Monitoring by Vietnamese Fatherland Front

1. Principles of monitoring

According to Article 25 of the Law on Vietnamese Fatherland Front 2015, principles of monitoring by Vietnamese Fatherland Front are as follows:

- Ensuring promotion of democracy and participation of the people, members of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front.

- Derived from the requirements and aspirations of the People;

- Public, transparent, non-overlapping implementation;

- Not to obstruct the activities of the supervised agency, organization or individual.

2. Entities, contents and scope of monitoring

According to Article 26 of the Law on Vietnamese Fatherland Front 2015, entities subject to monitoring by the Vietnamese Fatherland Front are regulatory agencies, organizations, elective delegation, officials and civil servants.

Scope of monitoring includes the exercise of policies and laws concerning lawful rights and interests of the people, rights and responsibilities of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front.

Manner of monitoring:

- Study and review documents issued by competent agencies relating to lawful rights and interests of the people;

- Organize team of monitoring;

- Pass activities of the People’s Inspectorate at commune level and Public Investment Supervisory Board;

- Participate in monitoring with competent agencies, organizations;

- The standing committee of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Government shall cooperate with the Presidium of the Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front in promulgating the Joint Resolution detailing this Article.

3. Rights and responsibilities of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front for monitoring

According to Article 28 of the Law on Vietnamese Fatherland Front 2015, Vietnamese Fatherland Front shall have the following rights and responsibilities:

- Cooperate with relevant agencies, organizations in constructing the program, contents, and plans for monitoring; make decisions on the establishment of the monitoring team and organize monitoring activities as planned or required.

- Request agencies, organizations, and individuals monitored to make reports and supply information and documents in connection with the contents of monitoring;

- Give an objective and scientific consideration to issues in connection with contents of monitoring;

- Organize dialogs to clarify proposals after monitoring if necessary or at the request of agencies, organizations, and individuals monitored;

- Make proposals to competent agencies, organizations, and individuals for considerations over measures to protect interests of the State, lawful rights and interests of the people; considerations over responsibilities of agencies, organizations, and individuals for committing acts of violations according to law provisions;

- Promulgate or cooperate with relevant agencies, organization in promulgating document on result of monitoring; take responsibilities for proposals after monitoring;

- Follow up, speed up the handling of proposals after monitoring; request competent agencies, organizations, and individuals to examine responsibilities of agencies, organizations, and individuals for not handling or handling in opposition to law provisions;

- Commend or request competent agencies, organizations to organize praise and commendations for extraordinary achievements in monitoring.

Besides, rights and responsibilities of agencies, organizations, and individuals monitored are also specified in Article 29 of the Law on Vietnamese Fatherland Front 2015.

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