ONLY ALLOWED FOR IMPORT NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND MACHINES
This is the directive content of the Prime Minister at the Directive No. 17/CT-TTg on strengthening the management and control enterprise’s import of technology, machine and equipments.
Accordingly, there are still some enterprises, including economy groups, state corporations which have imported machinery, equipment that are old, obsolete, bad quality, fail to meet requirement of production and trading, causing increase of product cost, polluted environment, reducing the competition of enterprises, the Prime Minister directs enterprises must strictly comply with provisions of law on investment, biding, trade, technology transfer, product and goods quality… in import of technologies, machinery and equipment to create fixed assets for production and trading operation of enterprises. Especially, the import of machinery, equipment, technology chains must ensure that import only new machinery, equipment, technology chains; prioritize to import machinery, equipment with advanced high technology level in conformity with the approved investment projects; encourage import of machinery, equipment with outstanding features regarding saving energy and natural resources, friendly with environment; In necessary case, if having to import machinery, equipment, technology chains which have ever been used, they must meet requirements as guided by the Ministry of science and technology; and not import machinery, equipment, technology chains which other countries have announced to remove due to obsolete technology, bad quality, causing polluted environment.
The Prime Minister also points out clearly that in dossier requesting for grant of investment certificate, dossier of investment project must have content of justifications for the technologies enclosed list of machinery, equipment expected to import with parameters, essential technical features and must be approved by competent authorities before import.
