Presentation of the structure of a legislative document in Vietnam

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1. Presentation of the structure of a legislative document in Vietnam

Presentation of the structure of a document according to Article 68 of Decree 34/2016/ND-CP is as follows:

- The arrangement of provisions on the same issue in a part, chapter, section or sub-section must adhere to the following principles:

+ General provisions precede specific provisions;

+ Substantive provisions precede procedural provisions;

+ Provisions on rights and obligations precede provisions on sanction;

+ Universal provisions precede particular provisions;

+ General provisions precede provisions on exceptional cases.

- A document’s structure shall be presented according to the following principles:

+ Part is the largest structural unit of a document. Parts of a document are independent from one another;

+ Chapter is the second largest structural unit of a document. Chapters of a document are relatively independent from one another and arranged in a systematic and logical manner;

+ Section is the third largest structural unit of a document. Sections are divided in a relatively independent and systematic and logical manner. Sections may be used in chapters containing many provisions and articles;

+ Sub-section is the fourth largest structural unit of a document. Sections are divided in a relatively independent and systematic and logical manner. Sub-sections may be used in chapters containing many provisions, sections and articles;

+ Articles may be presented with clauses and points. Each article shall be presented in full, complete and grammatically correct sentences;

+ Clauses are used when an article contains relatively independent ideas. Each clause shows a complete idea and is presented in complete sentences;

+ Points are used when a clause contains different ideas.

2. Regulations on number and code of a legislative document in Vietnam

Regulations on number and code of a legislative document in Vietnam under Article 58 of Decree 34/2016/ND-CP are as follows:

- The number and code of a document must consist of the serial number, year of promulgation, type of document, and promulgating agency.

- The number of a document shall be written in Arabic numerals, consisting of the serial number of registration, which shall be given for each type of documents promulgated by the agency promulgating such document in a year and the year of promulgation of such document, starting from 01 on January 1 and ending on December 31 every year; the year of promulgation shall be written with all numerals.

- The code of a document must consist of the abbreviation of the type name of the document and the abbreviation of the name of the agency or the state title of the person competent to promulgate the document.

Abbreviations of names of promulgating agencies shall be specifically prescribed to be short, easy-to-understand and conformable with regulations.

-. The number and code of a document shall be presented as follows:

+ The number and code of a document shall be arranged in the following order: serial number of the document/ year of promulgation/ abbreviation of the type name of the document- abbreviation of the name of the agency or the state title of the person competent to promulgate the document, and written without space;

+ The number and code of a document shall be placed centered below the name of the promulgating agency.

+ The word “Number” shall be presented in 13-point upright lowercase letters, followed by a colon (:), with a leading zero (0) added in front of numbers below 10;

+ The code of a document shall be presented in 13-point upright capital letters;

+ The number, year of promulgation and code of a document shall be separated from one another by a slash (/ ); abbreviations in the code of a document shall be separated from one another by a hyphen (-) without space.

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