What are regulations on reporting of law-practicing organizations in Vietnam?
Please ask, what are regulations on reporting of law-practicing organizations in Vietnam? Thankyou.
According to Article 23 of Circular 05/2021/TT-BTP, reporting in Vietnam is as follows:
1. Annually, every Vietnamese law-practicing organization and lawyer in private practice shall send reports on lawyer-related operation to the Bar Association and the Department of Justice of province/city where the Vietnamese law-practicing organization is located or with which the lawyer in private practice registers. Every foreign law-practicing organization in Vietnam shall send a report on lawyer-related operation to the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Justice of province/city where it is located.
The annual report of Vietnamese law-practicing organization, lawyer in private practice and foreign law-practicing organization in Vietnam shall be sent no later than the 5th day of the last month of the reporting period.
Vietnamese law-practicing organizations shall update data on their operation every six months according to the form promulgated together with the Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BTP dated March 20, 2019 of the Minister of Justice on statistical activities of the Justice sector; or send ad-hoc reports on their operation at the request of the Ministry of Justice or the Department of Justice.
2. Annual reports of socio-professional organizations of lawyers shall comply with Articles 22 and 25 of the Government's Decree No. 123/2013/ND-CP dated October 14, 2013 on elaboration and implementation of the Lawyer Law. The annual report of the Bar Association shall be sent no later than the 10th day of the last month of the reporting period; the annual report of the Vietnam Bar Federation shall be sent no later than the 15th day of the last month of the reporting period.
3. The Department of Justice shall send annual reports on lawyer-related operation in the province/city to the Ministry of Justice and the People's Committee of province. The content of the report of the Department of Justice sent to the Ministry of Justice is shown in the annual report on judicial work performance in accordance with Circular No. 12/2019/TT-BTP dated December 31, 2019 of the Minister of Justice on routine reports under the management of the Ministry of Justice.
Ad-hoc reports on lawyer-related operation in the province/city shall be sent at the request of the Ministry of Justice or the People's Committee of the province.
4. Report forms and data closing time shall conform to 12/2019/TT-BTP dated December 31, 2019 of the Minister of Justice on routine reports under the management of the Ministry of Justice.
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