What are legislative documents? The system of legislative documents in Vietnam

What are legislative documents? The system of legislative documents in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What are legislative documents?

Legislative documents are documents that contain legal regulations and the promulgation of which complies with regulations of law on authority, manner, and procedures provided for in Law on Promulgation of legislative documents 2015.

In which: Normative regulations are general rules of conduct, commonly binding, and applied repeatedly to agencies, organizations and individuals nationwide or within a certain administrative division, promulgated by the regulatory agencies and competent persons in Law on Promulgation of legislative documents 2015, and the implementation of which is ensured by the State.

2. The system of legislative documents in Vietnam

According to Article 4 of the Law on Promulgation of legislative documents 2015 (amended in 2020), the system of legislative documents includes:

- The Constitution.

- Codes and Laws (hereinafter referred to as Laws), Resolutions of the National Assembly

- Ordinances, Resolutions of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly; Joint Resolutions between the Standing Committee of the National Assembly and the Management Board of Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front; Joint Resolutions between the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the Government, the Management Board of Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front.

- Orders, Decisions of the President.

- Decrees of the Government; Joint Resolutions between the Government and Management Board of Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front

- Decision of the Prime Minister.

- Resolutions of Judge Council of the People’s Supreme Court.

- Circulars of the Executive Judge of the People’s Supreme Court; Circulars of the Chief Procurator of the Supreme People’s Procuracy; Circulars of Ministers, Heads of ministerial agencies; Decisions of the State Auditor General.

- Joint Circulars between the Executive Judge of the People’s Supreme Court, the Chief Procurator of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, the State Auditor General, Ministers, Heads of ministerial agencies. Joint Circulars between Ministers and Heads of ministerial agencies shall not be promulgated.

- Resolutions of the People’s Councils of central-affiliated cities and provinces (hereinafter referred to as provinces).

- Decisions of the People’s Committees of provinces.

- Legislative documents of local governments in administrative - economic units.

- Resolutions of the People’s Councils of districts, towns and cities within provinces (hereinafter referred to as districts).

- Decisions of the People’s Committees of districts.

- Resolutions of the People’s Councils of communes, wards and towns within districts (hereinafter referred to as communes).

- Decisions of the People’s Committees of communes.

3. Rules for formulating and promulgating legislative documents in Vietnam

- Ensure the constitutionality, legitimacy, and uniformity of legislative documents in the legal system.

- Comply with regulations of law on authority, manner, and procedures for formulating and promulgating legislative documents.

- Ensure transparency of legislative documents.

- Ensure the feasibility, frugality, effectiveness, promptness, accessibility, and practicality of legislative documents; integrate gender equality issues in legislative documents; ensure simplification of administrative procedures.

- Ensure national defense and security, environmental protection without obstruction of implementation of the international agreements to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory.

- Ensure publicity and democracy in receipt of and response to opinions, complaints of agencies, organizations, and individuals during the process of formulating and promulgating legislative documents.

(Article 5 of the Law on Promulgation of legislative documents 2015)

Diem My

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