Vietnam: What are the responsibilities of the managing agency of the ODA program or project other than the agency proposing the signing of international treaties on ODA?

Vietnam: What are the responsibilities of the managing agency of the ODA program or project other than the agency proposing the signing of international treaties on ODA? (Illustrative image)

Under Circular 01/2008/TT-BNG, the managing agency of the ODA program or project, which is not the agency proposing the signing of international treaties on ODA in Vietnam, has the following responsibilities:

- Draft a specific international treaty on ODA. translate it into Vietnamese and send to the proposing agency: coordinate with the proposing agency in comparing the original text of the international treaty with its Vietnamese version;

- Provide the proposing agency with the necessary information for submission of the negotiation, signing, ratification, approval, interpretation, amendment, supplementation, extension, suspension or termination of a specific international treaty on ODA to the Government;

- Join in, or assume the prime responsibility for, the negotiation and organization of the signing ceremony of a specific international treaty on ODA according to the authorization decision of the Prime Minister;

- Elaborate a plan for implementation of a specific international treaty on ODA to be sent to the proposing agency for submission to the Government for approval in cases defined in Section 1.1, Part III of this Circular;

- When the managing agency receives the donor's notice of ratification, approval, effective date, interpretation, amendment supplementation, extension, suspension, or termination of a specific international treaty on ODA, or the completion of ODA programs or projects under the international treaty, it shall send that notice to the proposing agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

- Send to the proposing agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs annual reports on the implementation of a specific international treaty on ODA.

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

Ty Na

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