Why does November 9 become Legal day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam?

Why does November 9 become Legal day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam? (Internet image)

1. Why does November 9 become Vietnam Law Day?

November 9 is an important date for the Vietnamese legal system. This is the date of the "birth" of the first constitution of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Constitution 1946.

Despite the fact that Vietnam has had five constitutions, the most recent of which is the Constitution of 2013, the date of the first constitution's birth still has special significance.

Therefore, in Article 8 of the Law on legal popularization and education 2012, on November 09 annually is the Legal day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The Legal day is operated aiming to Honor Constitution, laws, to educate law-abiding consciousness for everyone in the society.

2. Principles of legal popularization and education in Vietnam

Article 5 of the Law on legal popularization and education 2012 stipulates 05 principles of legal popularization and education, including:

- Accuracy, sufficiency, clearness, intelligibleness, practical.

- Being timely, regularly, having focus of interest or main point

- Making variety forms of legal popularization and education, being suitable with demand, age group, qualification of subjects being popularized, educated on law and and being suitable with the good traditional, customs and habits of national.

- Linking execution of law, execution of duties about social-economical development, assurance of defense and security of national and localities and life each day of people.

- Closely coordination between agencies, organizations, families and society.

3. Content of legal popularization and education

Article 10 of the Law on legal popularization and education 2012 stipulates content of legal popularization and education as follows:

- Provisions of constitution, and legal law, which the main content is provisions of laws on civil, crime, administration, marriage and family, gender equality, land, construction, environment protection, labor, education, medicine, National defense and security, transport, basic rights and obligations of citizens, powers and duties of state agencies, cadres, officers, newly promulgated legal documents.

- The International treaties which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is members, international agreements.

- The consciousness on legal respect and legal compliance, consciousness on law protection, interest of legal compliance, pattern of good persons, good works in legal implementation.

4. Form of legal popularization and education in Vietnam

According to Article 11 of the Law on legal popularization and education 2012, forms of legal popularization and education in Vietnam are as follows:

- The press meeting, press releases.

- Popularizing law directly; consulting, guiding of legal studying; supplying information, documents on law.

- Via means of mass media, loudspeakers, internet, panels, posters, agitation drawings; published in the Official Gazettes; publishing legal information on the website; posting in head office, on notice board of agencies, Organizations, residential areas.

- Organizing the law-studying competitions.

- Through adjudicating work, handling administrative violations, receiving citizens, settlement complaints, denunciation of citizens and other activities of agencies in the state machine; through operation of legal assistance, mediation at grassroots.

- Integrating in activities of culture, literature, activities of policy organizations ands unions, clubs, law bookcases and other cultural institutions at grassroots.

- Through programs on legal educations in educational facilities of national education system.

- Other forms of legal popularization and education being suitable with each specific object that competent agencies, organizations and individuals may apply to ensure legal popularization and education bring effectiveness.

Nhu Mai

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