Chương I Nghị định 22/2021/NĐ-CP về Khu kinh tế - quốc phòng: Những quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope

This Decree provides for the construction of economic-defense zones; the organization and management of activities of economic – defense delegations; investment, financial and policy mechanisms for participants in building economic – defence zones; responsibilities of agencies and organizations in the construction and management of economic – defense zones.

Article 2. Subjects of application

1. Economic – defense delegations, military enterprises directly performing the tasks of building and managing economic – defense zones.

2. Agencies, organizations, enterprises and individuals involved in the construction and management of economic – defense zones.

3. Other agencies, organizations, enterprises and persons involved.

Article 3. Definition

For the purposes of this Decree, terms used herein shall be construed as follows:

1. Component of economic – defense zone planning is part of a national master plan, national marine spatial planning or regional planning which is formulated and sent to the agency in charge of planning by the Ministry of National Defense under the mandate of the Government and the Prime Minister to be integrated into the national master plan, the national marine spatial planning or the regional planning.

2. Economic – defense zone development plan is a written document formulated by the Ministry of National Defense to elaborate the component of an economic – defense zone that is approved by a competent authority in a national master plan or master plan, national marine spatial planning, regional planning, and serves as a basis for economic and defense delegations to implement the tasks of building the economic-defense zone.

3. Investment project in an economic-defense zone is a collection of proposals to make mid-term and long-term investments in economic-defense zones according to the approved economic-defense zone plan for a defined time period.

4. Opening a new economic-defense zone is a decision of the Minister of National Defense to permit the opening of a new economic-defense zone according to the component of the economic-defense zone planning belonging to the national master plan, national marine spatial planning, regional planning and other relevant planning approved by competent authorities in accordance with the law on planning.

5. Completed construction/development of an economic-defense zone is a decision that the Minister of National Defense issues upon completion of the goals of building an economic-defense zone.

Article 4. Objectives of construction or development of economic-defence zones

1. Consolidate national defense and security in strategic areas, borders, seas and islands, forming an all-people defense posture associated with the people's security posture, creating a firm belt in the performance of the tasks of protecting the Fatherland.

2. Arrange residential places in border, sea and island areas playing key defense and security positions in the defense posture, forming clusters, villages and communes.

3. Align the socio-economic development with consolidating national defense and security in economic-defense zones in order to step by step improve the people's material and spiritual life.

Article 5. Tasks of construction or development of economic-defence zones

1. Building strong national defense and security areas; stabilizing socio-economic development; building defensive postures in strategic areas as a solid basis for the people and other forces to participate in socio-economic development on the land, sea border lines, sea waters and islands.

2. Cooperating with the party committees and local authorities in building essential infrastructure for people to stabilize production, ensure social security; organizing, arranging population spots, places of settled cultivation and residential settlement in border areas, offshore islands and archipelagos to ensure the goals of sustainable poverty reduction and stability of national defense and security.

3. Building models of agricultural, forestry, fishery and industrial promotion and production development support to create primary elements for the economic development of goods and services; rendering services of supply of materials and consumption of products (two-way services); transferring production technology to people; organizing production for efficient exploitation of land in border areas, islands, remote and isolated areas and extremely difficult areas playing important national defense and security roles. Building economic bases in difficult seas and islands to act as bridges between the mainland and islands or archipelagos; organizing service activities at sea to support fishermen persevering in marine fishery production to increase their civil activities on the seas and islands to assert sovereignty, sovereignty right and jurisdiction at sea.

4. Carrying out public communications programs to ensure that all the people firmly grasp and duly implement the Party's guidelines and directions, the State's policies and laws; preventing and controlling propaganda sly, distortions and agitation tactics of hostile forces and illegal propaganda activities; bringing radio, television, culture and health to the grassroots level; creating conditions for ethnic minority children to go to school; providing medical care for the people; fostering and training local cadres; restoring, preserving and upholding the traditional culture of the ethnic minorities.

5. Cooperating with local forces in building an all-people defense posture in association with the people's security posture; participating in search and rescue, prevention, control, mitigation of incidents, natural disasters, epidemics, maintaining security, politics, social order and safety in border areas, sea waters or islands of the Fatherland.