What is Vietnam Fatherland Front? Organization of the Vietnam Fatherland Front

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1. What is Vietnam Fatherland Front?

According to Article 1 of the Law on Vietnam Fatherland Front 2015, Vietnamese Fatherland Front is the political base of people’s power, representing and protecting lawful rights and interests of the people;

Gathering and bringing into play strength of national solidarity, exercising democracy and reinforcing social unanimity; participating in the construction of the Communist Party, State and people’s external relation activities making a contribution toward the construction and protection of the Fatherland.

2. Principles of organization and operation of Vietnamese Fatherland Front

According to Article 4 of the Law on Vietnam Fatherland Front 2015, the principles of organization and operation of Vietnamese Fatherland Front are as follows:

- Organization and operation of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front are within the framework of the Constitution, the Law and Statute of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front.

- Organization and operation of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front are based on principles of voluntariness, democratic consultation, coordination and unity of activities of its members.

- When coordinating and unifying activities, member organizations of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front must comply with the Statute of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front, and at the same time maintain independence of their own organizations.

- The Communist Party is both a member organization and leader of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front.

3. Rights and responsibilities of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front

Rights and responsibilities of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front under Article 3 of the Law on Vietnam Fatherland Front 2015 are as follows:

- Gather and construct great national unity, exercising democracy and reinforcing social unanimity.

- Propagate and campaign the people to exercise their rights, guidelines and policies of the Communist Party and the State.

- Represent and protect lawful rights and interests of the people;

- Take part in the construction of the Communist Party and State;

- Perform supervision and social criticism;

- Gather and compile opinions and proposals from voters and the people to respond and make proposals to the Party and State.

- Perform the people’s external relation activities;

4. Organization of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front

The organization of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front according to Article 6 of the Law on Vietnam Fatherland Front 2015 is as follows:

- The Vietnamese Fatherland Front is organized in the central and administrative divisions, is an executive agency between two congresses of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front, responsible for exercising duties of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front.

- Agency of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front is organized as follows:

+ In central divisions: Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front, Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front and Central Standing Committee of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front;

+ In administrative divisions: Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front of central-affiliated cities and provinces (hereinafter referred to as provincial level); Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front of provincial-affiliated districts, communes and cities, and equivalent adminstrative units; Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns (hereinafter referred to as commune-level). Each level has Standing Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front of its own.

Organization, duties, authorities of agencies of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front is prescribed in the Statute of the Vietnamese Father Front.

- Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front at commune-level establishes the commission of Fatherland Front in villages, hamlets, population groups, wards, and other residential communities (hereinafter referred to as residential area). Organization and operation of the Commission are prescribed in the Statute of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front.

Quoc Dat

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