What are regulations on interpretation of international agreements in Vietnam?

What are regulations on interpretation of international agreements in Vietnam? - image from internet

Pursuant to Article 17 of the Decree 161/1999/ND-CP on the implementation of the Ordinance on the Conclusion and Implementation of International Agreements stipulating interpretation of international agreements in Vietnam:

1. Where the signing parties understand and interpret the contents of an international agreement differently, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs shall, within 15 days after receiving a request on the interpretation thereof, issue a document requesting the conclusion-proposing agency to prepare an interpretation of the international agreement for submission to the Government.

2. Where the concerned domestic agencies understand and interpret the contents of an international agreement differently, they shall directly send requests for interpretation of such international agreement to the conclusion- proposing agency or the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Where the document requesting the international agreement interpretation is sent only to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, such Ministry shall, within 15 days after receiving the request, send a document to the conclusion-proposing agency asking the latter to prepare the contents of the international agreement interpretation for submission to the Government.

3. Within 10 days after receiving the request for interpretation of an international agreement from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs or the concerned domestic agencies, the conclusion-proposing agency shall have to prepare the draft interpretation contents and obtain written comments from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs before submitting them to the Government. The Government shall issue a decision to interpret an international agreement concluded in the name of the State or the Government. For international agreements ratified by the National Assembly or containing provision(s) contrary to or not yet provided for in legal documents promulgated by the National Assembly or the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Government shall submit them to the National Assembly Standing Committee for interpretation.

4. For the case mentioned in Clause 1 of this Article, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs shall, within 15 days after receiving a written interpretation from the competent State agency, notify it to the other signing party.

5. For the case mentioned in Clause 2 of this Article, the conclusion proposing agency shall, within 5 days after receiving a written interpretation from the competent State agency, have to notify it to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the interpretation requesting agency(ies).

Above are regulations on interpretation of international agreements in Vietnam. Please refer to the Decree 161/1999/ND-CP for more details.

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