Distinction Between Complaints and Denunciations in Vietnam

00:59, 12/07/2024

Complaints and denunciations are two legal terms widely used in daily life. However, many people still confuse these two terms, although they are entirely different.

Below is a comparative table that helps clearly distinguish between the two concepts of complaints and denunciations:

Criteria	Complaint (Law on Complaints 2011)	Denunciation (Law on Denunciations 2011)
Subject Conducting the Action	Individual; Agencies, organizations; Officials, public employees.	Individual
Object	Administrative decisions; Administrative acts of state administrative agencies, persons with authority in state administrative agencies; Disciplinary decisions on officials, public employees.	Unlawful acts of any agencies, organizations, or individuals causing damage or threatening to cause damage to the State's interests, lawful rights and interests of citizens, agencies, and organizations.
Information Requirements	No regulation requiring the complainant to be responsible if the information is not truthful	The denouncer must be honest and bear responsibility for the content of the denunciation; if they intentionally make false accusations, they may be prosecuted for the crime of slander, false denunciation.
Implementation Duration	90 days from the date of receipt of the administrative decision or knowing the administrative decision, administrative act. 15 days from the date officials and public employees receive the disciplinary decision for the first complaint	No regulation on duration
Resolution Result	The resolution decision must be sent to the complainant to address their concerns about the content they complained about.	The handling of denunciations is only sent to the denouncer upon request.
Cases Not Accepted	No specific regulation	Denunciation of cases that have been resolved but the denouncer does not provide new information or details; Denunciation of cases where the content and information provided by the denouncer do not have a basis to identify the violator, the unlawful act; Denunciation of cases where the authorized person to resolve the denunciation does not have the conditions to check, verify the unlawful act, the violator.
Legal Consequences Arising When Withdrawing the Petition	The state agency ceases resolution	The state agency does not cease handling.

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