RESOLVES:

The State guarantees and unceasingly promotes the people�s mastery in all aspects, with a view to achieving the objectives of prosperous people, strong country, equitable, democratic and civilized society, in which all people enjoy an abundant, free and happy life and are given conditions for all-sided development; and severely punishes all acts of infringing upon the interests of the Fatherland and the people."

All State agencies, cadres, officials and employees must show respect for the people, devotedly serve the people, maintain close contact with the people, listen to their opinions and submit to their supervision; resolutely struggle against corruption, wastefulness and all manifestations of bureaucracy, arrogance, authoritarianism."

Vietnam Fatherland Front is a political alliance and a voluntary union of political organizations, socio-political organizations, social organizations and individuals representing their social classes and strata, nationalities, religions, and overseas Vietnamese.

Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations constitute the political base of the people�s administration. The Front promotes the tradition of national solidarity, strengthens the people�s unity of mind in political and spiritual matters, participates in the building and consolidation of the people�s administration, joins the State in caring for and protecting the legitimate interests of the people, encourages people to exercise their right to mastery, to strictly abide by the Constitution and laws, supervise activities of the State agencies, people-elected representatives as well as State cadres, officials and employees.

The State creates conditions for the Fatherland Front and its member organizations to operate efficiently."

The State builds an independent and sovereign economy on the basis of bringing into full play the internal resources and actively integrating into the international economy; and carries out the national industrialization and modernization.

The State consistently implements the policy of developing a socialist-oriented market economy. The multi-sector economic structure with diversified forms of production and business organization is based on the regime of the entire people�s ownership, collective ownership and private ownership, in which the entire people�s ownership and collective ownership constitute the foundation."

The aims of the State�s economic policy are to make the people prosperous and the country strong, to better and better satisfy the people�s material and spiritual demands on the basis of releasing all production capacity, bringing into full play all potentials of the economic sectors, including the State economic sector, the collective economic sector, the private and small-owner economic sector, the private capitalist economic sector, the State capitalist economic sector and foreign-invested sector in various forms, boosting the construction of material-technical foundations, broadening economic, scientific and technical cooperation as well as exchange with the world market.

All economic sectors are important constituents of the socialist-oriented market economy. Organizations and individuals of all economic sectors are allowed to conduct business and/or production activities in branches and trades not banned by law and to be jointly engaged in long-term development, cooperation and healthy competition according to law.

The State accelerates the formation, development and gradual improvement of markets of all kinds along the socialist orientation."

The State economic sector shall be consolidated and developed, particularly in key branches and domains, play the leading role in the national economy, and, together with the collective economic sector, become an ever firmer and firmer foundation of the national economy."

The private individual, small-owner and private capitalist economic sectors may opt for organizational forms of production and business, may set up enterprises not restricted in scope of operation in branches and trades beneficial to the national economy and the people�s life.

The family household economy is encouraged to develop."

The State encourages foreign organizations and individuals to invest capital and technologies in Vietnam in compliance with Vietnamese law and international law and practices; and guarantees the lawful ownership over capital, assets and other interests of foreign organizations and individuals. Foreign-invested enterprises shall not be nationalized.

The State encourages and creates favorable conditions for overseas Vietnamese to invest in the country."

The State and the society preserve and develop the Vietnamese culture, which is modern and deeply imbued with the national identity; inherit and promote the values of cultures of all nationalities in Vietnam, and the thought, morality and style of Ho Chi Minh; absorb the mankind�s cultural quintessence; and bring into full play all creative talents among the people.

The State exercises the unified management of cultural activities, strictly prohibits the popularization of reactionary and depraved thoughts and cultures, eliminates superstition and bad customs."

The State exercises the unified management of the national education system with regard to the educational objectives, programs, contents and plans, the teachers� criteria, the regulations on examinations and the system of diplomas and certificates.

The State develops in a balanced manner the educational system consisting of the pre-school education, the general education, the vocational education, the tertiary and postgraduate education; undertakes the universalization of the junior secondary education; develops forms of State-founded and people-founded schools as well as other educational forms.

The State prioritizes investment in education and encourages other sources of investment.

The State adopts the priority policy to ensure the educational development in mountainous areas, regions inhabited by ethnic minority people and regions encountering exceptional difficulties.

Mass organizations, first of all the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, social organizations, economic organizations and families shall, together with schools, have the responsibility to educate the youth, teenagers and children."

Development of science and technology is a top national policy.

Science and technology play the key role in the cause of socio-economic development of the country.

The State works out and implements the national policy on science and technology; builds an advanced science and technology; synchronously develops sciences, studies and absorbs scientific and technological achievements in the world in order to build scientific grounds for the elaboration of lines, policies and legislation, renovate technology, develop production forces, raise the managerial skill level, ensure the quality and rate of economic development, and contribute to maintaining national defense and security."

Study is the right and obligation of citizens.

The primary education is compulsory and dispensed free of charge.

Citizens have the right to get the general education and vocational education in various forms.

Pupils with aptitudes shall be provided by the State and the society with favorable conditions for study to develop their talents.

The State shall work out the policies on school fees and scholarship.

The State and the society shall create conditions for disabled children and other children in particularly difficult circumstances to get general education and appropriate vocational training."

Overseas Vietnamese make up a part of the Vietnamese nationalities� community. The State protects the legitimate interests of overseas Vietnamese.

The State encourages and creates conditions for overseas Vietnamese to preserve the Vietnamese cultural identity, maintain close ties with their families and native land, and contribute to national construction."

The ministers and other members of the Government shall bear the responsibility for the State management over the fields or branches they are in charge of throughout the country, ensure the autonomy in production and business activities of establishments according to the provisions of law.

Based on the Constitution, laws and resolutions of the National Assembly, ordinances and resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee, orders and decisions of the State President, documents of the Government and the Prime Minister, the ministers and other members of the Government issue decisions, directives and circulars and inspect the implementation of those documents by all branches, localities and establishments."

The Supreme People�s Procuracy shall exercise the right to prosecution and control judiciary activities, thus contributing to ensuring that laws are strictly and uniformly observed.

The local people�s procuracies, the military procuracies shall exercise the right to prosecution and control judiciary activities within the scope of their responsibilities prescribed by law."

The directors of the local people�s procuracies shall be responsible for reporting on their work to the People�s Councils and answer questions of People�s Council deputies."

Chairman of the National Assembly
NGUYEN VAN AN