Decree No. 139 On the Incorporation of Local Agricultural, Veterinary and Forestry Budgets into the National Budget

Decree No. 139 of 1946 stipulates the incorporation of the budgets of local agricultural, veterinary, and forestry agencies into the national budget of Vietnam. This aims to unify financial management for agriculture and animal husbandry throughout the country.

Document No.139
Document typeDecree
Issuing authorityCentral Account
Signed byHuỳnh Thúc Kháng — Bộ trưởng
Updated18/06/2026
FieldUncategorized
Issued26/07/1946
Effective01/01/1946
In force from
StatusExpired
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Decree No. 139 of 1946 stipulates the incorporation of the budgets of local agricultural, veterinary, and forestry agencies into the national budget of Vietnam. This aims to unify financial management for agriculture and animal husbandry throughout the country.

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  • Local Agricultural, Veterinary, and Forestry Agencies previously under Regional Budgets shall now be incorporated into the National Budget of Vietnam (Clause 1).
  • All expenditures and revenues of these agencies shall be transferred from Regional Budgets to the National Budget (Ministry of Agriculture) as of January 1, 1946 (Clause 2).
  • The Regional Budgets must reimburse the Vietnam Budget for expenses belonging to the fiscal year 1945 and prior that the Vietnam Budget assumes responsibility for after January 1, 1946; conversely, the Vietnam Budget shall return similar revenues to the Regional Budgets (Clause 3).
  • This Decree takes effect from January 1, 1946 (Clause 4)
  • The Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Finance, and the Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committees are responsible for implementing this Decree.

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DECREE-LAW

No. 139 dated July 19, 1946

CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

On the national budget of Vietnam for the fiscal year 1946;

At the request of the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Finance;

After consultation with the Council of Ministers,

ENACTS THE FOLLOWING DECREE-LAW:

Clause 1

The local agricultural, veterinary, and forestry agencies previously under the budgets of the Provinces shall now be merged into the national budget of Vietnam.

Clause 2

The expenditures and revenues of these agencies previously under the budgets of the Provinces shall now fall under the national budget (Ministry of Agriculture).

Funds for repairing and maintaining movable and immovable property of these agencies, which were previously charged to the budgets of the Provinces, shall now be charged to the national budget.

Clause 3

The provincial budgets will reimburse the national budget of Vietnam for expenditures pertaining to fiscal year 1945 and previous years that the national budget assumed after January 1, 1946.

Conversely, the national budget of Vietnam shall refund the provincial budgets for revenues pertaining to fiscal year 1945 and previous years that were collected by the provincial budgets after January 1, 1946.

Clause 4

The provisions of this Decree-Law shall take effect from January 1, 1946.

Clause 5

The Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Finance, and the Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committees are hereby authorized to implement this Decree-Law.

 

Huynh Thuc Khang

(Signed)

 

 

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