Vietnam: Procedures for authorization of the negotiation and signing of each treaty on ODA

Vietnam: Procedures for authorization of the negotiation and signing of each treaty on ODA (Illustrative image)

Circular 01/2008/TT-BNG regulates the procedures for authorization of the negotiation and signing of each treaty on ODA in Vietnam as follows:

- The proposing agency's proposal on an authorized representative(s) to negotiate and sign a treaty on ODA is stated in its exposition to the Government of Vietnam on the negotiation and signing of that treaty;

- Persons authorized by the Government of Vietnam to negotiate and sign treaties on ODA on a case-by-case basis at the proposal of the proposing agency may be:

• -Ministerial-level leaders or other representatives of proposing agencies; or.
• -Heads of managing agencies (in case managing agencies are other than proposing agencies); or,
• -Heads of foreign-based representative missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in case treaties are negotiated and signed in foreign countries; or,
• Leaders of other ministries or branches.

- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall complete external procedures for the grant of authorization letters for the negotiation and signing of one or more than one treaty on ODA with the same donor;

- An authorization letter is valid for five (5) working days at most from the date of receipt of the Government of Vietnam's authorization decision or the date of receipt of the proposing agency's written notice on the supply of information on the names and positions of the authorized persons, the Vietnamese and foreign titles of the treaty on ODA (in case such information is not staled in the Government of Vietnam's authorization as stipulated).

Details can be found in Circular 01/2008/TT-BNG effective from February 25, 2008.

Ty Na

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