What is "CONG BAO”? Principles of publication of documents in “CONG BAO” in Vietnam

What is "CONG BAO”? Principles of publication of documents in “CONG BAO” in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What is "CONG BAO”?

According to Clause 3, Article 2 of Decree 34/2016/ND-CP, "CONG BAO” means an official publication of the State, which is uniformly managed by the Government and on which legal documents, treaties already effective in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and other legal documents are published as prescribed in Decree 34/2016/ND-CP.

2. Forms of “CONG BAO” in Vietnam

The forms of “CONG BAO” according to Article 82 of Decree 34/2016/ND-CP is as follows:

- “CONG BAO” comprises “CONG BAO” of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam published by the Government Office and provincial-level “CONG BAO” published by the Offices of provincial-level People’s Committees.

- “CONG BAO” is published in printed and electronic forms.

- The Government Office shall guide the forms, formats and techniques of presenting “CONG BAO” publications.

3. Principles of publication of documents in “CONG BAO” in Vietnam

Principles of publishing documents in the Official Gazette according to Article 83 of Decree 34/2016/ND-CP are as follows:

- Legal document shall be published in “CONG BAO” in accordance with Article 150 of Decree 34/2016/ND-CP.

= The head of an agency or a unit shall assign a person to review documents right after the socio-economic situation sees a change that is likely to make the contents of a certain document no longer suitable.

= The document-reviewing person shall identify a document to be reviewed and report it to the head of the agency or unit for decision.

= The document-reviewing person shall, based on the subjects and scope of regulation of the reviewed document, collect information, materials and documents used as the basis for identifying the change of the socio-economic situation under Article 146 of Decree 34/2016/ND-CP.

= The document-reviewing person shall consider and assess the reviewed document for identifying the contents mentioned in Article 148 of Decree 34/2016/ND-CP.

- “CONG BAO” publishes fully, promptly and accurately the full texts of legal documents sent by promulgating agencies.

- “CONG BAO” does not publish documents on the list of state secrets as prescribed by law and treaties not published in “CONG BAO” under agreement of contracting parties.

4. Time limit for publication of documents in “CONG BAO” in Vietnam

According to Article 92 of Decree 34/2016/ND-CP, the time limit for publication of documents in “CONG BAO” in Vietnam is as follows:

- Within 15 days after receiving a document, the Government Office shall publish that document in “CONG BAO” of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

- Within 7 days after receiving a document, the Office of a provincial-level People’s Committee shall publish that document in provincial-level “CONG BAO”.

- Documents shall be published simultaneously in electronic and printed “CONG BAO” from the same database.

Quoc Dat

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