Directive No. 01/2003/CT-BTC on stabilizing prices during the Tet holiday in the Year of the Cat

Directive No. 01/2003/CT-BTC requires the Departments of Finance and Prices in provinces and centrally-administered cities to implement measures to stabilize prices during the Tet holiday in the Year of the Cat. This directive focuses on ensuring the supply of essential goods, controlling prices, and handling administrative violations related to pricing.

Số hiệu01/2003/CT-BTC
Loại văn bảnDirective
Cơ quan ban hànhMinistry of Finance
Người kýTrần Văn Tá — Thứ trưởng
Cập nhật30/06/2026
NgànhFinance
Lĩnh vựcUncategorized
Ngày ban hành06/01/2003
Ngày áp dụng06/01/2003
Ngày hết hiệu lực
Tình trạngIn effect
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Directive No. 01/2003/CT-BTC requires the Departments of Finance and Prices in provinces and centrally-administered cities to implement measures to stabilize prices during the Tet holiday in the Year of the Cat. This directive focuses on ensuring the supply of essential goods, controlling prices, and handling administrative violations related to pricing.

Đối tượng áp dụng

Directors of the Departments of Finance and Prices in provinces and centrally-administered cities

Các điểm cốt lõi

  • Directors of the Departments of Finance and Prices in provinces and centrally-administered cities must monitor the preparation of goods for the Tet holiday and report to the People's Committees of their respective provinces and cities to ensure adequate supply.
  • There must be plans to reserve goods to prevent price fluctuations before, during, and after the Tet holiday, especially in areas recently affected by natural disasters, remote areas, and major cities.
  • Based on local management levels, promptly develop proposals for the People's Committees to consider and regulate passenger transport fares, bicycle parking service fees, motorcycle parking service fees, car parking service fees, and admission fees for entertainment venues.
  • Inspect counterfeit goods, tax-evading goods, and handle violations resolutely to protect consumer interests.
  • Strengthen inspections of price labeling at sales points and services; strictly penalize sudden price increases during the Tet holiday.

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  • Ensure adequate supply of essential goods for the public, preventing shortages and sudden price hikes.
  • Closely control services such as passenger transport and vehicle parking to prevent arbitrary price increases during the Tet holiday.

❓ Câu hỏi thường gặp

What preparations should provinces and centrally-administered cities make before the Tet holiday?

Provinces and centrally-administered cities must monitor the preparation of goods for the Tet holiday and report to the People's Committees of their respective provinces and cities to ensure adequate supply.

Which prices need to be regulated before the Tet holiday?

Passenger transport fares, bicycle parking service fees, motorcycle parking service fees, car parking service fees, and admission fees for entertainment venues, particularly in large urban areas.

What inspection measures are required to be implemented?

Inspect counterfeit goods, tax-evading goods, and price labeling at sales points and services to strictly penalize sudden price increases.

What reports should provinces and centrally-administered cities submit regarding market price conditions?

Reports on the preparation of goods for the Tet holiday and assessments of the ability to supply goods, implementation of price stabilization measures locally.

What is the deadline for submitting post-Tet holiday reports?

By February 10, 2003, the Departments of Finance and Prices in provinces and centrally-administered cities must submit reports evaluating market price conditions before, during, and after the Tet holiday to the Government's Price Management Board.

Toàn văn

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
Number: 01/2003/CT-BTC
Hanoi, January 6, 2003
DIRECTIVE

Regarding Price Stability During the Lunar New Year Festival of Year of the Sheep

To ensure price stability during the Lunar New Year Festival of Year of the Sheep, the Minister of Finance requests the Directors of Provincial Departments of Finance and Prices to organize and implement the following tasks:

1. Organize the monitoring of the situation regarding the preparation of goods for the Lunar New Year Festival (rice, foodstuffs, pastries, candies, beer, wine, clothing, cultural products, and means of transportation...). On this basis, report to the People's Committee of the province or centrally-administered city to take measures to ensure smooth production and circulation, closely follow the market and demand to promptly organize the supply of goods and services; At the same time, there must be plans to prepare reserve goods to ensure essential needs of the people, preventing sudden price fluctuations before, during, and after the Lunar New Year Festival, especially in areas recently affected by natural disasters, remote areas, and large cities.

2. Based on the local management hierarchy, the Department of Finance and Prices shall promptly develop plans to submit to the People's Committee of the province or centrally-administered city for consideration and promulgation of prices for passenger transport fares within the city, service fees for bicycle, motorcycle, and car parking; entrance fees for entertainment venues, historical and revolutionary sites, cultural works, scenic spots... particularly in major urban centers; implement the principle of applying a unified fee schedule for domestic and foreign visitors to historical and revolutionary sites, cultural works, and scenic spots.

3. Coordinate with relevant sectors (market management, taxation, customs, public security...) to inspect counterfeit goods and tax-evading goods, and handle violations resolutely to protect consumer interests; coordinate with the Department of Transport and Market Management to inspect the implementation of passenger transport fares at bus stations, railway stations, bicycle, motorcycle, and car parking fees... to prevent arbitrary price increases.

Strengthen inspections of price display at sales points and service providers; sell goods and provide services according to displayed prices, paying attention to prevent businesses and individuals from exploiting the Lunar New Year period to increase prices, thereby harming consumer interests. Resolutely deal with administrative violations related to pricing in accordance with the provisions of Government Decree No. 44/2002/NĐ-CP dated September 1, 2000, and Circular No. 04/2000/TT-BVGCP dated November 15, 2000 of the Government Price Control Board.

Continuously monitor market price trends, promptly identify sudden price increases in goods and services, propose stabilization measures to the Chairman of the People's Committee of the province or centrally-administered city for resolution; simultaneously report to the Ministry of Finance. The reporting system for market prices during the Lunar New Year Festival is as follows:

- From January 15, 2003, in regular reports submitted by provincial Departments of Finance and Prices to the Government Price Control Board, additional content on the situation of goods preparation for the Lunar New Year and assessment of local supply capacity, including price stabilization efforts, must be included, primarily for items such as glutinous rice, high-quality white rice, pork, chicken, fish, tobacco, pastries, candies; processed foods (sausage, sticky rice cake, preserved meat...), fruits, and certain service prices like garment making, bicycle, motorcycle, and car parking fees, passenger transport fares...

- From January 25, 2002 (excluding Lunar New Year holidays), the Departments of Finance and Prices in provinces and centrally-administered cities: Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Nghe An, Thua Thien Hue, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau are required to regularly collect information on market prices and implement a daily rapid reporting system to the Government Price Control Board.

After the Lunar New Year Festival (before February 10, 2003), the Departments of Finance and Prices in provinces and centrally-administered cities are requested to submit reports evaluating the market price situation before, during, and after the Lunar New Year Festival to the Government Price Control Board for timely reporting to the Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister.

The Government Price Control Board is responsible for continuously monitoring market price fluctuations during the Lunar New Year Festival and promptly compiling reports to the Ministry of Finance to report to the Prime Minister on the market price situation before, during, and after the Lunar New Year Festival.

 

DEPUTY MINISTER

DEPUTY MINISTER

(Signed) 

TRAN VAN TA

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