Vietnam: 02 principles of sharing information and the result of international collaboration on legislation

According to Circular No. 07/2015/TT-BTP of the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam, sharing information and the result of international collaboration on legislation must comply with the 02 following principles:

- The governing body shall bear responsibility for contents of shared information and result of international collaboration on legislation.

- Sharing information and the result of international collaboration on legislation must be implemented in a sufficient, timely and objective manner as well as ensure compliance with legal regulations on protection of state secrets.

Moreover, based on specific operations of international collaboration on legislation, information and result of international collaboration on legislation shall include one or a lot of the following content(s):

- International treaties or agreements on legislation collaboration available in Vietnamese and foreign languages.

- Literatures on the legislation-related program or project; literatures on non-project legislation-related assistance written in Vietnamese or foreign language (if any).

- Different types of reports: the report on completion of the program or project or non-project assistance; the report on research result; the report on survey result.

- Information about experts participating in international collaboration on legislation.

- Report on the result of international conference, seminar or workshop about legislation, program, speech and other materials issued in that conference, seminar or workshop.

- Other related information.

Within a permitted duration of 10 working days from the date on which collaboration operations have been completed, the governing body shall carry out sharing of information, result of the international collaboration on legislation in accordance with regulations laid down in Clause 1 Article 14 of Decree No. 113/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government. The online documentation shall be sent to the Ministry of Justice at the email address [email protected].

More details can be found in Circular No. 07/2015/TT-BTP of the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam, which takes effect from August 01, 2015.

Le Hai

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