MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE                             SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT                             Independence - Freedom – Happiness

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Ref. No. 3365/QD-BNN-TCCB                                             Hanoi, 01 December, 2005

DECISION BY THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

ON ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DAY SUB-RBO UNDER THE RRBO

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Pursuant to the Law on Water Resources Coded 08/1998/QH10 approved by the National Assembly of Viet Nam on May 20, 1998;

Pursuant to the Government Decree No. 86/2003/ND-CP on July 18, 2003 on mandates, responsibilities, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;

Pursuant to the Government Decree 179/1999/ND-CP dated December 30, 1999 regulating the implementation of the Law on Water Resources;

Considering the request of Chairpersons of Provincial People’s Committee of Hoa Binh, Ha Tay, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh provinces and the People’s Committee of Hanoi city;

Considering the request of the Chair of the RRBO, Director of the Department of Water Resources and the Department of Organization and Personnel;

HEREBY DECIDES

Article 1.  To establish the Day Sub-RBO under the RRBO to assist the Chair of the RRBO in implementing the tasks assigned by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 river basin planning management pursuant to Article 64 of the Law on Water Resources, details are as follows:

Article 2. The Day Sub-RBO comprises of following members:

-          Chairman: A Chairperson of one of the member provinces in the Day Sub basin (including Hoa Binh, Ha Tay, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh provinces and Hanoi city) in a 2 year mandate

-          Vice Chairman:

o        The standing Vice Chairman is Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ha Nam province

o        Other Vice Chairmen are Directors of the provincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development of the member provinces

-          Members:

o        Permanent members are representatives of the RRBO; leaders of provincial departments of Agriculture and Rural Development, Science and Technology, Natural Resources and Environment, Health, Planning and Investment, Army Headquarter, Branches of Water Resources, Dike Management and Flood Control in the member provinces.

o        Non-permanent members are representatives of related provincial organizations, District People’s committees of towns and districts in the basin, and organizations and individuals invited by the Sub-RBO Chairperson in resolving relevant issues.

Article 3.  The Day Sub-RBO has its Office based at the Ha Nam provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Day sub-RBO Office is headed by the Standing Vice Chair of the sub-RBO.

Directors of the provincial branches of Water Resources of the member provinces are Deputy Head of the Sub-RBO Office.

            The Office of the Day-Sub RBO is authorized to use its own stamp and account in conformity with prevailing regulations.

Permanent staffs of the Office of the Day Sub-RBO are included in numbers of permanent staffs of the provincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development of the member provinces.

The operation budget of the Day-Sub RBO is from the contribution of provincial People’s Committees of the member provinces, from the financial support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and from donors (if available) through the Office of the RRBO.

Article 4: This decision shall come into effect 15 days upon signature. The Chairperson of the RRBO has responsibility to prepare and issue the Statute on Organization and Operation of the Day sub-RBO upon the effectiveness of the present decision.

Article 5:   

Head of the Ministerial Office, Directors of Departments of Organization and Personnel, Water Resources and Dike Management and Flood Control, Director of the Institute of Water Resources Planning, Directors of provincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hoa Binh, Ha Tay, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh provinces and Hanoi city and leaders of related ministerial departments shall have responsibility to enforce this decision./.

                        Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Cc:                                                                                               CAO DUC PHAT

- As stated in Article 5;  

- Government Office                                                                  (signed and sealed)

- Ministries of Interiors, Planning and Investment,

Finance, Natural Resources and Environment;

- Provincial People’s Committees, Provincial Departments

Of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hoa Binh, Ha Tay,

Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh provinces and Hanoi city

- Ministerial Office, the Dept. of Organization and Personnel