Where can I find legal aid-providing organizations in Vietnam?
Where can I find legal aid-providing organizations in Vietnam? Do State legal aid centers have branches in Vietnam?
Hello, my neighbor is in the middle of a dispute but his family situation is difficult, the family belongs to poor households, I want to partially help them. I heard that there are organizations that provide legal aid. I don't know where to find such organizations? Please advise.
Where can I find legal aid-providing organizations in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 10 of the Law on Legal Aid 2017 stipulates on legal aid-providing organizations as follows:
1. Legal aid-providing organizations include state legal aid centers and legal aid-participating organizations.
2. The Department of Justice shall announce a list of qualified local legal aid-providing organizations and post them on the website of the Department of Justice and send them to the Ministry of Justice for aggregating and posting on the website of the Ministry of Justice.
As such, you can find a list of qualified local legal aid-providing organizations on the website of the Department of Justice or on the website of the Ministry of Justice in Vietnam.
Do State legal aid centers have branches in Vietnam?
According to Article 11 of the Law on Legal Aid 2017, state legal aid centers are as follows:
1. State legal aid centers are non-business units affiliated to the Department of Justice established by provincial People’s Committees, have legal status, their own seals, head offices and accounts.
2. State legal aid centers may have branches.
Branch is an affiliate of a state legal aid center which is established in a district in a severely disadvantaged area with inadequate transportation to the state legal aid center and without law-practicing organizations or legal counseling organizations participating in legal aid services. The State legal aid center shall be responsible for all activities of the branches. Depending on needs and actual conditions of the province, Chairperson of the People’s Committee shall provide decisions on establishing branches of the state legal aid center.
3. The Government shall provide specific regulations on the organization and operation of state legal aid centers and their branches.
According to this Article, the State legal aid centers may have branches set up in districts in areas with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions, depending on the conditions of each locality in Vietnam.
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