DIRECTIVE on the construction plan of economic and social development and State budget estimates 1997 implementation plan for socio-economic development in the first 6 months of 1996 overall reach results fairly: the production, circulation, export and import goods maintain growth and development according to quite positive; inflation was curbed; many socially well. However, there emerged a number of difficulties exist as: budget revenues but there is progress but much lower than the achieved revenue estimation first year, as import-export tax income, the level of land use rights, revenue from public sector commercial and State services; lost situation, smuggling, tax evasion is not yet effective deterrent; plans to build a slow; some of the products manufactured in the country large backlog has affected the pace of growth and budget revenues.
To implement the resolution of the National Assembly IX, session 8 (October, 1995) about the 1996 mission to build the plan for socio-economic development and State budget predicted in 1997, the Prime Minister asked ministries, sectors, localities implemented a number of the following content : i. PLAN OPERATING in 1996: the ministries and localities to conduct reviews of the implementation of the plan, the goals, programs, and projects in the first 6 months, clearly define the face done, not done, analyse the causes and proposed measures implemented in the last 6 months in order to strive for achieving and exceeding the plan for socio-economic development in 1996; at the same time urgently implementing the following tasks: 1. Ministry of planning and investment, Ministry of finance and the relevant ministries review the great balance of the economy, measures to promote the recommendations of business development, price stability , expand the market. The ministries, local mining units in the direction of maximum production capacity, increase production, cost savings, lower ..., strive to increase revenues for the State budget.
2. Ministry of planning and investment, the Ministry of finance in cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce, General Department of customs to base the price situation, the situation of production and supply of goods to review the list of imported goods, the Government adjusted the import products in the structure plan and promptly adjusted the tax some imports in the frame allow to House like the produce in developed countries, facilitate the balance of money-order, curb inflation and guarantee the State budget revenues.
3. The Ministry of finance, General Department of customs, in coordination with the local industry and strengthen inspection, test, lost against the budget, against smuggling; have positive, resolute measures to urge the unit filed off the accounts receivable outstanding of 1995 and the first 6 months of 1996 on the State budget; by every measure must strive to complete the task of collecting the 1996 budget has been passed by Congress. 4. The ministries, local emergency implementation plan the basic construction investment has been delivered, complete the procedure on the basic construction investment to do the funding base. The Ministry of planning and investment, Ministry of construction and Ministry of finance coordinated dismantling the obstacles of capital management, ensure strict management of capital construction investment, at the same time simplifying the procedures to facilitate the speeding up the implementation of the works has been credited to the plan.
5. the operating budget Of the State, ministries, sectors, localities should give priority to basic construction investment spending, the national program, the salary, the salary and the nature of work required; Limited and temporary back expenses have not really necessary as the repair, shopping, conferences ...
From now to year-end, not solve budget supplements in addition to the plan, except with really big picture. Ministries, sectors, localities and units have to practice save, rearrange the task to ensure the new urgent spending needs arise. The demand was crucial, but not yet deployed funding during the first year of the budget plan needs review to relax the progress and the layout of the plan in 1997.
The Ministry of finance instructed the ministries, local ability to perform the task of collecting, annual budget, and recommended the Government expenditures need to save.
6. The local ministries, conduct preliminary work to practice saving, waste prevention, anti-corruption, anti-smuggling first 6, proposed measures to implement the last 6 months, the Government report submitted to the Ministry of finance.
7. Dmp chaired Government, in coordination with the ministries concerned the Government measures to stabilize the prices, keeping only the last 6 months of rising consumer prices and services both in 1996 under 10%.
8. The ministries, devising local solutions primarily aimed at ensuring the implementation of the objectives of development of the industry, the field, the local charge, proposed the mechanism, a policy aimed at freeing more powerful production capability, better mobilization of resources in the economic sectors; determine the need to deploy mechanism study issued in 1996 to have done since 1997.
II. building PLAN for socio-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT and BUDGETING in 1997 1. The main tasks of the year 1997:

The mission set out for 1997 is to continue to promote these positive factors gained in years, overcoming the existence, weak, take advantage of the opportunities the new favorable to development, facilitate completing the social-economic goals by the eighth Party Congress.
The 1997 plan continues to be performed and arranged by the mission and the major direction for the whole 5-year period 1996-2000. The goal of socio-economic development in 1997, a face to show the continuity of high and sustainable growth, on the other hand must fit in with the overall planning for long-term economic development-society of the country, development plan of each industry, each locality and a territory.
1997 need focused effort to solve the big problem 5: a. continue to maintain high economic growth rate, improve the efficiency of the economy, creation of positive movements in the implementation of programs and areas of development have been set out in the 5 year plan.
b. increased financial resources of the country, continue to reform the tax system, restructuring of the budget on the basis of the implementation of the law on the State budget, encouraging increased currency and enhance the effective use of capital budget. Continue to shape the policy mechanism to mobilize all national financial resources better. Increase the operational capability of the system banks specializing, ensuring the mobilization and lending capital effectively, meet the growth needs of the economy. Continue to implement the solutions that restrain and control inflation, striving to keep the index falling consumer prices and services both in 1997 under 10%.
c. promote the implementation of the program of social and cultural development; create new cultural movements, art, radio, television, the health of the people, the work of the population family planning and other social aspects. In particular, to create powerful developments in education, training, making a goal steps raise the ground, continue to remove illiteracy and universalization of primary education; training, fostering and improving the quality of human resources, the response to the immediate and long-term needs.
d. focus more power for the program of socio-economic development in mountainous region of minorities, remote areas, giving the region the new developments on the basis of exploiting all resources of local and mobilize the support of the whole country. Focus on developing network traffic; construction of irrigation systems; put the power of capital, the Central cluster of communes; developing the network of health, education, broadcast, television and information system, post office ...; make the program delete the hunger, reduce poverty.
e. continue to strengthen and renew state management in the departments; proceed urgently over the administrative reform program, set up discipline and order in economic management, social management; maintaining political stability and social security to promote economic development, national defense, security guaranteed in all situations.
2. Forecast of some targets mainly on economic growth 1997 compared to 1995 are as follows:-the General domestic product (GDP) rose 9-10%;
-Production value of agriculture, forestry and 4.5-4.9% increase;
-Industrial production value rose 14-15%;
-The value of the service sector to increase 12-14%;
-Total exports increased 28%;
-Total import turnover increased 23%.
3. About the State budget:-strive for stable, healthy and improved national financial background; collect taxes and charges rules, covering and exploit every source of revenue, lost against the result; ensure regular spending needs in a reasonable level and save, layout pay debts are due and delinquent; for development with investment rate and higher levels the year before.
-Financing the State budget must be created from the basis, ensuring certainty and implemented to facilitate budget management divisions steadily for all levels from 3 to 5 years according to the law on the State budget; before your eyes, calculated to stabilize for 3 years from 1997-1999.
-Balanced budget must ensure positive, true; any account currency, the budget must be fully reflected in the State budget estimation and management through the State Treasury. For the account of foreign loans the Government about lending again, are put into the State budget to manage the lending and repayment.
-Tax and fee collectors strive for reaching 20-21% compared with GDP and spend about 70% of this income for regular expenditure; in which the priorities for spending in education and training and ensure the needs of the medical, communications, culture and information, sport, science, defense and security, safety, social order.

-Need the source layout to the payment of the loan budget for investment in water development of the previous year; continue to restrict the purchase of automobiles and new headquarters building in State agencies, party, unions by State budget funding. For construction spending in the State budget, what works to 31-12-1996 performed beyond the plan, are arranged in a 1997 plan to have sources of payment; These works do not carry out the plan, if necessary, must continue to make the layout in plan in 1997. In the allocation of capital construction, pay special attention to the construction of infrastructure for the mountainous Highlands, the Mekong Delta ..., creating distinct turnaround in the region in 1997.
-State budget spending must correspond to the ability to borrow in the country and certainly foreign preferential loans; non-loans to foreign trade, not domestic loans and short term, high interest rates to offset overspending State budget. Target State budget (not to mention foreign lenders on lending) is lower than 3% compared to GDP.
-Ministries and State agencies by function is assigned, the task is to build economic and social norms in particular, as the output of crude oil extraction, production of some products (cement, electricity, tobacco, beer, wine ...), and a turnover of import-export goods structure, number of students , number of beds, the staffing officer ... and timely notification to the Ministry of finance, the Ministry of planning and investment to make the base build planning and budgeting in 1997.
-1997 is the first year of implementation of the law on the State budget and calculated to stabilize management divisions of the budget for the next year, should the authorities don't have enough bases on decentralized management of resources, the task, the rate of Division revenues and additional numbers from the superior budget to budgeting decision granting themselves before Congress addressing intend to State budget estimates. So, the people's Committee granted pursuant to this directive and the guidance of superiors, estimating his supply budget submitted to the Superior General, estimating the State budget; When Congress passed the State budget estimates, the level of people's Committee will adjust its level budget estimation review consistent with the plan are granted on the Affairs, the people's Council to decide.
III. IMPLEMENTATION: 1. Ministry of planning and investment, Ministry of finance work closely to guide ministries, local calculate plan consistent with the overall situation, ensure the positive balance, solid.
-The Ministry of planning and investment to guide the ministries, local building and general plan of socio-economic development; chaired Working with ministries, local branches, has the participation of the Ministry of finance about the social-economic plan; the list of works and the volume of investments made for each investment capital construction.
-The Finance Ministry announced the test of incomes and expenses of the State budget and instructed ministries, sectors, localities and General construction estimating revenues, State budget expenditure; chaired Working with ministries, local branches, has the participation of the Ministry of planning and investment, the Ministry in charge of industry, the field of estimation of incomes and expenses budget, funding for the national program.
-The ministries, the governing body of the national programmes in coordination with the Ministry of planning and investment, the Ministry of finance to work with relevant ministries, sectors and localities about the task of socio-economic development and budget estimation in the area charge.
-The people's Council, the people's committees of provinces and cities under central guidance and organization of the work of estimating the 1997 State budget according to the provisions of the law on the State budget.
2. Progress and time:-Before August 10, 1996, the ministries, the local plan the report socio-economic development and the 1997 budget estimates up Ministry of planning and investment and the Ministry of finance to the General Government.
-From now to 20 September 1996, the Ministry of planning and investment, Ministry of Finance according to the tasks assigned, the deployment works with local ministries and the General Plan of the Government, the committees of Parliament to keep up the National Assembly session IX, 10; at the same time allocation approach expected State budget for each Ministry, the additional numbers from the central budget for each province to the National Assembly Standing Committee decision immediately after Parliament passed the State budget estimation. 3. The Prime Minister asked the Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, heads of government agencies, the Chairman of the provincial people's Committee, the city of centrally directed, closely monitoring the process of building and general plan in 1997, secured the executed tasks , target.