Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government issued on the 30th of September 1992;

At the proposal of the Ministry of Heavy Industry contained in Note 1611-TCCBDT filed on the 30th of June, 1994.

Article 1.- To merge the General Steel Corporation and the General Metals Corporation under the Ministry of Heavy Industry into the Vietnam General Steel Corporation.

Article 2.- The Minister of Heavy Industry shall direct the quick merger stipulated in Article 1 on the principle of not allowing any loss of State property and not hindering the normal activities of these units in the merger process.

Article 3.- After the merger, the Ministry of Heavy Industry shall work out the procedures to re-establish the Vietnam General Steel Corporation in compliance with Decree No 388-HDBT issued by the Council of Ministers (now the Government) on the 20th of November, 1991, and Decision No 90-TTg issued by the Prime Minister on the 7th of March, 1994.

Article 4.- The Minister of Heavy Industry shall appoint a temporary General Director to run the work of the Vietnam General Steel Corporation until it is re-established in accordance with current prescriptions.

Article 5.- The Minister of Heavy Industry, the other ministers and the heads of the agencies of ministerial level and the agencies attached to the Government are responsible for implementing this Decision.