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Chapter III

STATE MANAGEMENT OVER ECONOMIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES OF REPRESENTATION MISSIONS

Article 9.- Tasks and powers of the representation missions

The representation missions shall be responsible for economic service activities in the geographical areas or international organizations under their charge, having the following tasks and powers:

1. Uniformly managing economic service activities in the geographical areas or international organizations under their charge.

2. Managing Vietnamese delegations sent on working trips abroad; working delegations of Vietnamese organizations and individuals shall have to notify the representation missions in the destination countries of their activity agendas and results.

3. Organizing the implementation of economic service tasks assigned to them. The heads of the representation missions shall have to direct the sections of the representation missions to coordinate with one another in performing their tasks.

4. Sending periodical reports to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and concerned agencies on the situation of their economic service activities and matters arising in economic activities carried out by Vietnamese organizations and individuals in the geographical areas under their charge.

5. Reporting in time matters and problems arising in the course of implementation of their economic service activities and proposing appropriate measures and remedies to the Government, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and concerned agencies at home.

Article 10.- Tasks and powers of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs shall assume the prime responsibility for assisting the Government in performing the function of State management over economic service activities of the representation missions, having the following tasks and powers:

1. Uniformly managing economic service activities of the representation missions.

2. Coordinating with the concerned ministries and branches in directing the implementation of economic service activities by the representation missions.

3. Inspecting and supervising economic service activities of the representation missions through assigning specific economic service tasks thereto.

4. Periodically reporting and taking responsibility to the Government for economic service activities of the representation missions.

5. Periodically or unexpectedly (when necessary) convening meetings with representatives of organizations and individuals to evaluate economic service activities of the representation missions, and discuss measures to promote these activities.

Article 11.- Tasks and powers of the ministries, the agencies attached to the Government and the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities

1. The ministries, the agencies attached to the Government and the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall, within the scope of their respective functions, tasks and powers, have to coordinate with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in economic service activities of the representation missions, having the following concrete tasks:

a/ Coordinating with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in managing and directing public employees sent by themselves to work at the representation missions, ensuring their implementation of the State’s foreign relation lines and policies and laws and observance of the laws of the host countries.

b/ Directly or through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs supplying in time information at the requests of the representation missions, guiding matters related to the domains falling under their management functions.

c/ Coordinating with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in evaluating economic service activities of the representation missions, proposing measures to boost diplomatic activities in service of economic tasks, according to their respective State management functions.

2. The Ministry of Trade shall directly give professional guidance to the trade sections at the representation missions. The trade sections shall submit to the task assignment and external political management by the heads of the representation missions; have to coordinate with other sections in the representation missions in performing economic service activities.

Article 12.- Rights and obligations of Vietnamese organizations and individuals

Vietnamese organizations and individuals shall be entitled to directly or through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs request the representation missions to support their economic activities and shall have to supply necessary information related to their requests to the representation missions.