On November 26, 2014, the Government issued the Decree No. 113/2014/ND-CP on the management of international legal cooperation. The Decree prescribes the management of international cooperation of Vietnamese agencies or organizations with foreign agencies or organizations and international organizations in lawmaking work; legal training and retraining; organization of conferences, seminars and workshops on law within the framework of programs and projects or non-project aid.
It must abide by the Vietnamese Constitution and law, to conform with treaties to which Vietnam is a contracting party, ensure independence, sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, national security, social order and safety; be ensured publicity, transparency and accountability in implementing international legal cooperation activities; raise the responsibility of heads of managing agencies for ensuring the legality and efficiency in the receipt, management and use of official development assistance (ODA), preferential loans of donors and foreign non-governmental aid in international legal cooperation… Cooperation on lawmaking shall be implemented in the form of supply of specialists, support in information and documents, organization of surveys for lawmaking and organization of lawmaking conferences or seminars with the use of ODA, preferential loans of foreign donors or foreign non-governmental aid. This Decree takes effect on March 1, 2015, replacing the Government’s Decree No.78/2008/ND-CP of July 17, 2008, on management of legal cooperation with foreign countries.
This Circular takes effect on January 1, 2015
