32 Code of Ethics and Conduct for Lawyers in Vietnam
What are 32 Code of Ethics and Conduct for Lawyers in Vietnam? Ms. Dao (Khanh Hoa)
32 Code of Ethics and Conduct for Lawyers in Vietnam
Pursuant to the Code of Ethics and Conduct for Lawyers in Vietnam issued together with the Decision 201/QD-HDLSTQ in 2019, the 32 Code of Ethics and Conduct for Lawyers in Vietnam include:
Rule 1. Lawyer’s mission
Rule 2. Independence, honesty, respect for objective truth
Rule 3. Preserving honor, reputation and upholding lawyers’ traditions
Rule 4. Participation in community activities
Rule 5. Best protection of client’s legitimate rights and interests
Rule 6. Respecting clients
Rule 7. Confidentiality
Rule 8. Lawyer’s fees
Rule 9. Prohibited acts in relationship with clients
Rule 10. Take a case from client
Rule 11. Cases the lawyer must decline
Rule 12. Perform a case
Rule 13. Decline proceeding the case
Rule 14. Further actions upon unilateral termination of legal service performance by the lawyer
Rule 15. Conflict of interest
Rule 16. Notify result of performance of a case
Rule 17. Lawyer colleagueship
Rule 18. Respect and cooperate with colleagues
Rule 19. Professional competition
Rule 20. Proper conduct upon a conflict of interest with a colleague
Rule 21. Prohibited acts in relationship towards colleagues
Rule 22. Conduct for lawyers in legal-practicing organizations
Rule 23. Conduct for lawyers practicing as individuals
Rule 24. Relationship with legal trainees
Rule 25. Relationship with socio-professional organizations of lawyers
Rule 26. General rules when participating in proceedings
Rule 27. Conduct at court hearing
Rule 28. Prohibited acts in relationship with presiding agencies and persons
Rule 29. Conduct for lawyers in relationship with other regulatory agencies
Rule 30. Conduct in relationship with other organizations and individuals
Rule 31. Communications
Rule 32. Advertisements
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What are prohibited acts for lawyers in relationship towards colleagues in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Rule 21 of the Code of Ethics and Conduct for Lawyers in Vietnam issued together with the Decision 201/QD-HDLSTQ in 2019 stipulating prohibited acts for lawyers in relationship towards colleagues in Vietnam:
A lawyer may not:
- slander, offend the honor, dignity or reputation of a colleague, or coerce, intimidate a colleague, whether verbally or by action.
- collude or make a proposal with the lawyer of a client who has opposite interest with his/her client to seek personal benefits together.
- personally contact and communicate with adverse party/client about interests with his/her client to solve the case when knowing that client has a lawyer without notifying the colleague lawyer who defends or represents that client.
- hire or pay a client broker or broker a client to a colleague to receive commissions.
- perform acts aimed at fight over clients such as:
+ comparing professional qualifications, discriminating lawyers or legal-practicing organizations on grounds of regions and areas;
+ inciting a client to decline a colleague to take the case or inciting a client to complain or whistleblow a colleague lawyer;
+ personally or engaging his/her own employees or others to convince or solicit clients in front of the headquarters of presiding agencies, detention centers, regulatory agencies and other organizations.
- impose or deliberately control that influences the independence and objectivity of a colleague who has dependent relationship with the lawyer such as teacher-student, superior- subordinate relationship, consanguinity, or kinship.
- form factions, groups between lawyers to isolate colleagues in the legal practice.
- perform the association, partnership, and establishment of a group of lawyers operating in contravention of the law on lawyers, the Charter of the Vietnam Bar Federation and the Code of Ethics and Conduct for Lawyers.
What are the purposes of the Code of Ethics and Conduct for Lawyers in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 2 of the Decision 201/QD-HDLSTQ in 2019:
The Code of Ethics and Conduct for Vietnamese Lawyers is a foundation for building the standard values of the legal profession; for supervising, giving commendation, handling complaints and whistleblowing reports, and disciplining lawyers within the socio-professional organization of lawyers.
As regulated above, the Code of Ethics and Conduct for Lawyers in Vietnam is used for following purposes:
- It is a foundation for building the standard values of the legal profession;
- It is used for supervising, giving commendation, handling complaints and whistleblowing reports, and disciplining lawyers within the socio-professional organization of lawyers.
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