Vietnam: New points on specific expenditures on treaty-related work and international agreement-related work

11 specific expenditures on treaty-related work:

Pursuant to Article 5 of the Decree No. 65/2021/NĐ-CP of the Government of Vietnam, specific expenditures on treaty-related work including:

(1) Expenditures on studying and proposing negotiation, conclusion, ratification, approval, accession to, amendment, extension, termination, denunciation, withdrawal, suspension of the operation and reservation of a treaty.

(2) Expenditures on commenting on proposal for negotiation, conclusion, ratification, approval, accession to, amendment, extension, termination, denunciation, withdrawal from, suspension of the operation and reservation of a treaty.

(3) Expenditures on negotiation and conclusion of a treaty.

(4) Expenditures on examination by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and appraisal by the Ministry of Justice in terms of proposals for conclusion of and accession to a treaty.

(5) Expenditures on verification by Foreign Affairs Committee of National Assembly, Office of the President and Office of the Government in terms of proposals for negotiation, conclusion, ratification, approval, accession to, amendment, extension, termination, denunciation, withdrawal from, suspension of the operation and reservation of a treaty.

(6) Expenditures on depositary, keeping custody of, making certified copies of and publishing of a treaty.

(7) Expenditures on implementation of a treaty.

(8) Expenditures on inspection, supervision and review of conclusion and implementation of a treaty.

(9) Expenditures on issuance of legal opinions to treaties, loan agreements and Government guarantees.

(10) Expenditures on production of statistics on and review of the treaty.

(11) Other necessary expenditures directly serving treaty-related work.

07 specific expenditures on international agreement-related work:

Pursuant to Article 6 of the Decree No. 65/2021/NĐ-CP of the Government of Vietnam, specific expenditures on international agreement-related work including:

(1) Expenditures on formulation of schemes and plans for negotiation, conclusion, amendment, extension, termination, withdrawal from and suspension of the operation of an international agreement.

(2) Expenditures on commenting on proposal for negotiation, conclusion, amendments, extension, termination, temporary suspension of an international agreement.

(3) Expenditures on negotiation and conclusion of an international agreement.

(4) Expenditures on implementation of an international agreement.

(5) Expenditures on inspection, supervision and review of conclusion and implementation of an international agreement.

(6) Expenditures on production of statistics on and review of the international agreement.

(7) Other necessary expenditures directly serving international agreement-related work.

*Note: The section in bold italics is new content compared to the previous regulations.

Bao Ngoc

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