Decree No. 149/2016/ND-CP amends and supplements some articles of Decree No. 177/2013/ND-CP dated November 14, 2013 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Price Law.

DECREE

AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE GOVERNMENTAL DECREE NO. 177/2013/NĐ-CP DATED OCTOBER 14, 2013 ON DETAILING AND GUIDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PRICING LAW

Pursuant to the Law on Organization At the proposal of dated December 19 the 2015;

Pursuant to the Pricing Law dated June 20, 2012; the 6 years 2012;

Pursuant to the Law construction costs; and its guiding regulations construction costs; August 25 the 2015;

at the proposal of the Minister of Finance;

The Government promulgates this Decree amending and supplementing certain provisions of Governmental Decree No. 177/2013/NĐ-CP dated November 14, 2013 on detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Pricing Law. the 11 years 2013 of At the proposal of detailed regulations and guidance on implementing certain provisions of the Price Law.

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1. Economic organizations conducting foreign exchange trading agency activities; economic organizations conducting foreign currency receipt and payment service provision activities; economic organizations conducting border country currency exchange agency activities.

"Article 1. Scope of Regulation

This Decree details and guides the implementation of certain provisions of the Pricing Law and Article 24 of the Law on Fees and Charges concerning price stabilization; state pricing; price negotiation; inspection of price formation factors; price declaration; price display; state management authority in the field of pricing and the national price database.

a) Providing investment loans;

"2. Ministries and sectors shall be responsible for taking the lead and coordinating with competent authorities to accept price registration as stipulated in point a, Clause 2, Article 6 of this Decree to provide detailed guidance on the list of goods suitable for each period:"

a) The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall take the lead and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to provide detailed guidance on the list of goods specified in points d, e, g, i, k, Clause 1 of this Article;

b) The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall take the lead and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to provide detailed guidance on the list of goods specified in point d, Clause 1 of this Article;

c) The Ministry of Health shall be responsible for providing detailed guidance on the goods specified in point l, Clause 1 of this Article and shall take the lead and coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to provide detailed guidance on the list of goods specified in point h, Clause 1 of this Article."

3. Clause 2 of Article 5 shall be amended and supplemented as follows:

"2. Establishing a price stabilization fund for goods specified in point a, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree and only using the fund to stabilize prices for those goods and services.

In case it is necessary to change or supplement goods subject to the establishment of a price stabilization fund, the Ministry of Finance shall take the lead and coordinate with relevant ministries to submit to the Government for consideration and decision."

4. Article 6 is amended and supplemented as follows:

Article 6. Price Registration

1. During the time the State applies price registration measures to stabilize prices for specific goods included in the list of goods and services subject to price stabilization, organizationorganizations and individuals engaged in production and business must register prices starting from the date when the competent authority's decision to apply price registration measures becomes effective and before setting or adjusting prices for goods and services by submitting a Price Registration Form to the competent state authority. The cases where price registration is required include:

a) Organizations and individuals engaged solely in wholesale trade shall register wholesale prices;

b) Organizations and individuals engaged in both wholesale and retail trade shall register both wholesale and retail prices;

c) Organizations and individuals engaged in importation and exclusive distribution shall register projected wholesale and retail prices;

d) Organizations and individuals engaged in exclusive distribution shall register wholesale and retail prices or projected retail prices; general agents who have the right to set and adjust prices shall register wholesale and retail prices or projected retail prices; agents who have the right to set and adjust prices shall register retail prices;

e) Price registration for salt, paddy rice, and ordinary white rice shall be carried out by organizations and individuals engaged in the production and business of these goods (excluding farmers and salt producers). If organizations and individuals purchase salt directly from salt producers or paddy rice from farmers, they must register the purchase prices of salt from salt producers and the purchase prices of paddy rice from farmers.

2. Competent state authorities shall receive and review the Price Registration Forms:

a) At the central level:

- The Ministry of Finance shall receive and review Price Registration Forms for goods and services specified in points a, b, c, d, e, g, i, k, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree. When necessary, the Ministry of Finance may send copies of the Price Registration Forms to the Ministry of Industry and Trade or the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for coordination in reviewing;

- The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall receive and review Price Registration Forms for goods and services specified in point h, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree;

- The Ministry of Health shall receive and review Price Registration Forms for goods and services specified in point l, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree.

b) At the local level:

- Provincial Departments of Finance shall receive and review Price Registration Forms for goods and services specified in points a, b, c, d, e, g, i, k, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree;

- Provincial Departments of Industry and Trade shall receive and review Price Registration Forms for goods and services specified in point h, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree;

- Provincial Departments of Health shall receive and review Price Registration Forms for goods and services specified in point l, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree;

- of the National Assembly; People's Committees of districts shall, according to the division of labor by the People's Committees of provinces, receive and review Price Registration Forms for goods and services specified in Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree within their jurisdictions. Relevant provincial departments shall advise the People's Committees of provinces on the division of labor for receiving and reviewing Price Registration Forms at the district level. of the National Assembly; people's committee of the province shall receive and review the Price Registration Form for goods and services specified in Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree within its jurisdiction. Relevant departments shall advise the of the National Assembly; provincial people's committee on goods and services whose price registration is delegated to of the National Assembly; district-level people's committees to receive and review.

3. The Ministry of Finance shall unify the Price Registration Form and the procedures for receiving and reviewing Price Registration Forms. Ministries and sectors with the authority to receive and review Price Registration Forms as stipulated in point a, Clause 2 of this Article shall notify the list of organizations and individuals engaged in production and business that are required to register prices at the central level; of the National Assembly; People's Committees of provinces shall notify the list of organizations and individuals engaged in production and business that are required to register prices at the local level, excluding those already registered at the central level. For essential medicines listed in point l, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree, price registration shall be conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health. organizationindividuals engaged in production and business listed in the central price registration list. For essential medicines for human disease prevention and treatment as specified in Point i, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree, price registration shall be carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health.

4. The maximum duration for applying price registration measures to stabilize prices for individual goods shall not exceed six months.

5. Other goods and services for which specialized laws provide for price registration shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of those laws.

5. Point d, Clause 2, Clause 3, and point c, Clause 4 of Article 7 are amended and supplemented as follows:

"2. The Ministry of Finance shall take the lead and coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors to provide advisory recommendations for the Government's decision-making and guidance on implementing the following price stabilization measures:

d) Registration of prices; specific pricing, maximum prices, minimum prices, and price ranges for goods and services subject to price stabilization, excluding those specified in point h, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree;"

"3. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall take the lead and coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors to provide advisory recommendations for the Government's decision-making and guidance on implementing the following price stabilization measures:"

"a) Balancing supply and demand for domestically produced goods and goods" b) Organizing the implementation of mechanisms to encourage, support, and guide the development of new business models based on e-commerce applications and digital technology;, 2. Import procedures shall be carried out in accordance with relevant laws and regulations."; between regions and localities within the country through organizing the circulation of goods; purchasing or selling circulating reserve goods within their management authority as prescribed by law;"

"b) Monitoring inventory of goods; inspecting the quantity and volume of goods currently under their management authority as prescribed by law."

"4. The Ministry of Health shall take the lead and coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors to provide advisory recommendations for the Government's decision-making and guidance on implementing price stabilization for essential medicines for disease prevention and treatment for people as stipulated in" point "l" Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree through the following price stabilization measures:"

"c) Registration of prices; specific pricing, maximum prices, minimum prices, and price ranges."

"6. Supplement Clause 3a of Article 7 as follows:"

"3a. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall take the lead and coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors to provide advisory recommendations for the Government's decision-making and guidance on implementing the following price stabilization measures:"

"a) Balancing supply and demand for domestically produced goods and goods" b) Organizing the implementation of mechanisms to encourage, support, and guide the development of new business models based on e-commerce applications and digital technology;", imported goods; between regions and localities within the country through organizing the circulation of goods; purchasing or selling circulating reserve goods within their management authority as prescribed by law;"

"b) Monitoring inventory of goods; inspecting the quantity and volume of goods currently under their management authority as prescribed by current laws;"

"c) Registration of prices; specific pricing, maximum prices, minimum prices, and price ranges for goods and services subject to price stabilization as stipulated in point h, Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree."

7. Article 8 shall be amended and supplemented as follows:

"Article 8. Authority and responsibility for pricing"

"1. The Government and the Prime Minister shall set prices for goods and services as prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2, Article 22 of the Law on Prices and other goods and services according to the specialized laws related thereto."

"2. Ministers of ministries shall set prices for goods and services as follows:"

"a) The Minister of Finance shall prescribe:"

"- Specific prices for: Inspection services for transport vehicles (including inspection services for traffic equipment and oil and gas exploitation and transportation facilities);"

"- Price ranges for: Clean water for domestic use; testing services for animal and plant drugs; vaccination, disinfection, and sterilization services for animals, and veterinary diagnostic services;"

"- Maximum prices for: Public utility products and services in water conservancy; medical quarantine and preventive health care services at public health facilities;"

"- Maximum purchase prices, minimum sale prices for national reserve goods (excluding national reserve goods in the defense and security sector); cost standards for import and export at national reserve warehouses and maximum export costs outside the warehouse, and costs for preserving national reserve goods;"

"- Maximum purchase prices for public utility products and services and public service products and services in the list issued by authorized authorities, funded by the central budget (excluding products and services within the pricing authority of other ministries and sectors and of" of the National Assembly; "provincial people's committees) ordered by state agencies with authority;"

"- Maximum purchase prices for goods and services ordered by the Prime Minister, with production and business plans using the central budget;"

"- Minimum sale prices for domestically consumed cigarette products;"

"- Maximum or minimum rental prices for state-owned infrastructure assets serving national interests and public benefits;"

"- Price ranges, maximum prices, or specific prices for securities-related services as prescribed by securities laws including: Services related to listing, trading, information provision, auction, and tendering of securities; services related to registration, custody, settlement, and payment of securities; services related to securities trading, asset supervision, bondholder representation, and securities transaction settlement."

"b) The Minister of Industry and Trade shall prescribe:"

"- Specific prices for: Electricity transmission prices, system auxiliary service prices;"

"- Price ranges for: Power generation prices, wholesale electricity prices;"

"- Minimum prices for: Technical inspection services for machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict safety requirements in the industrial sector."

"c) The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development shall prescribe:"

"- Specific prices for: Public utility products and services in water conservancy managed by the central government;"

"- Forest price ranges including production forests, protective forests, and special-use forests owned by the entire people with the State acting as the representative owner."

"d) The Minister of Information and Communications shall prescribe: Postal and telecommunications product and service prices including public postal and telecommunications services as prescribed by postal and telecommunications laws."

"đ) The Minister of Health shall prescribe:"

"- Medical examination and treatment service prices as prescribed by laws on medical examinations and treatments and health insurance;"

"- Specific prices for: Medical quarantine and preventive health care services at public health facilities funded by the state budget; testing services for drug samples, raw materials for drugs, and drugs for people funded by the state budget."

"e) The Minister of Transport shall prescribe:"

"- Public utility product and service prices in the management and maintenance of national railway, road, and inland waterway sectors implemented through state orders or plans using the central budget;

- Specific prices for air transportation services include: takeoff and landing service prices; departure and arrival air traffic control service prices; flight support service prices; passenger service prices; aviation security assurance prices; and air traffic control service prices for areas under Vietnam's management.

- Maximum prices for: road usage services including national highways and expressways from road construction projects for business purposes; ferry and pontoon services on national highways funded by sources outside the state budget and managed centrally.

- Price ranges for: ferry and pontoon services on national highways funded by the state budget and managed centrally; port and terminal usage services (including bridge, dock, buoy anchorage, container handling, and tugboat services within seaports) managed centrally; port and terminal usage services (including inland waterway ports; fishing ports) funded by the state budget and managed centrally; pilotage and navigation services (excluding public welfare pilotage and navigation services funded by the central government).

g) The Minister of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs shall stipulate: minimum prices for technical inspection services for machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict safety requirements for labor.

h) The Minister of National Defense shall stipulate:

- Prices for public goods and services serving defense produced and supplied by enterprises and units under the Ministry of National Defense according to orders, plans, and designated tenders paid for by the state budget;

- Prices for defense goods and services ordered by the Ministry of National Defense from enterprises according to the government's plan, paid for by the state budget; and prices for national defense strategic reserves.

i) The Minister of Public Security shall stipulate:

- Prices for goods and services serving political security and social order produced and supplied by security enterprises under the Ministry of Public Security according to orders, plans, and designated tenders of the Ministry, paid for by the state budget;

- Prices for national strategic reserves for political security and social order.

k) The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment shall stipulate: prices for public goods and services, and public service products in the natural resources and environment sector ordered, planned, and funded by the state budget within the Ministry's jurisdiction.

l) Ministers shall stipulate specific prices for national strategic reserves, public goods and services, and goods and services ordered, planned, and tasked by competent state authorities using the state budget within their respective jurisdictions where the Ministry of Finance has set maximum purchase prices and minimum sale prices; rental and lease prices for social housing and official housing constructed with state budget funds; sale or rental prices for state-owned housing according to laws on housing; and other goods and service pricing as prescribed by specialized laws.

3. Provincial People's Councils shall stipulate prices within their local jurisdiction according to the law for: medical examination and treatment services at state-run healthcare facilities (excluding health insurance medical examination and treatment services as prescribed by laws on health insurance) and submit price decisions to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance for national administrative management; preschool and compulsory education services at public schools (tuition fees).

4. of the National Assembly; provincial people's councils stipulate:

a) Land prices;

b) Land and water surface rental prices;

c) Forest prices including production forests, protective forests, and special-use forests owned by the entire people represented by the State;

d) Rental and lease-purchase prices for social housing and official housing constructed with state budget funds; sale or rental prices for state-owned housing according to laws on housing;

đ) Clean water supply prices for domestic use;

e) Rental prices for state-owned assets that are infrastructure projects funded from the local state budget;

g) Prices for public goods and services, and public service products and goods and services ordered, planned for production and operation using the local state budget according to the law;

h) Specific prices for: water conservancy public goods and services managed locally; cadastral surveying and mapping services when competent state authorities allocate new land or lease land or permit changes in land use in areas without coordinate-based cadastral maps; market stall area usage services, and parking services funded by the state budget;

i) Maximum prices for: road usage services managed locally from road construction projects for business purposes; ferry and pontoon services funded by sources outside the state budget and managed locally; market stall area usage services, and parking services funded a) For PPP projects, the tenderer shall post the selection results of investors and attach the approval decision on the System no later than ten days from the date the document is issued in accordance with point b of Clause 2, Article 4 of Decree No. 35/2021/NĐ-CP. by sources outside the state budget; solid waste disposal services funded by the state budget; collection and transportation services for household waste funded by the state budget;

k) Price ranges for: ferry and pontoon services funded by the state budget and managed locally; port and terminal usage services (including bridge, dock, buoy anchorage, container handling, and tugboat services within seaports) managed locally; port and terminal usage services (including inland waterway ports; fishing ports) funded by the state budget and managed locally;

l) Subsidy levels for freight transport subsidies for goods in the subsidized freight transport list funded from both local and central budgets; retail prices or price ranges for subsidized goods and freight transport; freight rates for essential goods and services in the subsidized list serving mountainous regions, remote areas, and islands;

m) Prices for other goods and services as prescribed by specialized laws.

5. Heads of agencies, unit has the authority to implement specific pricing regulations for goods and services where the State sets price ranges, maximum prices, or minimum prices as provided for in this Decree and relevant laws.

6. In cases where there is a change in the authority to set prices as stipulated in Clauses 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Article, the Minister of Finance shall submit such changes for consideration and decision by the Government.

8. Point c and point d of Clause 1 of Article 9 are amended and supplemented as follows:

“1. Submitting and reviewing pricing plans

c) Goods and services within the pricing authority of ministries shall be regulated by the ministers regarding the submission and review of pricing plans; decisions on prices shall be made after receiving written comments from the Ministry of Finance and sending the pricing decisions to the Ministry of Finance for monitoring and supervision. For goods and services within the pricing authority of the Ministry of Finance to set price ranges, maximum prices, or minimum prices, the ministries shall decide on specific prices according to approving remediation and environmental recovery plans or remediation and environmental recovery plans, while simultaneously sending them to the Ministry of Finance for monitoring and supervision;

Goods and services within the pricing authority of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security shall be regulated by the ministers of these ministries regarding the submission, review of pricing plans, and decisions on prices, while simultaneously sending them to the Ministry of Finance for monitoring and supervision; for national reserve goods, the ministers of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security shall decide on purchase prices and sale prices of national reserve goods related to defense and security after reaching consensus with the Minister of Finance on pricing principles;

d) Goods and services within the authority to decide prices of of the National Assembly; provincial people's councils of the National Assembly; shall be regulated by the provincial people's councils regarding the submission, review of pricing plans, and decisions on prices. In case sector management agencies, production and business units submit pricing plans for of the National Assembly; provincial people's councils to consider and decide must have written comments from the Department of Finance; Not deposited into temporary account review land price lists and pricing plans for land implementation in accordance with the provisions of the law on land.

9. Clause 1 of Article 15 is amended and supplemented as follows:

“1. Goods and services subject to price declaration include:

a) Goods and services listed in the Catalogue of Goods and Services Implementing Price Stabilization Measures as stipulated in Article 3 of this Decree during the period when the State does not apply price registration measures;

b) Cement, construction steel;

c) Coal;

d) Feed for livestock, poultry, and aquatic animals; veterinary drugs for disinfection, sterilization, decontamination, and treatment of livestock, poultry, and aquatic animals as prescribed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;

đ) Printing paper, writing paper (in roll form), domestically produced newspaper printing paper;

e) Port services;

g) Airline-specific services within the scope of government-set price ranges;

h) Railway passenger fares for hard seats and soft seats;

i) Textbooks;

k) Domestic air passenger transport services within the scope of government-set price ranges;

l) Outpatient and inpatient medical services for patients at private healthcare facilities; outpatient and inpatient medical services for fee-for-service patients at state-owned healthcare facilities;

m) Fixed-route bus passenger transport fares; taxi passenger transport fares;

n) Functional foods for children under six years old as prescribed by the Ministry of Health;

o) Unblended ethanol fuel; liquefied natural gas (LNG); compressed natural gas (CNG);

p) Traffic control services for railway transportation;

q) Other goods and services as prescribed by specialized laws.”

10. Clause 1, Clause 2, and Clause 4 of Article 16 are amended and supplemented as follows:

“1. Organizations and individuals producing and trading goods and services subject to price declaration shall declare prices by submitting price notification documents to competent state authorities before setting or adjusting prices. In cases of price reduction declarations, organizations and individuals producing and trading goods and services shall immediately reduce prices and simultaneously submit price declaration documents to notify the reduction in prices to competent state authorities. The situations in which price declarations are made include:

a) Organizations and individuals producing and trading goods and services that only engage in wholesale sales shall declare wholesale prices;

b) Organizations and individuals producing and trading goods and services that engage in both wholesale and retail sales shall declare both wholesale and retail prices;

c) Organizations and individuals producing and trading goods and services that are importers and exclusive distributors shall declare wholesale prices and anticipated retail prices (if applicable);

d) Organizations and individuals producing and trading goods and services that are exclusive distributors shall declare wholesale prices, retail prices, or anticipated retail prices; those that are general agents with the right to set and adjust prices shall declare wholesale prices, retail prices, or anticipated retail prices; those that are agents with the right to set and adjust prices shall declare retail prices.” 1. NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES ARE PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS MANAGED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, HAVE LEGAL PERSONALITY, SEPARATE ACCOUNTS, AND USE STAMPS WITH THE NATIONAL EMBLEM. “2. Competent state authorities receiving price declaration documents:

- The Ministry of Finance receives price declaration documents for goods and services specified in points b, c, d, đ, e, h, i, o of Clause 1 of Article 15 of this Decree;

a) At the central level:

- The Ministry of Industry and Trade receives price declaration documents for goods and services specified in point n of Clause 1 of Article 15 of this Decree;

- The Ministry of Transport receives price declaration documents for goods and services specified in points g, k, p of Clause 1 of Article 15 of this Decree;

- The Ministry of Health receives price declaration documents for goods and services specified in point l of Clause 1 of Article 15 of this Decree.

- The Department of Finance receives price declaration documents for goods and services specified in points b, c, d, đ, e, h, i, o of Clause 1 of Article 15 of this Decree;

b) At the local level:

- The Department of Industry and Trade receives price declaration documents for goods and services specified in point n of Clause 1 of Article 15 of this Decree;

- The Department of Transport receives price declaration documents for goods and services specified in points g, k, m of Clause 1 of Article 15 of this Decree;

- The Department of Health receives price declaration documents for goods and services specified in point l of Clause 1 of Article 15 of this Decree;

provincial people's councils shall receive price declaration documents for goods and services specified in points b, c, d, đ, e, g, h, i, k, l, m, n, o of Clause 1 of Article 15 of this Decree within their respective districts. The Department of Finance and sector management departments shall advise

- of the National Assembly; People's Committees of districts shall, according to the division of labor by the People's Committees of provinces, receive and review Price Registration Forms for goods and services specified in Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree within their jurisdictions. Relevant provincial departments shall advise the People's Committees of provinces on the division of labor for receiving and reviewing Price Registration Forms at the district level. of the National Assembly; provincial people's councils on goods and services subject to price declaration delegated to of the National Assembly; district-level people's councils to receive. of the National Assembly; district-level people's committees to receive.

c) For goods and services subject to price registration as stipulated in point a, Clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree, the competent authority receiving and reviewing the Price Registration Form prescribed in Clause 2, Article 6 of this Decree shall be responsible for accepting the price declaration document.

“4. The Ministry of Finance shall prescribe the model and guidelines for accepting price declaration documents. Ministries and sectors with the authority to accept price declaration documents as stipulated in point a, Clause 2 of this Article shall notify the list of organizations and individuals engaged in production and business that are required to declare prices at the central level; People's Committees of provinces shall notify the list of organizations and individuals engaged in production and business that are required to declare prices at the local level, excluding those organizations and individuals engaged in production and business listed for declaring prices at the central level. For medical examination and treatment services provided by private healthcare facilities; and medical examination and treatment services on demand provided by state-owned healthcare facilities, the price declaration shall be carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health.”

11. Section 2 of Chapter IV is amended and supplemented as follows:

“Section 2. NATIONAL PRICE DATABASE

Article 24. Objectives for Building the National Price Database

Central state management agencies on pricing include the Ministry of Finance and sectoral management agencies; at the local level, provincial Departments of Finance are responsible for building a system of price databases to serve state management in their respective sectors and regions.

The Ministry of Finance is responsible for establishing the national price database center. The national price database center serves as the connection hub for price database systems of ministries, sectors, and localities; providing price information to support state management tasks and according to the requirements of relevant entities and individuals as prescribed by law. organization, individuals in accordance with the provisions of law.

Article 25. Content, Information Sources, Responsibilities, and Funding for Building the National Price Database

1. The content of the national price database includes:

a) Prices of goods and services set by the State;

b) Prices of goods and services included in the price registration and declaration lists;

c) Market prices of goods and services included in the market price reporting lists as prescribed by the Ministry of Finance;

d) Necessary market prices of goods and services for forecasting and state management of prices;

đ) Information related to the valuation field: valuation enterprises, valuation officers, examination and management of certification cards for valuation officers, information about the value of assets being appraised, and other information as prescribed by laws on prices and valuations; VIETNAMESE VALUATION STANDARDS e) Government management documents on prices and reports;

g) Other information serving price management tasks as prescribed by law. REGULAR;

2. Information sources for building the national price database include:

a) Information collected through surveys, investigations, and data gathering conducted by state management agencies on pricing, and provided by other state management agencies;

b) Information purchased from units and individuals providing information by state management agencies on pricing;

c) Information provided by organizations and individuals engaged in production and business in accordance with Clause 7, Article 12 of the Law on Prices and other cases serving state management requirements in the field of prices as prescribed.

3. Responsibilities of ministries, sectors, and localities in building and managing the national price database

a) The Ministry of Finance is responsible for:

- Establishing, operating, and managing the national price database to ensure compatibility and connectivity with price database systems of ministries, sectors, localities, and other organizations and individuals;

- Guiding the collection, updating, and provision of price and valuation information for building the national price database to meet state management requirements and the needs of relevant organizations and individuals as prescribed by law; implementing confidentiality measures for information within the national price database as prescribed by law;

- Coordinating with ministries, sectors, localities, and related units to connect, share, and provide information within the national price database;

- Taking the lead in guiding specific aspects of building, operating, and managing the national price database.

b) Sectoral management agencies are responsible for:

- Establishing, operating, and managing the price database within their respective sectors;

- Coordinating with the Ministry of Finance to connect, share, and provide information within their sectoral price database to the national price database within their scope of management.

People's Committees of provinces are responsible for directing the Provincial Department of Finance to take the lead and coordinate with relevant departments,

c) of the National Assembly; , individuals to build, operate, and manage the local price database; coordinating with the unit managing the national price database to connect and share information from the local price database with the national price database. organization4. Funding to ensure the construction and management of the national price database

a) Investment funding for the establishment, maintenance, upgrading, and management of the national price database at the Ministry of Finance; price databases at sectoral management agencies; and local Provincial Departments of Finance shall be guaranteed by the state budget according to the分级授权和合法其他资金来源的规定。

b) Annually, the agency responsible for building the price database, as stipulated in Article 24 of this Decree, shall prepare a budget proposal to serve the construction of the price database and submit it to the competent authority for approval in accordance with the State Budget Law. The funding will be allocated in the annual budget of the unit as prescribed by law.

5. The Ministry of Finance shall specify detailed regulations on the national price database.”

2. Repeal Clause 3, Article 3, and point e, Clause 2, Article 7 of Decree No. 177/2013/NĐ-CP dated November 14, 2013 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Law on Prices.

Article 2. Effective Date

1. This Decree takes effect from January 1, 2017.

1. The Ministry of Finance is responsible for guiding the implementation of this Decree.

Article 3. Responsibility for Implementation and Organization of Enforcement of the Decree

2. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of government agencies, Chairmen

of People's Committees of provinces, and relevant organizations and individuals are responsible for implementing this Decree. of the National Assembly; 3. The ministries,

People's Committees of provinces specified in Clause 7, Article 1 of this Decree are responsible for of the National Assembly; provincial people's committee specified in Clause 7, Article 1 of this Decree shall be responsible for organization||| guiding units to establish and submit pricing plans for services transitioning from fees to state-regulated pricing mechanisms as stipulated in Article 24 of the Law on Fees and Charges, within the pricing authority of ministries; of the National Assembly; ||| procedures for submitting and reviewing pricing plans as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 9 of Decree No. 177/2013/ND-CP and Clause 8, Article 1 of this Decree, and ensuring that pricing regulations come into effect from January 1, 2017;

||| The Minister of Transport shall be responsible for specifying cases of exemption and reduction of prices (if any) for road usage services of road construction projects for business purposes, and ferry services, applicable from January 1, 2017;

||| In cases where new provisions regarding the authority and form of pricing for products and services transitioning from fees to state-regulated pricing mechanisms under the Law on Fees and Charges are not covered in this Decree, the Ministry of Finance shall be responsible for leading and coordinating with relevant ministries, sectors, and provincial people's committees to advise and submit to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision; of the National Assembly; ||| /.