Who has power for conclusion of international agreements in the name of the National Assembly in Vietnam?
Who has power for conclusion of international agreements in the name of the National Assembly in Vietnam? Can language of international agreement be in Vietnamese?
Recently, I have heard a lot about international agreements between Vietnam and European countries in the media, but I don't know who is allowed to sign these agreements in the name of the National Assembly. Is Vietnamese used in international agreements? Please advise. Thank you.
Who has power for conclusion of international agreements in the name of the National Assembly in Vietnam?
In Article 12 of the Law on International Agreements 2020, power to decide conclusion of international agreements in the name of the National Assembly, agencies of the National Assembly, Secretary of the National Assembly, National Assembly Office, agencies affiliated to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, State Audit, according to which:
1. The President of National Assembly shall decide the conclusion of international agreements in the name of the National Assembly.
2. The President of the Nationality Council, the Chairperson of the Committee of the National Assembly, shall decide the conclusion of international agreements in their names.
3. The Secretary General of the National Assembly shall decide the conclusion of international agreements within the competence of the Secretary General of the National Assembly.
4. The Chairperson of National Assembly Office shall decide the conclusion of international agreements in the name of the National Assembly Office.
5. The head of an agency affiliated to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall decide the conclusion of international agreements in the name of that agency.
6. The State Auditor General shall decide the conclusion of international agreements in the name of the State Audit.
Thus, only the President of National Assembly shall decide the conclusion of international agreements in the name of the National Assembly in Vietnam.
Can language of international agreement be in Vietnamese?
Pursuant to Article 7 of the Law on International Agreements 2020 on language of international agreement as follows:
An international agreement must be written in Vietnamese, unless otherwise agreed between the Vietnamese contracting party and the foreign contracting party. In cases where the international agreement only has a document in a foreign language, the Vietnamese contracting party shall translate the international agreement into Vietnamese.
The document in Vietnamese must keep the content accurate and the form consistent with the document in foreign language of the international agreement.
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