When does the Vietnamese Government meeting take place? What is the order of the Vietnamese Government meeting?
- When does the Vietnamese Government meeting take place?
- Who are the participants in the Vietnamese Government meeting?
- What are the tasks of the Vietnamese Government Office and the agencies in charge of the project in preparing the Vietnamese Government meeting?
- What is the order of the Vietnamese Government meeting?
When does the Vietnamese Government meeting take place?
Pursuant to Article 23 Decree 39/22022/ND-CP stipulates as follows:
Article 23. Vietnamese Government’s meeting sessions
1. The Vietnamese Government shall hold its regular meeting once a month before the fifth of the next month. In special cases, the meeting held after the aforementioned deadline shall be decided by the Prime Minister.
2. The Vietnamese Government shall hold theme meetings on unexpected tasks under the Prime Minister’s decisions or at the request of at least at least one-third of the total number of Cabinet members or at the request of the State President of Vietnam to discuss relevant issues in order to exercise his duties and powers.
3. The Prime Minister shall chair Vietnamese Government’s meeting sessions. Where necessary, the Prime Minister shall appoint the Permanent Deputy Prime Minister or a Deputy Prime Minister to act on behalf of the Prime Minister to chair and close the meeting sessions or decide several issues discussed at the meeting sessions.
According to the above regulations, the Vietnamese Government meeting usually meets once a month and is held before the 5th of the following month.
However, if there are special cases, the organization of the meeting after the above time limit shall be decided by the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister presides over the Vietnamese Government meeting. When necessary, the Prime Minister shall assign a standing Deputy Prime Minister or a Deputy Prime Minister to act on behalf of the Prime Minister to chair and conclude the meeting or some contents of the meeting.
When does the Vietnamese Government meeting take place? What is the order of the Vietnamese Government meeting?
Who are the participants in the Vietnamese Government meeting?
Pursuant to Article 25 Decree 39/22022/ND-CP stipulates the participants in the Vietnamese Government meeting include:
- The State President of Vietnam invited to all meeting sessions;
- Chairperson of the Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front, Chairperson of the National Assembly’s Ethnic Minorities Council, heads of central authorities of socio-political organizations invited to discuss relevant issues;
- Leaders of the Communist Party’s Committees and National Assembly’s Committees, State Auditor General, Chief Justice of Supreme People’s Court, Prosecutor General of People’s Supreme Procuracy, Chairpersons of People's Council and Chairpersons of provincial People’s Committees invited to meeting sessions where necessary;
- Other guests invited under the Prime Minister's decisions.
What are the tasks of the Vietnamese Government Office and the agencies in charge of the project in preparing the Vietnamese Government meeting?
Pursuant to Article 24 Decree 39/2022/ND-CP Regulations on the responsibilities of the Vietnamese Government Office and the agencies in charge of the project in preparing the Vietnamese Government meeting are as follows:
- For Vietnamese Government Office:
+ Proposed content, form (in person, online), time, program, operating script submitted to the Prime Minister for decision;
+ Urging relevant agencies to send documents serving the meeting;
+ Invite meeting, send meeting documents to delegates, guests at least 03 working days before the meeting, except for special cases; coordinate with the agency in charge of the project to recover confidential documents subject to recovery after the meeting ends;
+ An inspection report on the contents of the project submitted to the meeting.
- For agencies in charge of the project:
+ Propose content to be included in the regular Vietnamese Government Meeting, and send it to the Vietnamese Government Office before the 20th of every month to summarize and report to the Prime Minister;
+ Send meeting files and documents via the Information System for meeting and handling Vietnamese Government affairs (except for confidential documents) at least 03 working days before the meeting; send paper documents to the Vietnamese Government Office upon request;
+ To assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Vietnamese Government Office in, recovering confidential documents subject to recall after the meeting ends.
What is the order of the Vietnamese Government meeting?
Pursuant to Article 26 Decree 39/22022/ND-CP stipulates the order of the Vietnamese Government meeting as follows:
- The Minister, Chairman/Chairwoman of the Office of the Vietnamese Government shall report meeting contents, agendas and attendees.
- The Prime Minister shall chair Vietnamese Government’s meeting sessions.
- The authority presiding over the scheme shall briefly present the scheme and matters on which the Vietnamese Government’s comments need to be sought.
- The Minister, Chairman/Chairwoman of the Office of the Vietnamese Government shall present the consolidated report on Cabinet members’ comments, comments of relevant agencies and verification comments of the Office of the Vietnamese Government, clearly stating concurring comments, dissenting comments, issues that need to be discussed and proposed; Where necessary, the Prime Minister shall invite representatives of other agencies to report several related issues.
- Cabinet members shall make their comments, clearly expressing their approval or disapproval of the issues which the Vietnamese Government needs to discuss; vote on the issues under discussion. Where a draft Resolution of the meeting session is sent to Cabinet members to collect their comments, the dissenting or concurring comment on draft Resolution is considered a form of voting.
- The Prime Minister shall give a closing speech at the meeting session.
- For draft legislative documents to be included in the Vietnamese Government’s meeting agenda, apart from complying with the regulations laid down in this Article, the flow of a meeting shall comply with the regulations shall comply with Articles 41, 61 and 96 of the Law on Promulgation of Legislative Documents.
LawNet