Vietnam: What types of documents of the People's Council and People's Committee are not legal documents?

According to Decree No. 34/2016/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the following resolutions, which are promulgated by People’s Councils, and decisions, which are promulgated by People’s Committees, are not legal documents:

- Resolutions relieving from duty or removing from office People’s Council deputies or holders of other posts;

- Resolutions approving results of election of deputies to People’s Councils and election of other posts;

- Resolutions dissolving People’s Councils;

- Resolutions approving the structures of specialized agencies under People’s Committees of provinces, centrally run cities, rural districts, urban districts, towns or provincial or municipal cities;

- Resolutions on the establishment, merger or dissolution of specialized agencies under People’s Committees; decisions on the establishment of boards, steering boards, councils or committees to perform tasks within a certain period of time;

- Resolutions on total payrolls in localities;

- Resolutions on local budget estimates and final accounts;

- Decisions approving plans;

- Decisions assigning targets to each agency or unit;

- Decisions on payroll norms of agencies and units; decisions assigning payroll and administrative management expenses to each specialized agency under People’s Committees;

- Other resolutions and decisions which do not have the contents prescribed in Article 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the Law.

View more details at Decree No. 34/2016/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from July 01, 2016.

- Thanh Lam -

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