 25 million tourists in the country in 2010. Which the State budget continues to focus on supporting investment in development of tourism infrastructure, first of all is the national key tourist and the region has potential for tourism development, especially tourism tied to the historical-cultural monuments have been planning and development strategy to 2010 was approved by the Prime Minister. Continued support from the State budget for the implementation of the national action program on tourism.
-Construction services: creation of the legal framework and promoting investment and construction activities, form the construction market with the increasingly large scale, diversity, abundance; continue to expand the hierarchy, clearly define the rights and responsibilities of the entities involved to ensure construction quality, efficient building.
-Financial services: Create favourable environment for the Organization of all economic sectors to participate in and compete equally on financial markets and financial services; adjust the mechanism, policy to financial markets and financial services markets operate consistent with the condition of the economy and the implementation of international commitments on finance and financial services. Chemical healthy financial situation and strengthening the financial potential of financial services institutions in the State. Strengthening the ability of State control with regard to financial services.
-Bank services: promoting the modernization of bank payment system, strengthen bank facilities to encourage the economic components, including individual consumers, using Bank payment service, restrict the use of cash in commercial relations, continues to build and perfect the mechanism of , policies to attract remittances. Enhance mobilization of capital of commercial banks, especially in the medium and long term capital, at the same time simplify the processes, the procedures in order to further expand the level of credit activity towards safe, effective fits with international practices, better meet the needs of capital for economic growth. Continue the policy of diversification of activities of commercial banks towards reaching new financial services, to meet the diverse needs of customers, enhance the competitiveness of commercial banks in the country, prepare for the process of integration into the world economy and the region , especially when implementing the commitments under the US-Vietnam trade agreement and the commitments after joining the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.
-Postal and telecommunications services: the construction, the development of telecommunications and information technology, modern wide, enhance the quality and competitiveness of the services in order to better meet the requirements of socio-economic development, national defense and security and application development information technology according to the objectives of the development strategy of postal-Telecom Vietnam by 2010 and towards 2020 has been approved by the Prime Minister.
-Scientific and technological services: strong focus on developing the type of scientific and technological services in order to serve the process of industrialization, modernization of the country oriented to the following: + The high technical services, such as installation and operation Guide technology; restoration, repair, calibrate the machines, equipment, tools, testing, verification, technical scientific equipment with automatic control.
+ Data processing, calculation, analysis serves to direct the study, implementation, testing and experimentation; the feasibility study report and feasible.
+ The activities related to the protection of intellectual property rights; the activities in support of technology transfer, applied the new techniques in production, technology demonstration; the services of information, science and technology consultancy, brokerage, technology promotion; the type of supporting organization of incubator, set up businesses; step by step construction technology transfer market.
+ Training activities, technical personnel training, fostering and improving business management knowledge.
-Export of Labor: focuses on developing and improving the efficiency of Labor export; professionals, labour must through training, occupational demands, physical, language, style and labor discipline; increase the rate of labor trades, skilled workers and professionals for the export of labour; developing the network of training establishments for Labor export, which focuses for the first vocational sectors are of high quality; the arrangement, renovation of State enterprises towards specialization operation this service; diversified forms of ownership a labour exporter.
3. To prepare for the construction of the mechanism, policy development and service management organization for the remainder of the 5 year plan 2001-2005 and the 2006-2010 period, the ministries, ministerial agencies, government agencies, the provinces and cities under central, local branches perform some work here : a) on the basis of the classification of the services of the World Trade Organization and guidance of the Ministry of Commerce and the General Department of statistics, the Ministry of industry, in collaboration with the people's committees of provinces and cities under central proactively build service development strategy due to his charge of industry, proposed mechanisms appropriate policies to promote the service right from the year 2005 and the year after, put the service into the content of the 5 year plan 2006-2010.
b) Ministry of Commerce: reviewing, perfecting mechanism, import and export policies and trade in services in accordance with the plan of the World Trade Organization WTO and the General Agreement on trade in services (GATS). Universal information, industry guidelines and the preparation of local conditions made the commitment on trade and services after joining the WTO, the commitment to liberalize trade and services in the framework of ASEAN (CEPT/AFTA, AFAS, ...) to 2010 and the next stage. The Trade Ministry is responsible to the Government on the General and directs implementation of import-export operations services.
c) Of statistics: host, in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of construction and the relevant industry, the Prime Minister issued in early 2005:-The service catalog and import-export compliance-oriented service is compatible with the international standard category table and be expanded according to the practices and requirements of Vietnam.
-The system of statistical reporting on international trade and services; the immediate focus for some service industry primarily as: telecommunications; air freight, sea freight, insurance, finance, banking, and tourism.

Organizations collect and report aggregate statistics about our services and international trade services according to the prescribed regimes to serve policy planning, management and administration of Government economy and meetings Committee of the interdisciplinary task of service (has been established under the direction of the Prime Minister's decision No. 995/QD-BKH day 26 August 2004 of the Minister of planning and investment).
d) Ministry of the Interior: presided over the same General Statistics Office, Ministry of planning and investment and Government offices review the operation of the service management agencies is unclear; petitioning the Prime in 2005 the additional state management functions for the ministries concerned. In collaboration with the ministries and organization-wide event to perform statistics according to the provisions of the Statistics Act.
DD) Ministry of planning and investment: in coordination with the Finance Ministry and relevant agencies to study the amendments, additional mechanisms, investment policy for the service area in the direction of encouraging socialization; open to economic sectors, including the business 100% foreign capital, to attract investment capital from countries with large capital markets, transnational corporations, strong direction in some areas of services such as: trade, tourism, finance, banking, transportation , postal, telecommunications, ... e) the ministries, the people's committees of provinces and cities under central need dedicated officers deployed, monitoring, statistics and general operation of the service in the industry, according to local standards, criteria of statistical reporting services and trade in services is issued; grasp the situation and report to the Ministry of planning and investment, the General Statistics Office, government offices and other bodies according to the prescribed regimes on the development of services and the issues to be addressed (on the 20th and last monthly monthly quarterly) to the Ministry of planning and investment and the interdisciplinary task of synthesis Government reports, in the regular monthly meeting of the Government on the development of services.
To actively integrate in the service sector, right from now on, the Ministry of Commerce is responsible for promptly notify the ministries, localities and enterprises to international commitments on opening up the services market; the ministries need to prepare well the conditions to make the commitment that Vietnam has signed or joined; directed the company to provide the service review operational industry services to the expansion plan, seized the area and domestic customers before the foreign service organizations active participants in Vietnam; study of suitable mechanisms to attract more resources, actively opening up gradually to market primarily services, such as tourism, air transportation, sea transportation, banking and finance, insurance, retail distribution, telecommunications and some other kind of service.
4. Ministry of planning and investment, in coordination with the ministries concerned is responsible for tracking the general implementation of this directive and periodically, the Government reports the results.
The Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, heads of government agencies, the Chairman of the people's committees of provinces and cities under central, the head of the organization using the State budget, the Chairman of the Board, General Director, Director of the State Enterprise responsible for implementation of this directive./.