On March 13, 2007 (January 24, 2007 in the lunar calendar), the Vietnam government issued a decree requiring deputies to the National Assembly and senior government officials to declare their assets. On March 13, 2007, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung of the Vietnam signed and promulgated a decree requiring deputies to Parliament and senior government officials to declare their assets as early as next month, aiming to combat increasingly serious corruption. The statute requires congressional representatives and government officials to disclose their income, real estate, overseas assets, accounts and other personal effects, such as vehicles and securities worth more than $3100. The decree will apply to representatives and alternate representatives of the National Assembly of Vietnam, senior police officers and military officers, and all cadres at or above the deputy level in national, provincial, county governments, and state-owned enterprises. The move has been questioned by some Vietnam observers who want to know how the decree will be strictly enforced. A lawyer at the Hanoi Bar Association, who declined to be named, said: "This decree is not feasible. Everyone knows that most national cadres do not live on government salaries. They make a lot of money from bribery and gray business activities. ¡±