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THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM
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THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom – Happiness
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No: 187/2025/ND-CP

Hanoi, July 01, 2025

 

DECREE

AMENDING DECREE NO. 78/2025/ND-CP DATED APRIL 1, 2025 OF THE GOVERNMENT ELABORATING AND PRESCRIBING SPECIFIC MEASURES TO ORGANIZE AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  THE LAW ON PROMULGATION OF LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS AND DECREE NO. 79/2025/ND-CP DATED APRIL 1, 2025 OF THE GOVERNMENT ON INSPECTION, REVIEW, SYSTEMATIZATION AND HANDLING OF LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS

Pursuant to Law on Government Organization No. 63/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Promulgation of Legislative Documents No.64/2025/QH15, which is amended by Law No. 87/2025/QH15 (hereinafter referred to as "the Law");

At the request of the Minister of Justice;

The Government hereby issues a Decree amending Decree No. 78/2025/ND-CP dated April 1, 2025 of the Government elaborating and prescribing specific measures to organize and provide guidance on the implementation of  the Law on Promulgation of Legislative Documents and Decree No. 79/2025/ND-CP dated April 1, 2025 of the Government on inspection, review, systematization and handling of legislative documents.

Article 1. Amendments to Decree No. 78/2025/ND-CP dated April 1, 2025 of the Government elaborating and prescribing specific measures to organize and provide guidance on the implementation of  the Law on Promulgation of Legislative Documents

1. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 2:

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1. The authority in charge of drafting the document shall post the bill or draft of the document on the portal or website in accordance with the Law and this Decree, except in cases where the content of the legislative document is classified as state secret.

b) Amendment to clause 5:

“5. The authority which formulates policy proposals and the authority in charge of drafting the document shall consolidate, study, provide response to all feedback; post the summary of opinions and responses to feedback on their portal or website no later than 25 days from the end of the opinion collection period; the posting duration shall be at least 30 days, during which other activities in the process of drafting and promulgating legislative documents shall be conducted concurrently as prescribed.".

2. Amendments to the title of Article 4 and some clauses of Article 4:

a) Amendment to the title of Article 4:

“Article 4. Amendment, replacement, annulment, suspension of enforcement, and decision on the application of legislative documents, and announcement of legislative documents continuing to be effective”;

b) Amendment to clause 5:

“5. The announcement of documents elaborating and/or prescribing specific measures to organize and provide guidance on the implementation of amended or replaced legislative documents continuing to be effective shall be conducted as follows:

a) The authority or unit in charge of drafting documents elaborating and/or prescribing specific measures to organize and provide guidance on the implementation of the legislative document shall review and determine the contents of such documents that continue to be effective; draft an administrative resolution or decision to announce all or part of the drafting documents elaborating and/or prescribing specific measures to organize and provide guidance on the implementation of the legislative document that continue to be effective; submit it to the competent authority specified in Point b of this Clause;

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c) Addition of clause 6 after clause 5:

6. The issuance of administrative documents to decide on the application or annulment of legislative documents as prescribed in Point b of Clause 2 of Article 54 of the Law shall be conducted as follows:

a) People’s Councils at all levels shall issue administrative resolutions to decide on the application or annulment of legislative documents of the People’s Councils of the merged administrative divisions;

b) People’s Committees at all levels and Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees shall issue administrative decisions to decide on the application or annulment of legislative documents of People’s Committees at all levels and Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees of the merged administrative divisions.”.

3. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 7:

a) Amendment to point c of clause 2:

“c) Documents announcing legislative documents continuing to be effective in whole or in part; lists of documents that have expired;”;

b) Amendment to clause 3:

“3. Documents posted on the provincial electronic gazette:

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b) Documents handling illegal legislative documents issued by competent authorities/persons;

c) Documents on correction of legislative documents issued by the People’s Councils, provincial People’s Committees, Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees, local governments in special administrative-economic divisions, People’s Councils and commune-level People’s Committees;

d) Documents announcing legislative documents continuing to be effective in whole or in part; lists of documents that have expired;

dd) Other documents issued by the People’s Councils, provincial People’s Committees, Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees, local governments in special administrative-economic divisions, People’s Councils and commune-level People’s Committees; The decision to post documents under this point shall be made by issuing authorities.”.

4. Amendment to point d of clause 2 of Article 9:

d) The Standing Committee of the People’s Council shall issue administrative decisions to correct legislative documents issued by the People’s Council at the same level; the President of the People’s Committee shall issue administrative decisions to correct legislative documents issued by him/her and the People’s Committee at the same level.

5. Amendments to clause 1, 2 and 3 of Article 10:

“1. Ministries and ministerial agencies, within their jurisdiction, based on Clause 2 of Article 23 of the Law, shall review, research, and propose legislative tasks for the National Assembly’s tenure at the request of the Ministry of Justice.

The written legislative task proposal submitted to the Ministry of Justice must clearly state the name of the law, resolution of the National Assembly, ordinance, resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, or issue to be studied and reviewed; the grounds and content to be studied, reviewed, and institutionalized; the presiding authority; the expected deadline for completing the study and review; and the deadline for amending the issued, or issuing new laws, ordinances, and resolutions of the National Assembly or the Standing Committee of the National Assembly (if any).

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3. The Government shall review and approve the e Government’s proposal on the Tenure-specific legislative orientation of the National Assembly in accordance with the Government’s working regulations and submit it to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly within 60 days from the end of the first session of the National Assembly’s tenure. Ministries and ministerial agencies shall proactively research, review, and implement legislative tasks, policy development, and prepare bills/drafts immediately after the Government’s approval of the proposal.

The Minister of Justice, authorized by the Prime Minister and on behalf of the Government, shall sign the proposal and report to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on the Government’s proposal of the Tenure-specific legislative orientation of the National Assembly.”.

6. Amendment to clause 2 of Article 15:

“2. Ministries and ministerial agencies shall prepare policy proposals and seek opinions from relevant ministries and agencies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Science and Technology.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall provide opinions on compatibility with relevant international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory; the Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of Public Security shall provide opinions on ensuring national defense and security requirements; the Ministry of Finance shall provide opinions on financial sources; the Ministry of Home Affairs shall provide opinions on devolution, delegation of power, and human resources; the Ministry of Justice shall provide opinions on constitutionality, legality, and consistency with the legal system; the Ministry of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the application, promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation.”.

7. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 16:

a) Amendment to clause 1:

“1. Ministries and ministerial agencies shall prepare policy proposals for laws, resolutions of the National Assembly, and ordinances of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly and submit policy dossiers as prescribed in Clause 2 of Article 31 of the Law to the Ministry of Justice for appraisal. The dossiers shall be submitted in both electronic form and paper copy, in which reports must be signed and bear seals, and other documents must bear the chopping seals at the upper left corner of the ministries or ministerial agencies.”;

b) Amendment to clause 3:

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In case of appraisal council meetings or appraisal meetings, the Ministry of Justice shall invite representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology, relevant agencies, organizations, experts, and scientists to participate.

In case of collecting written appraisal opinions, the Ministry of Justice shall collect opinions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology, relevant agencies, organizations, experts, and scientists.”;

c) Amendment to clause 5:

“5. Responsibilities of member of the appraisal council or participants of the appraisal meetings:

a) Study policy dossiers, give appraisal opinions, and clearly state whether the dossier on policies of the law, ordinance, or resolution satisfies the conditions to be submitted to the Government;

b) Be accountable for their appraisal opinions within the scope of their agency’s state management. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ representative shall provide opinions on compatibility with relevant international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory; the representatives of the Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of Public Security shall provide opinions on ensuring national defense and security requirements; the representative of the Ministry of Finance shall provide opinions on financial sources; the representative of the Ministry of Home Affairs shall provide opinions on devolution, delegation of power, and human resources; the representative of the Ministry of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the application, promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation;

c) If unable to attend the appraisal council meeting or appraisal meeting, the appraisal council member or designated participant must send written appraisal opinions to the Ministry of Justice no later than 03 days from the date of the meeting. In urgent cases as directed by the Government or Prime Minister, the deadline shall be as requested by the Ministry of Justice. Failure to send written opinions within the deadline shall be considered as agreement with the policy dossier.

If representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ministry of Science and Technology do not attend the appraisal meetings and do not send written opinions, the Ministry of Justice shall send a notification the Ministers of these ministries in writing with appraisal report attached.”

d) Amendment to clause 7:

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8. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 18:

a) Amendment to point c of clause 1:

“c) Collect opinions from relevant ministries and ministerial agencies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Science and Technology.”;

b) Amendment to clause 2:

“2. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the content specified in Clause 2 of Article 15 of this Decree.”.

9. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 19:

a) Amendment to clause 1:

“1. Ministries and ministerial-level agencies in charge of drafting laws, ordinances, and/or resolutions shall submit bill dossiers as prescribed in Clause 2 of Article 34 of the Law to the Ministry of Justice for appraisal. The dossiers shall be submitted in both electronic form and paper form, in which reports must be signed and bear seals, and the draft law, ordinance, or resolution must bear the chopping seals at the upper left corner of the ministries or ministerial agencies.”;

b) Amendment to clause 3:

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In case of appraisal council meetings or appraisal meetings, the Ministry of Justice shall invite representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology, relevant agencies, organizations, experts, and scientists to participate.

In case of collecting written appraisal opinions, the Ministry of Justice shall collect opinions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology, relevant agencies, organizations, experts, and scientists.”;

c) Amendment to point c of clause 5:

“c) If unable to attend the appraisal council meeting or appraisal meeting, the appraisal council member or designated participant must send written appraisal opinions to the Ministry of Justice no later than 03 days from the date of the meeting. In urgent cases as directed by the Government or Prime Minister, the deadline shall be as requested by the Ministry of Justice. Failure to send written opinions within the deadline shall be considered as agreement with the bill.

If representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ministry of Science and Technology do not attend the appraisal meetings and do not send written opinions, the Ministry of Justice shall send a notification the Ministers of these ministries in writing with appraisal report attached.”

d) Amendment to clause 7:

“7. The appraisal report of the Ministry of Justice must clearly state whether the bill of the law, ordinance, or resolution satisfies the conditions to be submitted to the Government; include appraisal opinions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ministry of Science and Technology. If the appraisal report concludes that such bill only satisfies the conditions to be submitted to the Government after being revised and completed, the report must specify the content and requirements for revision and completion.”.

10. Amendment to Article 21:

“Article 21. Reception, explanation, correction, review, and finalization of language and presentation forms for draft laws, resolutions of the National Assembly, ordinances, and resolutions of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly

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The ministries and ministerial agencies in charge of drafting shall study, receive, explain, and correct the draft document according to the opinions of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly; then send the draft law, ordinance, or resolution to the Ministry of Justice for review as prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article.

2. The Ministry of Justice shall take charge and cooperate with the ministries and ministerial agencies in charge of drafting, the Standing Committee of the authorities in charge of verification, relevant agencies and organizations in reviewing the language, form, and presentation of the document and shall send a written notice on the review results to the ministries and ministerial agencies in charge of drafting within 3 days from the date of receipt of the draft.

3. The ministries and ministerial agencies in charge of drafting shall study, receive the opinions in the written notice from the Ministry of Justice as prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article, complete the draft law, ordinance, or resolution, and report to the Government for review and submission of such document to the National Assembly or the Standing Committee of the National Assembly in accordance with Point c of Clause 7 of Article 40 and Point dd of Clause 1 of Article 42 of the Law.”.

11. Amendment to clause 2 of Article 22:

“2. The agency assigned with preparation of the draft written request for the Government’s opinion shall send the policy dossier and bill dossier to relevant ministries and ministerial agencies for opinions; if necessary, organize meetings with participation from the policy proposing agency, the drafting authority, relevant ministries, ministerial agencies, agencies and organizations, experts, and scientists to collect opinions on the dossier.

Ministries and ministerial agencies shall send written comments to the agency assigned with preparation and consolidation of the opinions within 5 days (or 3 days for documents issued under the simplified procedure) from the date of receipt of the dossier. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the content specified in Clause 2 of Article 15 of this Decree.”.

12. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 27:

a) Amendment to point d of clause 1:

"d) Organize the collection of opinions from subjects directly affected by the draft; collect opinions from ministries and ministerial agencies on those draft contents related to their state management over their respective sectors; collect opinions from other relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals, which must include opinions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Science and Technology.

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b) Amendment to point dd of clause 2:

"dd) Assessment of administrative procedures, delegation of tasks and powers, application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation (if any);";

c) Amendment to clause 3:

"3. Ministries and ministerial agencies shall respond in writing within 10 days, or 3 days for documents issued under the simplified procedure, from the date of receiving the request for opinions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the content specified in Clause 2 of Article 15 of this Decree.”.

13. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 28:

a) Amendment to point dd of clause 1:

"dd) Assessment of administrative procedures, delegation of tasks and powers, application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation (if any);";

b) Amendment to clause 3:

“3. The Ministry of Justice shall appraise the dossier on the draft document in the form of appraisal council meetings, appraisal meetings, or by collecting written appraisal opinions. The appraisal deadline shall be 20 days from the date of receipt of a complete dossier.

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In case of collecting written appraisal opinions, the Ministry of Justice shall collect opinions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology, relevant agencies, organizations, experts, and scientists.

In urgent cases as requested by the Government or Prime Minister, the Ministry of Justice shall appraise the contents specified in Points a, c, d, and e of Clause 7 of this Article.. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ministry of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the content specified in Clause 2 of Article 15 of this Decree.”;

c) Amendment to point c of clause 5:

“c) If unable to attend the appraisal council meeting or appraisal meeting, the appraisal council member or designated participant must send written appraisal opinions to the Ministry of Justice no later than 03 days from the date of the meeting. In urgent cases as directed by the Government or Prime Minister, the deadline shall be as requested by the Ministry of Justice. Failure to send written opinions within the deadline shall be considered as agreement with the draft.

If representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ministry of Science and Technology do not attend the appraisal meetings and do not send written opinions, the Ministry of Justice shall send a notification the Ministers of these ministries in writing with appraisal report attached.”

d) Amendment to point b of clause 7:

"b) The conformity of the draft document’s content with the guidelines and policies of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV);";

dd) Amendment to point dd of clause 7:

“dd) The compatibility with relevant international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory; assurance of national defense and security requirements; financial sources; human resources; delegation; application, promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation;”;

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“8. The appraisal report of the Ministry of Justice must clearly state whether the draft document satisfies the conditions to be submitted to the Government; include appraisal opinions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ministry of Science and Technology. If the appraisal report concludes that the draft document only satisfies the conditions to be submitted to the Government after being revised and completed, the report must specify the content and requirements for revision and completion. The appraisal report shall be sent to the drafting ministry or ministerial agency.".

14. Amendment to Article 32:

Article 32. Drafting resolutions

1. The Government and the Prime Minister shall assign ministries and ministerial agencies to take the charge in drafting resolutions specified at Points a and b of Clause 2 of Article 14 of the Law. The drafting authorities shall:

a) Cooperate with relevant agencies in promptly drafting the resolution;

b) Prepare the draft resolution dossier, including: the proposal; draft resolution; comparison document and explanatory note on the draft content; other documents (if any);

“c) Collect opinions from ministries and ministerial agencies and agencies or organizations directly related to the content of the draft resolution, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Science and Technology.

2. Ministries, ministerial agencies, and agencies or organizations from which opinions are collected as prescribed in Point c of Clause 1 of this Article shall provide opinions upon request from the drafting ministry or ministerial agency.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the content specified in Clause 2 of Article 15 of this Decree.

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4. The draft resolution dossier as prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article for social criticisms shall include the following draft documents:

a) Proposal;         

b) Draft resolution;

c) Report on assessment of the status quo of social relations related to the draft attached with an appendix, review of the Party’s guidelines, legislative documents, and international treaties related to the draft;

d) Comparison document and explanatory note on the draft content;

dd) Assessment of administrative procedures, delegation of tasks and powers, application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation (if any);".

e) Report on assessment of impact of the draft resolution;

g) Other documents (if any).”.

15. Amendment to Article 33:

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1. For Government’s resolutions specified at Point c of Clause 2 of Article 14 of the Law, the appraisal shall be conducted in accordance with Clauses 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Article 28 of this Decree. The dossier submitted for appraisal shall be in both electronic form and paper form, including: the appraisal application with attached documents as prescribed in Clause 4 of Article 32 of this Decree and the compilation of opinions, responses, and social feedback, in which reports shall be signed and bear seals, the draft resolution shall bear chopping seals spanning all pages, and other documents shall bear the chopping seals at the upper left corner of the ministry or ministerial agency.

2. For Government’s resolutions specified at Points a and b of Clause 2 of Article 14 of the Law, no appraisal shall be conducted.

16. Amendments to clause 1 and clause 2 of Article 34:

“1. For draft Government’s resolutions specified at Points a and b of Clause 2 of Article 14 of the Law, the drafting ministry or ministerial agency shall:

a) Study, receive, and respond to opinions, revise, and complete the draft resolution dossier;

b) Submit the draft resolution dossier to the Government, including: proposal; draft resolution; comparison document and explanatory notes on draft content; written opinions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Science and Technology, and relevant agencies or organizations; other documents (if any).

2. For draft Government’s resolutions specified at Point c of Clause 2 of Article 14 of the Law, the completion of the dossier shall be conducted in accordance with Clause 1 of Article 29 of this Decree. The draft resolution dossier submitted to the Government and simultaneously to the Ministry of Justice in both electronic form and paper form shall include:

a) Documents prescribed in Clause 4 of Article 32 of this Decree and the compilation of opinions, responses, and social feedback, in which the proposal and reports shall be signed and bear seals, the draft resolution shall bear chopping seals spanning all pages, and other documents shall bear the chopping seals at the upper left corner of the ministry or ministerial agency;

b) Appraisal report; report on responses and explanations to appraisal opinions.”.

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a) Amendment to clause 1:

“1. The formulation of Government’s decrees and resolutions under the simplified procedures shall be conducted as follows:

a) For draft Government’s resolutions specified at Point c of Clause 2 of Article 14 of the Law, completion of the dossier shall be conducted in accordance with Article 50 and Article 51 of this Law.

The dossier submitted for appraisal shall include: Appraisal application; draft proposal; draft document; comparison document and explanation of draft content; review of policies and guidelines of the CPV, legislative documents, international treaties related to the draft document; other documents (if any).

The dossier to be submitted to the Government shall include: proposal; draft document; comparison document and explanation of draft content; review of policies and guidelines of the CPV, legislative documents, international treaties related to the draft document; appraisal report; report on acceptance and explanation of appraisal opinions; other documents (if any);

b) For Government’s resolutions specified at Points a and b of Clause 2 of Article 14 of the Law that are formulated and issued under simplified procedures, no appraisal shall be conducted. The dossier submitted to the Government includes documents as prescribed in Point b of Clause 1 of Article 34 of this Decree.”;

b) Amendment to clause 5:

“5. Draft document dossier in the cases specified in Clauses 3 and 4 of this Article shall include: the proposal; draft document; comparison document and explanatory note on the draft content and other documents (if any);

18. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 36:

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"d) Organize the collection of opinions from subjects directly affected by the draft decision; collect opinions from ministries and ministerial agencies on those draft contents related to their state management over their respective sectors; collect opinions from other relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals, which must include opinions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Science and Technology;”;

b) Addition of point e after point dd of clause 1:

“e) The formulation and issuance of decisions by the Prime Minister under the simplified procedures shall be carried out in accordance with Articles 50 and 51 of the Law.”;

c) Amendment to point dd of clause 2:

"dd) Assessment of administrative procedures, delegation of tasks and powers, application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation (if any);";

d) Amendment to clause 3:

"3. Ministries and ministerial agencies shall respond in writing within 10 days, or 3 days for documents issued under the simplified procedure, from the date of receiving the request for opinions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the content specified in Clause 2 of Article 15 of this Decree”.

19. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 37:

a) Amendment to point dd of clause 1:

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b) Amendment to clause 3:

“3. The Ministry of Justice shall appraise the dossier on the draft document in the form of appraisal council meetings, appraisal meetings, or by collecting written appraisal opinions. The appraisal deadline shall be 15 days from the date of receipt of a complete dossier.

In case of appraisal council meetings or appraisal meetings, the Ministry of Justice shall invite representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology, relevant agencies, organizations, experts, and scientists to participate.

In case of collecting written appraisal opinions, the Ministry of Justice shall collect opinions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology, relevant agencies, organizations, experts, and scientists.

In case of urgent appraisal at the request of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Justice shall appraise the contents specified in Points a, c, d and e of Clause 7 of this Article; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall provide opinions on compatibility with relevant international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory; the Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of Public Security shall provide opinions on ensuring national defense and security requirements; the Ministry of Finance shall provide opinions on financial sources; the Ministry of Home Affairs shall provide opinions on delegation of power, performance of assigned tasks, powers and human resources; the Ministry of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the application, promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation.”;

c) Amendment to point b of clause 7:

"b) The conformity of the draft document’s content with the CPV’s guidelines and policies;";

d) Amendment to point dd of clause 7:

“dd) The compatibility with relevant international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a party; assurance of national defense and security requirements; financial sources; human resources; delegation of power, performance of assigned tasks, powers; application, promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation;”;

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“8. The appraisal report of the Ministry of Justice must clearly state whether the draft decision satisfies the conditions to be submitted to the Prime Minister; include appraisal opinions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ministry of Science and Technology. If the appraisal report concludes that the draft decision only satisfies the conditions to be submitted to the Prime Minister after being revised and completed, the report must specify the content and requirements for revision and completion. The appraisal report shall be sent to the drafting ministry or ministerial agency.

In case of urgent appraisal as prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article, the written opinions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology shall be sent to the ministry or ministerial agency in charge of drafting.”;

e) Amendment to clause 10:

“10. The draft decision dossier of the Prime Minister under the simplified procedures submitted for appraisal shall include: Draft proposal; draft document; comparison document and explanation of draft content; review of policies and guidelines of the CPV, legislative documents, international treaties related to the draft document; other documents (if any).”.

20. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 38:

a) Amendment to clause 3:

“3. The Government Office shall receive and process draft decision dossiers according to the Government’s Working Regulations.

In case the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ministry of Science and Technology do not have representatives attending the appraisal council meeting or appraisal meeting and do not submit written appraisal opinions, the Government Office shall review and request these Ministries to provide opinions on the content prescribed in Point b of Clause 5 of Article 16 of this Decree according to the Government’s Working Regulations.”;

b) Amendment to clause 5:

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21. Amendments to some points of clause 2 of Article 39:

a) Amendment to point b:

b) Prepare the draft circular dossier, including: draft proposal; draft circular; report on assessment  of administrative procedures, delegation, performance of assigned tasks and powers, application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation (if any); comparison document and explanatory notes on the draft circular; summary report on law enforcement or assessment of the status quo of social relations related to the draft document for cases of issuing documents specified in Clause 2 of Article 18 of the Law;”;

b) Addition of point e after point dd of clause 1:

“e) The formulation and issuance of circulars under the simplified procedures shall be carried out in accordance with Articles 50 and 51 of the Law.”.

22. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 40:

a) Amendment to clause 2:

“2. The appraisal shall be conducted as follows:

a) For draft circulars prepared by legal departments, ministers or heads of the ministerial agencies shall assign a different unit to appraise; for draft circulars not prepared by the legal departments, legal departments shall conduct the appraisal;

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c) Depending on the content of the draft circular, the ministry or ministerial agency may invite representatives from relevant ministries, agencies, organizations, experts, and scientists to participate in the appraisal or to provide written appraisal opinions.”;

b) Amendment to point b of clause 5:

"b) The conformity of the draft circular’s content with the CPV’s guidelines and policies;";

c) Amendment to point d of clause 5:

“d) The necessity and rationality of the administrative procedures, the application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation;”;

d) Addition of clause 8 after clause 7:

“8. The draft circular dossier of under the simplified procedures submitted for appraisal shall include: draft proposal; draft document; comparison document and explanatory note on the draft content and other documents (if any).”.

23. Amendment to clause 4 of Article 41:

“4. The draft circular dossier of under the simplified procedures submitted for appraisal shall include: the proposal; draft document; comparison document and explanatory note on the draft content; appraisal report; report on acceptance and explanation of appraisal opinions; and other documents (if any).”.

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“1. The People’s Committee and the Committees of the Provincial People’s Council, based on legislative documents of superior state authorities and local conditions, may themselves or upon the request of agencies, organizations, or deputies of the People’s Council, register the formulation of People’s Council’s resolutions specified in Points b, c, and d of Clause 1 of Article 21 of the Law, and send the application to the Standing Committee of the People’s Council.

The registration for formulation of People’s Councils’ resolutions shall be conducted in accordance with the Working Regulations of the People’s Councils.”

2. Specialized agencies affiliated to the Provincial People’s Committee, military agencies, provincial or city-level military and public security agencies, and agencies affiliated to the Provincial People’s Committee may themselves or under the direction of the Provincial People’s Committee or the President of the Provincial People’s Committee register the formulation of decisions of the People’s Committee specified in Points b and c of Clause 2 of Article 21 of the Law.

The registration for formulation of People's Committees’ resolutions shall be conducted in accordance with the Working Regulations of the People's Committees.”

25. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 44:

a) Amendment to point d of clause 1:

"d) Organize the collection of opinions from subjects directly affected by the draft resolution; collect opinions from other relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals, which must include opinions from the Department of Finance, Department of Home Affairs, Department of Justice, and Department of Science and Technology;”;

b) Amendment to clause 2:

"2. Agencies and organizations shall respond in writing within 10 days, or 3 days for resolutions issued under the simplified procedure, from the date of receiving the request for opinions. The Department of Finance shall provide opinions on financial resources; the Department of Home Affairs shall provide opinions on delegation of power, performance of assigned tasks and powers, and human resources; the Department of Justice shall provide opinions on constitutionality, legality, and consistency with the legal system; the Department of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation.”;

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“dd) Assessment of administrative procedures, delegation, performance of assigned tasks and powers, application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation (if any);".

26. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 45:

a) Amendment to clause 1:

 “1. The Department of Justice shall appraise the draft resolution of the Provincial People’s Council submitted by the Provincial People’s Committee within 15 days from the date of receiving the complete dossier.

The Department of Justice may self-appraise or organize an appraisal council, appraisal meeting, or collect written appraisal opinions. In case of appraisal council meetings or appraisal meetings, the Department of Justice shall invite representatives from the Department of Finance, Department of Home Affairs, Department of Science and Technology, relevant agencies, organizations, experts, and scientists (if any) to participate.

In urgent cases as requested by the Provincial People’s Committee or its President, the Department of Justice shall appraise the contents specified in Points a, c, d, and e of Clause 6 of this Article.”;

b) Amendments to points b and c of clause 4:

“b) Be accountable for their appraisal opinions within the scope of their agency’s state management. The representative of the Department of Finance shall provide opinions on financial resources; the representative of the Department of Home Affairs shall provide opinions on delegation of power, performance of assigned tasks and powers, and human resources; the representative of the Department of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation;

c) If unable to attend the appraisal council meeting or appraisal meeting, the appraisal council member or designated participant must send written appraisal opinions to the Department of Justice no later than 03 days from the date of the meeting. In urgent cases as directed by the Provincial People’s Committee or its President, the deadline shall be as requested by the Department of Justice. Failure to send written opinions within the deadline shall be considered as agreement with the draft.

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c) Amendment to point b of clause 6:

"b) The conformity of the draft document’s content with the Party’s guidelines and policies;";

d) Amendment to point dd of clause 6:

“dd) Financial resources, human resources, delegation, performance of assigned tasks and powers, application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation;”.

27. Amendments to some points of clause 3 of Article 47:

b) Amendment to point b of clause 3:

“b) The conformity of the draft document’s content with the CPV’s guidelines and policies, and the socio-economic conditions and development status of the local area;”

b) Amendment to point d of clause 3:

“d) The necessity and rationality of the administrative procedures, the application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation;”

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a) Amendment to point d of clause 1:

"d) Organize the collection of opinions from subjects directly affected by the draft decision; collect opinions from other relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals, which must include opinions from the Department of Finance, Department of Home Affairs, Department of Justice, and Department of Science and Technology;”;

b) Amendment to clause 2:

"2. Agencies and organizations shall respond in writing within 10 days, or 3 days for decisions issued under the simplified procedure, from the date of receiving the request for opinions. The Department of Finance shall provide opinions on financial resources; the Department of Home Affairs shall provide opinions on delegation of power, performance of assigned tasks and powers, and human resources; the Department of Justice shall provide opinions on constitutionality, legality, and consistency with the legal system; the Department of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation.”;

c) Amendment to point dd of clause 3:

“dd) Assessment of administrative procedures, delegation, performance of assigned tasks and powers, application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation (if any).”;

29. Amendment to clause 1 of Article 50:

 “1. The Department of Justice shall appraise the draft decision before submit it to the Provincial People’s Committee within 15 days from the date of receiving the complete dossier.

The Department of Justice may self-appraise or organize an appraisal council, appraisal meeting, or collect written appraisal opinions. In case of appraisal council meetings or appraisal meetings, the Department of Justice shall invite representatives from the Department of Finance, Department of Home Affairs, Department of Science and Technology, relevant agencies, organizations, experts, and scientists (if any) to participate.

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30. Additional of Section 3a after Section 3:

“Section 3a

FORMULATION AND ISSUANCE OF DECISIONS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE’S COMMITTEES

Article 51a  Drafting Decisions of Presidents of the Provincial People’s Committees

1. The President of the Provincial People’s Committee shall assign, or based on the registration by specialized agencies under the Provincial People’s Committee, provincial military or police authorities, or agencies affiliated to the Provincial People’s Committee, assign the drafting agency. The drafting agency shall:

a) Assess the implementation of laws at the local level to determine the content of delegation and the directing and administrating measures of the People’s Committee, and cooperate activities among specialized agencies and other administrative organizations affiliated to the Provincial People’s Committee;

b) Organize the drafting process. Upload the draft decision dossier on the website of the province or city for at least 10 days to collect opinions;

c) Collect opinions from subjects directly affected by the draft decision; collect opinions from other related agencies, organizations, and individuals, which must include opinions from the Department of Finance, Department of Home Affairs, Department of Justice, and Department of Science and Technology;

d) Consolidate, study, receive, and respond to opinions, revise, and complete the draft document dossier.

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3. The draft decision dossier for opinion collection shall include the following documents:

a) Proposal;

b) Draft resolution;

c) Assessment of administrative procedures, delegation, performance of assigned tasks and powers, application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation (if any).

Article 51b. Appraisal of the draft decision of Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees

1. The drafting agency shall send an application for appraisal along with the dossier to be appraised, in which reports are signed and sealed, the draft document shall bear chopping seals spanning all pages, and other documents shall bear the chopping seals at the upper left corner of the drafting agency. The dossier submitted for appraisal shall be in both electronic form and paper form, including: documents prescribed in Clause 3, Article 51a of this Decree and the compilation of opinions with responses and explanations.

2. The Department of Justice shall receive and check the draft decision dossier. If the dossier does not comply with the provisions of Clause 1 of this Article, within 3 days from receipt, the Department of Justice shall request the drafting agency to supplement and complete the dossier.

3. The Department of Justice shall appraise the draft decision before submit it to the President of the Provincial People’s Committee within 15 days from the date of receiving the complete dossier. The Department of Justice may self-appraise or organize an appraisal council, appraisal meeting, or collect written appraisal opinions. In case of appraisal council meetings or appraisal meetings, the Department of Justice shall invite representatives from the Department of Finance, Department of Home Affairs, Department of Science and Technology, relevant agencies, organizations, experts, and scientists (if any) to participate.

In urgent cases as requested by the President of the Provincial People’s Committee, the Department of Justice shall appraise the contents specified in Points a, c, d, and e of Clause 6 of this Article.

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a) Study the draft document, express appraisal opinions, and clearly state whether the draft document meets the conditions to be submitted to the Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee;

b) Be accountable for their appraisal opinions within the scope of their agency’s state management. The representative of the Department of Finance shall provide opinions on financial resources; the representative of the Department of Home Affairs shall provide opinions on delegation of power, performance of assigned tasks and powers, and human resources; the Department of Science and Technology shall provide opinions on the application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation;

c) If unable to attend the appraisal council meeting or appraisal meeting, the appraisal council member or designated participant must send written appraisal opinions to the Department of Justice no later than 03 days from the date of the meeting. In urgent cases as directed by the President of the Provincial People’s Committee, the deadline shall be as requested by the Department of Justice. Failure to send written opinions within the deadline shall be considered as agreement with the draft.

5. The appraisal council shall cease operation and automatically dissolve after concluding the appraisal meeting.

6. The appraisal content shall include the following issues:

a) The necessity of issuing the document; scope and regulated entities of the document;

b) The conformity of the draft document’s content with the Party’s guidelines and policies;

c) Constitutionality, legality, and consistency with the legal system of the draft document;

d) The necessity and rationality of administrative procedures;

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e) Language, form, technical presentation, and procedures for drafting.

7. The appraisal report of the Department of Justice must clearly state whether the draft decision satisfies the conditions to be submitted to the President of the People's Committee. If the appraisal report concludes that the draft decision only satisfies the conditions to be submitted to the President of the People's Committee after being revised and completed, the report must specify the content and requirements for revision and completion.

8. The Department of Justice shall conduct a reappraisal if the draft decision does not meet the submission conditions. The reappraisal shall be conducted in accordance with this Article.

Article 51c. Review and signing of the Decision of Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees

1. The drafting agency shall be responsible for studying, incorporating, and responding to appraisal opinions to revise and complete the draft dossier; discussing and reaching consensus with relevant agencies issues on which there are still different opinions..

2. The draft document dossier submitted to the President of the People’s Committee shall simultaneously be sent to the Department of Justice in both electronic form and paper form, including:

a) Documents as prescribed in Clause 1 of Article 51b of this Decree;

b) Appraisal report; report on responses and explanations to appraisal opinions.

3. The Office of the People’s Committee shall receive and process draft decision dossiers according to the Working Regulations of the People’s Committee.

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31. Amendment to the title of Section 4 of Chapter IV:

“Section 4

FORMULATION AND ISSUANCE OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE COMMUNE-LEVEL PEOPLE'S COUNCILS”

32. Amendments to some clauses of Article 53:

a) Amendments to clauses 1, 2 and 3:

 “1. The Office of the commune-level People’s Council and People’s Committee shall organize the appraisal of draft resolutions of the People’s Council submitted by the People’s Committee before submitting to the People’s Committee within 10 days from the date of receiving a complete dossier.

The Office of the commune-level People’s Council and People’s Committee shall collect appraisal opinions in writing or organize appraisal meetings with the participation of relevant agencies and organizations.

2. The drafting agency shall submit the appraisal application, including the application form for appraisal and the following documents:

a) Documents as prescribed in Clause 3 of Article 52 of this Decree;

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3. The Office of the commune-level People’s Council and People’s Committee shall receive and check the draft document dossier. In case the dossier does not comply with the provisions of Clause 2 of this Article, within 03 working days from receipt, the Office of the commune-level People’s Council and People’s Committee shall request the drafting agency to supplement and complete the dossier.”;

b) Amendment to point b of clause 5:

“b) The conformity of the draft resolution’s content with the CPV’s guidelines and policies;”;

c) Amendment to point d of clause 5:

“d) The necessity and rationality of the administrative procedures, performance of assigned tasks and powers, the application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation;”.

33. Amendment to the title of Article 54:

“Article 54. Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees reviewing and deciding the submission of draft resolutions”

34. Amendments to some points and clauses of Article 55:

b) Amendment to point b of clause 2:

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b) Amendment to point d of clause 2:

“d) The necessity and rationality of the administrative procedures, performance of assigned tasks and powers, the application and promotion of scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation;”.

35. Amendment to the title of Section 5 of Chapter IV:

“Section 5

FORMULATION AND ISSUANCE OF DECISIONS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNE-LEVEL PEOPLE’S COMMITTEES”

36. Amendment to clause 1 of Article 58:

 “1. The Office of the commune-level People’s Council and People’s Committee shall organize the appraisal of draft decision before submitting to the People’s Committee within 10 days from the date of receiving a complete dossier.”.

37. Additional of Section 6 after Section 5 of Chapter IV:

“Section 6

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Article 59a. Simplified procedures for formulation and issuance of resolutions of People's Councils at all levels

1. The proposal and decision to apply simplified procedures shall be carried out before or during the drafting of legislative documents.

2. The written proposal to apply simplified procedures shall comply with clause 3, Article 51 of this Law.

3. The drafting of legislative documents under simplified procedures shall comply with clause 4, Article 51 of this Law.

4. The appraisal of legislative documents under simplified procedures shall comply with the following regulations:

a) A dossier on appraisal of draft document includes the appraisal application; draft proposal; draft document; comparison document; explanatory note on the draft content; other documents (if any);

b) Within 07 working days from the receipt of valid dossier, the appraisal agency shall appraise the draft document. For draft document that has complicated content related to different sectors, the deadline for appraisal shall be within 15 days from the receipt of valid dossier;

c) The drafting agency shall research and provide explanations to appraisal opinions. If the draft document is not satisfied for submission, the drafting agency shall revise, explain and complete the draft document for re-appraisal. The re-appraisal shall comply with regulations in this Article.

5. The verification of resolutions of People’s Councils under simplified procedures shall comply with the following regulations:

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b) Within 07 working days from the receipt of valid dossier, the verification agency shall verify the draft document. For draft document that has complicated content related to different sectors, the deadline for appraisal shall be within 15 days from the receipt of valid dossier;

c) The drafting agency shall research and provide explanations to verification opinions. If the draft document is not satisfied for submission, the verification agency shall consider returning the dossier for amendment and completion.

6. The consideration and ratification of draft resolutions shall comply with point d, clause 7, Article 51 of the Law. A draft resolution dossier includes: draft proposal; draft document; comparison document; explanatory note on the draft content; appraisal report; report on responses and explanations to appraisal opinions; other documents (if any).”.

Article 59b. Simplified procedures for formulation and issuance of decisions of People's Decisions at all levels and Presidents of provincial People’s Committees

1. The proposal and drafting of decisions of People's Decisions at all levels and Presidents of provincial People’s Committees shall comply with clauses 1, 2 and 3, Article 59a of this Decree.

2. The appraisal of draft decisions of People's Decisions at all levels and Presidents of provincial People’s Committees shall comply with the following regulations:

a) The appraisal of draft decisions of People's Decisions at all levels shall comply with clause 4, Article 59a of this Decree;

b) A dossier on appraisal of draft decision of President of provincial People’s Committee includes appraisal application; draft proposal; draft document; comparison document; explanatory note on the draft content; other documents (if any).

The deadline for appraisal, revision, provision of explanations, re-appraisal shall comply with points b and c, clause 4, Article 59a of this Decree.

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38. Amendments to clause 1, Article 68:

“1. The cited documents shall comply with the following regulations:

a) If the cited document is a law or ordinance, the title and number of the document shall be stated. If the document has been amended, the phrase “amended by”, type, number of amending document shall be added after the title and number of the original document. If the original document is amended multiple times, from the second amending document, only the type and number of the document shall be stated;

For subsequent citations, only the type and number of the document are required to be stated. For amended document, the phrase “amended by”, type, number of amending document shall be added after the number of the original document;

b) For other type of document, the first citation shall include the type, number and title of the document. If the document has been amended, the phrase “amended by”, type, number of amending document shall be added after the title of the original document. If the original document is amended multiple times, from the second amending document, only the type and number of the document shall be stated;

For subsequent citations, only the type and number of the document are required to be stated. For amended document, the phrase “amended by”, type, number of amending document shall be added after the number of the original document.”.

39. b) Amendments to point dd, clause 2, Article 77:

“dd) Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies shall direct the formulation of the Tenure-specific legislative orientation of the National Assembly, Annual legislative program within their jurisdiction; provide guidelines for affiliated agencies and units to implement or participate in the formulation and issuance of legislative documents.

Legal departments shall assist ministers and heads of ministerial agencies in managing the law formulation within their sectors. Departments of Justice shall assist provincial People’s Committees, Offices of commune-level People’s Councils and People’s Committees in assisting commune-level People’s Committees in managing the law formulation within their jurisdiction.”.

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1. Amendments to clause 3, Article 2:

“3. The legislative document examining agency shall assist competent agencies and persons in examining legislative documents prescribed in clauses 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Article 14 and clause 1, Article 15 of this Decree including: The Department of Legislative Document Examination and Management of Handling of Administrative Violations under the Ministry of Justice, Legal Departments under ministries, ministerial agencies, Justice Departments.”.

2. Amendments to Article 4:

“Article 4. Documents subject to examination

1. Legislative documents prescribed in clauses 3 thru 15, Article 4 of the Law; legislative documents prescribed in clauses 3 thru 15, Article 4 of the Law with classified information as identified by competent persons.

2. Valid documents that are suspected to contain legal norms but are not promulgated in accordance with regulations on competence, form, sequence and procedures. To be specific:

a) Documents of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the President, the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Council of Judges of the Supreme People's Court, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People's Procuracy and the State Auditor General; the Government, the Prime Minister; Ministers, Directors of ministerial agencies, provincial and commune-level local governments within special administrative-economic divisions;

b) Documents of Governmental agencies; Standing Committees of the People's Councils, Chairpersons of the People's Councils, Chairpersons of People's Committees at all levels; organizations under and affiliated to Ministries, ministerial agencies, Governmental agencies; other specialized agencies and administrative organizations under People's Committees of provinces and communes.

3. Valid documents guiding the execution of legislative documents of competent agencies and persons as prescribed in clause 1, Article 61 of the Law.”.

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a) Amendments to the title of Article 11:

“Article 11. Responsibilities for assisting Ministers and heads of ministerial agencies, local governments at all levels, Presidents of provincial People’s Committees, local governments within special administrative-economic divisions in internally examining documents”;

b) Amendments to clause 2:

“2. Responsibilities for assisting local governments, Presidents of provincial People’s Committees, local governments within special administrative-economic divisions in internally examining legislative documents:

a) People's Committees, Presidents of provincial People's Committees, local governments within special administrative-economic divisions shall assign competent agencies and persons to assist People’s Committees, Presidents of provincial People’s Committees, local governments within special administrative-economic divisions to internally examine documents.

Departments of Justice, agencies assigned by local governments within special administrative-economic divisions, specialized agencies, other administrative organizations or specialized civil servants assigned by commune-level People’s Committees as a conduit shall assist People's Committees and presidents of People's Committees at the same level, local governments within special administrative-economic divisions in summarizing, supervising and urging the examination of documents;

b) Legal Departments of provincial People's Councils shall assist provincial People's Councils in the internal examination of documents of provincial People's Councils. Agencies and units assigned to assist commune-level People’s Councils shall internally examine documents of commune-level People’s Councils.”

4. Amendments to clause 2, Article 12:

“2. The internal examination of documents prescribed in point a, clause 2, Article 63 of the Law shall be conducted within 45 days and applicable to documents of the Government, Prime Minister, ministers and heads of ministerial agencies; within 10 working days and applicable to local governments and presidents of provincial People's Committees; within 05 working days and applicable to documents issued under simplified procedures or in special cases (from the date on which the documents are ratified or signed).

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5. Amendments to clauses 1 and 2, Article 14:

 Ministers and heads of ministerial agencies shall review documents issued by other Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, provincial local governments, Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees, and local governments in special administrative-economic divisions concerning matters related to their respective sectors and fields of management, if such documents do not contain state secrets.

2. The Minister of Justice shall exercise the power to review documents as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article and assist the Government in reviewing documents that do not contain state secrets, including:

a) Circulars issued by Ministers and heads of ministerial agencies;

b) Regulations related to the sector or field managed by the ministry or ministerial agency in joint circulars between Ministers or heads of ministerial agencies and the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, and the State Auditor General;

c) Resolutions of People’s Councils, decisions of Provincial People’s Committees, decisions of Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees, and legislative  documents of local governments in special administrative-economic divisions.

6. Amendments to Clauses 1, 5, and 7 of Article 20:     

a) Amendment to clause 1:

“1. The Minister of Justice shall exercise the power to review documents that do not contain state secrets, including:

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b) Documents that appear to contain legal norms issued by Government agencies; Standing Committees of People’s Councils, Presidents of People’s Councils, Presidents of People’s Committees at the provincial level; organizations affiliated to ministries, ministerial agencies, Government agencies; specialized agencies and other administrative organizations under Provincial People’s Committees.”;

b) Amendment to clause 5:

“5. Provincial People’s Committees shall review:

a) Documents that appear to contain legal norms issued by commune-level local governments but are not issued in the form of legislative documents; documents providing guidance on the application of legislative documents for legislative documents issued by commune-level authorities;

b) Documents that appear to contain legal norms issued by Standing Committees of People’s Councils, Presidents of Commune-level People’s Councils, Presidents of Commune-level People’s Committees; specialized agencies and other administrative organizations under Commune-level People’s Committees.”;

c) Amendment to clause 7:

“Ministers, the Chief of the Government Office, the Minister of Public Security, and the Minister of National Defense shall assign affiliated organizations to assist Ministers in reviewing documents as prescribed in Clauses 2, 3, and 4 of this Article.

The Department of Document Inspection and Administrative Violation Management of the Ministry of Justice shall assist the Minister of Justice in reviewing and handling documents as stipulated in Clause 1 of this Article; Departments of Justice shall assist People’s Committees at the same level in reviewing documents as prescribed in Clause 5 of this Article.”.

7. Amendments to clauses 3, 4 and 8 of Article 24:

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“3. Ministers and heads of ministerial agencies shall send petition to the Prime Minister to decide:

a) The suspension of execution or annulment of all or part of illegal documents issued by Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, Provincial People’s Committees, and Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees within their inspection authority;

b) Suspension of execution or annulment of all or part of illegal resolutions of Provincial People’s Councils within their inspection authority.

The procedure for submitting petition to the Prime Minister to handle illegal documents under this Clause shall comply with the provisions of Article 27 hereof.”;

b) Amendment to clause 4:

“4. The Minister of Justice shall implement the regulation in Clause 3 of this Article and submit proposals to the Prime Minister to decide:

a) The suspension of execution, whole or partial annulment of illegal circulars issued by Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies; illegal documents of Provincial People’s Committees, and Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees;

b) Suspension of execution or annulment of all or part of illegal resolutions of Provincial People’s Councils.

c) Suspension of enforcement, annulment of illegal contents under the sectoral or field management responsibility of ministries or ministerial agencies in joint circulars issued by Ministers or heads of ministerial agencies together with the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, and the State Auditor General.”

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“8. For illegal resolutions of Provincial People’s Councils that have been suspended, the Ministry of Justice shall take charge and cooperate with the Government Office and relevant ministries and ministerial agencies in preparing and submitting a report to the Prime Minister for consideration of proposing the Standing Committee of the National Assembly to annul them.”.

8. Amendment to clause 3 of Article 25:

“3. Regarding conclusions of inspection on legislative documents, if the agency or person issuing the inspection conclusion as prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article does not accept the petition, the agency or person whose document is concluded shall have the right to submit petition or report to the competent authority as follows:

a) For legislative documents issued by Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, Provincial People’s Councils, Provincial People’s Committees, Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees, report to the Prime Minister;

b) For legislative documents of People’s Councils and People’s Committees at the commune level, report to Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees.”.

9. Amendment to clause 1 of Article 28:

“1. Documents handling illegal legislative documents must be sent by the agency or person who issued the document to be published in the Electronic Gazette, the National Database on Law, and the information portal or website of the issuing agency (if any) no later than 03 days from the date of authentication or issuance.”.

10. Amendments to Point b of Clause 1 and Clause 3 of Article 35:

b) Amendment to point b of clause 1:

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b) Amendment to clause 3:

“3. Responsibilities of agencies, units, and individuals at People’s Committees:

a) Specialized agencies of Provincial People’s Committees shall take charge and cooperate with the Legal Affairs Committee of the Provincial People’s Council and relevant agencies in reviewing and systematizing documents of the Provincial People’s Council, Provincial People’s Committees, and Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees within their respective fields.

Other agencies that have taken charge in drafting documents of the Provincial People’s Council, Provincial People’s Committees, or Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees shall take charge and cooperate with the Legal Affairs Committee of the People’s Council, Departments of Justice, and relevant agencies in reviewing and systematizing such documents.

Departments of Justice shall be responsible for urging and providing guidance to agencies on reviewing and systematizing documents of the Provincial People’s Council, Provincial People’s Committees, and Presidents of Provincial People’s Committees;

b) Specialized agencies or other administrative organizations under Commune-level People’s Committees shall take charge and cooperate with agencies of People’s Council and relevant agencies in reviewing and systematizing documents of the Commune-level People’s Committees and People’s Councils in their respective fields.

In case the Commune-level People’s Committees assign specialized civil servants to assist in state management of sectors and fields at the commune level, Presidents of Commune-level People’s Committees shall direct such civil servants to review and systematize documents of the People’s Councils and People’s Committees within their responsibility.

Specialized agencies, administrative organizations, or civil servants assigned to assist Commune-level People’s Committees in state management regarding review and systematization of documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as agencies) shall  urge and provide guidance to agencies, organizations, and individuals on reviewing and systematizing documents of People’s Councils and People’s Committees at the commune level.”.

11. Amendment to point b of clause 1 of Article 37:

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12. Amendment to clause 6 of Article 38:

“6. The publication of documents elaborating documents elaborating and/or prescribing specific measures to organize and provide guidance on implementation of documents that continue to be effective in whole or in part as prescribed in Clause 2 of Article 57 of the Law.”.

13. Amendment to Article 39:

“Article 39. Identification of documents serving as a basis for review and legislative documents subject to review

1. Documents that amend, supplement, replace, annul, temporarily suspend the effect, or provide the expiry date of one or more documents shall serve as a basis for review. Documents that are amended, supplemented, replaced, annulled; suspended, or provided with the expiry date shall be reviewed.

2. Documents that amend, supplement, replace, annul, suspend the effect, or provide the expiry date of one or more documents shall serve as a basis for review. Documents serving as a basis for issuance that are amended, supplemented, replaced, annulled; provided with the expiry date, announced to cease to have effect; or suspended shall be reviewed.

3. Documents that amend, supplement, replace, annul, suspend the effect, or provide the expiry date of one or more documents that are referred to in one or more other documents shall serve as a basis for review. Documents containing references to documents that are amended, supplemented, replaced, annulled, provided with the expiry date, announced to cease to have effect, or suspended shall be reviewed.

4. Documents containing regulations involved in one or more previously issued documents shall serve as a basis for review; such previously issued documents shall be subject to review.”.

14. Amendments to clauses 2, 3, 4 and 6 of Article 43:

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Lists of central-level, provincial-level, and commune-level expired or suspended documents must be posted on the electronic Official Gazette and updated on the national database on  law as prescribed.”;

b) Amendment to clause 3:

“3. Expired or suspended documents included in the list for annual publication must have their expiration or suspension dates within one year, from January 1 to December 31.

If expired or suspended documents belong to a previous publication period but have not yet been published, the reviewing agency shall include such documents in the list for publication.”;

c) Amendment to clause 4:

“4. Decisions on publishing lists of expired or suspended documents by Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, and Provincial People’s Committees shall be sent to the Ministry of Justice; decisions by Commune-level People’s Committees shall be sent to the Provincial People’s Committees and Departments of Justice for monitoring.”;

d) Amendment to clause 6:

“6. Legal departments of ministries, ministerial agencies, units assigned to assist the Minister of Justice in state management of review and systematization of documents, Departments of Justice, and agencies assigned to assist Commune-level People’s Committees in state management of review and systematization of documents shall consolidate, prepare, and submit decisions on publication of lists of expired or suspended documents to Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, Provincial People’s Committees, and Commune-level People’s Committees.”;

15. Amendment to clause 1 of Article 46:

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Heads of organizations affiliated to ministries and ministerial agencies shall assist their superiors in planning and organizing reviews of documents within their responsibilities.

Heads of specialized agencies of Provincial People’s Committees, other administrative organizations, or specialized civil servants of Commune-level People’s Committees shall take charge and cooperate with related agencies and individuals in assisting the People’s Committees at the same level in planning and organizing reviews of documents within their responsibilities.”.

16. Amendment to clause 7 of Article 51:

“7. The results of document systematization must be published on the National Database on Law as prescribed. Lists of expired or suspended documents at central, provincial, and commune levels must be published on the Electronic Official Gazette.

If, after publication, errors in document lists or systematized volumes of unexpired documents are found, a re-review and correction must be conducted.”.

17. Amendments to clauses 1, 2, and 3 of Article 53:

“1. Responsibility to advise Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and People’s Committees at all levels in developing and taking charge in organizing implementation of document systematization plans:

a) For documents under the responsibility of Ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies, the legal departments, or units assigned to assist the Minister of Justice in state management of review and systematization shall take charge;

b) For documents under the responsibility of Provincial People’s Committees, the Departments of Justice shall take charge;

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2. Agencies of ministries and ministerial agencies shall systematize documents and submit results to legal departments of ministries and ministerial agencies or units assigned to assist the Minister of Justice in state management of review and systematization for consolidation.

Provincial and commune-level agencies and unit shall systematize documents and submit results to Departments of Justice or agencies assigned to assist Commune-level People’s Committees in state management of review and systematization for consolidation.

3. Legal departments of ministries, ministerial agencies, units assigned to assist the Minister of Justice in state management of review and systematization of documents, Departments of Justice, and agencies assigned to assist Commune-level People’s Committees in state management of review and systematization of documents shall consolidate and re-check the results of systematizing documents, and submit them to the Ministers, Heads of the ministerial agencies, or People's Committees at the same level for consideration and announcement.".

18. Amendment to clause 5 of Article 56:

“5. Funding for inspection, review, systematization, and handling of legislative documents shall be provided by the state budget according to the delegation of power of the competent authorities, and other lawful funding sources as prescribed by law.

The content and expenditure levels for inspection, review, systematization, and handling of legislative documents shall comply with regulations of the Government and the Minister of Finance.”.

19. Amendment to point a of clause 1 of Article 58:

“a) Urge, direct, and inspect the inspection and handling of legislative documents in accordance with the Law on Promulgation of Legislative Documents and other relevant laws;”.

Article 3. Amendments, replacement and annulment of some regulations in Decree No. 78/2025/ND-CP dated April 1, 2025 of the Government elaborating the Law on Promulgation of Legislative Documents and Decree No. 79/2025/ND-CP dated April 1, 2025 of the Government on inspection, review, systematization and handling of legislative documents

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a) The word “Draft” is added before the word “Proposal” at Point a of Clause 3 of Article 57;

b) The phrase “bill, draft” is added after the word “inspection” at Clause 1 of Article 72;

c) The phrase “report and” in Clause 2 of Article 13 is removed;

d) Clause 4 of Article 13; Clause 4 of Article 48; Clause 6 of Article 51; Clause 4 of Article 56; Clause 5 of Article 59 are annulled;

dd) The phrase “(if any)” in Point d of Clause 7 of Article 28; Point d of Clause 7 of Article 37; Point dd of Clause 5 of Article 40; Point d of Clause 6 of Article 45; Point dd of Clause 3 of Article 47 is removed.

2. Removal/annulment and replacement of some words, phrases and clauses of Decree No. 79/2025/ND-CP:

a) The phrase “Department of Justice” in Point c of Clause 3 of Article 18 is removed; the phrase “Head of the Department of Justice” in Clause 7 of Article 24 is removed;

b) Clause 6 of Article 20; Clauses 2 and 3 of Article 60 are annulled;

c) The phrase “at all levels” in Clause 1 and Clause 2 of Article 16 are replaced with the phrase “provincial level”.

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a) Appendix I issued with Decree No. 78/2025/ND-CP is replaced with Appendix I issued with this Decree;

b) Appendix II issued with Decree No. 78/2025/ND-CP is replaced with Appendix II issued with this Decree;

c) Appendix III issued with Decree No. 78/2025/ND-CP is replaced with Appendix III issued with this Decree;

d) Appendix IV issued with Decree No. 78/2025/ND-CP is replaced with Appendix IV issued with this Decree;

Article 4. Effect

This Decree comes into force from July 01, 2025.

Article 5. Transitional provisions

1. Draft legislative documents that have been appraised before the effective date of this Decree but have not yet been issued shall continue to be implemented according to the procedures prescribed in Decree No. 78/2025/ND-CP.

2. In case of detecting that a document of a district-level local governments is issued illegally, the Department of Justice shall submit petitions to the President of the Provincial People's Committee to review and handle it according to the regulations of Clause 7 of Article 24 of Decree No. 79/2025/ND-CP.

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ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT
PP. PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER




Le Thanh Long

 

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Decree 187/2025/ND-CP on amendments to Decree 79/2025/ND-CP on handling of legislative documents
Official number: 187/2025/ND-CP Legislation Type: Decree of Government
Organization: The Government Signer: Le Thanh Long
Issued Date: 01/07/2025 Effective Date: Premium
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Decree No. 187/2025/ND-CP dated July 01, 2025 on amending Decree No. 78/2025/ND-CP elaborating and prescribing specific measures to organize and provide guidance on the implementation of the Law on Promulgation of Legislative Documents and Decree No. 79/2025/ND-CP on inspection, review, systematization and handling of legislative documents

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