Chương III Luật ban hành văn bản quy phạm pháp luật 2015: Xây dựng, ban hành văn bản quy phạm pháp luật của quốc hội, ủy ban thường vụ quốc hội

Chapter III

FORMULATION AND PROMULGATION OF LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Section 1. Planning law/ordinance formulation program

Article 31. Law/ordinance formulation program

1. Law/ordinance formulation programs shall be planned annually according to policies of Communist Party, the State, socio-economic development strategy, national defense and security strategy, and state management requirements in each period so that to ensure human rights, basic rights and obligations of citizens.

2. The National Assembly shall decide the law/ordinance formulation program at the first meeting session of the previous year.

Article 32. Request for law/ordinance formulation of agencies, organizations

1. The President, Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Ethnic Council, Committees of the National Assembly, the Government, the People’s Supreme Court, the People’s Supreme Procuracy, State Audit Office of Vietnam, Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front, central agencies of associate organizations of Vietnamese Fatherland Front who are entitled to submit law projects to the National Assembly and ordinance projects to Standing Committee of the National Assembly are entitled to request law/ordinance formulation.

2. The request for law/ordinance formulation must be based on:

a) Policies of Communist Party and the State;

b) Results of law implementation or assessment of social relationships related to policies of the law/ordinance project;

c) Requirements for state management, socio-economic development; assurance of human rights, basic rights and obligations of citizens; assurance of national defense and security;

d) Relevant international agreements to which Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory.

Article 33. Law/ordinance proposal, request for law/ordinance formulation

1. Deputies of the National Assembly are entitled to make law/ordinance proposals. Law/ordinance proposals must be based on policies of Communist Party and the State, requirements for state management, socio-economic development; assurance of human rights, basic rights and obligations of citizens; assurance of national defense and security, and relevant international agreements to which Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory

2. Deputies of the National Assembly are entitled to request law/ordinance formulation. The request for law/ordinance formulation shall be made in accordance with Clause 2 Article 32 of this Law.

3. Deputies of the National Assembly are entitled to make proposals of law/ordinance, request for law/ordinance formulation as prescribed in Article 37 of this Law, or request the Office of the National Assembly or Office of National Assembly Delegation, or a research institute to assist in doing so.

4. The Office of the National Assembly has the responsibility to enable deputies of the National Assembly to exercise their rights to make law/ordinance proposals and request law/ordinance formulation

Article 34. Responsibilities of agencies, organizations, and deputies of the National Assembly for making request for law/ordinance formulation

1. Before requesting law/ordinance formulation, the agency, organization, or deputy of the National Assembly must perform the following tasks or request a competent agency to perform the following tasks:

a) Summarize the implementation of regulations of law related to the request for law/ordinance formulation; survey, assess social relationships relevant to the request for law/ordinance formulation;

b) Conduct scientific research into relevant issues to assist the request for law/ordinance formulation; study information, materials, international agreements to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory relevant to the request for law/ordinance formulation. Request relevant organizations and individuals to provide documents and information related to the request for law/ordinance formulation where necessary;

c) Formulate proposed policies in the request for law/ordinance formulation; assess the impact of such policies;

d) Estimate resources and conditions for assurance of implementation of the law or ordinance after it is ratified by the National Assembly or Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

2. Prepare documents to request law, ordinance formulation as prescribed in Article 37 of this Law.

3. Seek opinions from relevant organizations and individuals about the request for law/ordinance formulation; consider and respond to the opinions offered.

4. With regard to request for law/ordinance formulation that is not made by the Government, the agency, organization, or deputy of the National Assembly who requests the law/ordinance formulation also has the responsibility to obtain and consider opinions given by the government.

Article 35. Assessment of impact of proposed policies in the request for law/ordinance formulation

1. Agencies and organizations are responsible for assessing the impact of each proposed policy. Deputies of the National Assembly shall assess impact of each proposed policy or request a competent authority to do so.

During the process of drafting, appraising, inspecting, considering, and commenting law/ordinance project, if new policies are submitted, the submitting agency must assess their impact.

2. The assessment of each proposed policy in must specify: issues to be solved; targets of the policy; solutions for implementation the policy; positive and negative impacts of the policy; costs, benefits of solutions; comparison of costs and benefits of solutions; selected solution and reason for such selection; assessment of impact of administrative procedures; gender-related impact (if any).

3. When assessing impact of proposed policies, agencies, organizations, and deputies of the National Assembly must study and draft a draft report on impact assessment; seek opinions and feedbacks about the draft report, and revise the draft report.

4. The Government shall elaborate this Article.

Article 36. Seeking opinions about request for law/ordinance formulation

1. Agencies, organizations, and deputies of the National Assembly who make requests for law, ordinance formulation have the responsibility to:

a) Post the summary report, report on impacts of proposed policies on the information portal of the National Assembly if the request is made by Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Ethnic Council, Committees of the National Assembly, deputies of the National Assembly, or the information portal of the Government if the request is made by the government, and the information portal or the requesting agency/organization for at least 30 days.

b) Seek opinions from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, relevant organizations, entities under the direct impacts of proposed policies, and solution for implementation of such policies in the request for law/ordinance formulation. Hold a meeting to seek opinions about basic policies in the request for law/ordinance formulation where necessary;

c) Consider, explain, aggregate opinions; post the report on receipt of opinions (hereinafter referred to as feedback report) on the information portal as prescribed in this Clause.

2. Within 15 days from the receipt of request for opinions, the enquired agencies/organizations must provide their opinions in writing; the Ministry of Finance shall send a report on financial sources, the Ministry of Home Affairs shall send a report of assessment of human resources, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall send a report on compatibility with relevant international agreements to which Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory, the Ministry of Justice shall send a report on constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency of the request for law/ordinance formulation with the legal system to the requesting agency, organization, or deputy of the National Assembly.

Article 37. Application for law/ordinance formulation, written law/ordinance proposals

1. An application for law/ordinance formulation consists of:

a) A description of the request for law/ordinance formulation which specifies the necessity of such law/ordinance; purposes and viewpoints on the law/ordinance formulation; entities regulated by the law/ordinance; targets, contents of proposed policies, solution for implementation thereof, and reasons for choosing such solution; estimated resources and conditions for ensuring implementation of the law/ordinance after it is ratified by the National Assembly or Standing Committee of the National Assembly; intended time for submitting to the National Assembly or Standing Committee of the National Assembly for consideration and ratification;

b) Report on assessment of impact of proposed policies;

c) Report on implementation of law or social relationships related to the request for law/ordinance formulation;

d) A report on receipt of opinions from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, and other agencies; photocopies of the enquiry sheets;

dd) The outline of the draft law/ordinance.

2. The written law/ordinance proposal must specify the necessity of such law/ordinance, regulated entities, purposes and requirements, viewpoints, policies, and main contents of the law/ordinance.

Article 38. Responsibility to request formulation of law/ordinance to be submitted by the Government

1. With regard to a law/ordinance project to be submitted by the Government, a Ministry or ministerial agency shall make the request for law/ordinance formulation itself or as assigned by the Prime Minister.

2. The Ministry or ministerial agency who request for law/ordinance formulation shall perform the tasks prescribed in Article 34 of this Law.

Article 39. Appraising request for formulation of law/ordinance to be submitted by the Government

1. The Ministry of Justice shall take charge and cooperate with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, relevant organizations in appraising the request for law/ordinance formulation before submitting it to the government within 20 days from the receipt of the satisfactory application for law/ordinance formulation.

2. The Ministry or ministerial agency that makes the request for law/ordinance formulation shall send the application to the Ministry of Justice for appraisal. The application consists of documents mentioned in Clause 1 Article 37 of this Law.

Documents mentioned in Point a and Point b Clause 1 Article 37 of this Law must be sent in writing, other documents may be sent electronically.

3. The appraisal shall focus on:

a) Necessity of the law/ordinance; entities regulated by the law/ordinance;

b) Conformity of the proposed policies with policies of Communist Party and the State;

c) The constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency of policies with the legal system; feasibility and … of the proposed policies; solutions and conditions for ensuring implementation of the proposed policies;

d) Compatibility of the proposed policies with relevant international agreements to which Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory;

dd) Necessity, reasonability, cost of administrative procedures of proposed policies (if they are related to administrative procedures); integration of gender equality in the request for law/ordinance formulation (if they are related to gender equality);

e) Adherence to procedures for requesting law/ordinance formulation.

4. The appraisal report must contain opinions of the Ministry of Justice about the appraised contents mentioned in Clause 3 of this Article and whether or not the request for law/ordinance formulation is satisfactory enough to be submitted to the Prime Minister.

5. The appraisal report must be sent to the Ministry or ministerial agency that makes the request for law/ordinance formulation within 10 days from the end of the appraisal. The requesting agency shall consider the opinions given and revise, complete the request for law/ordinance formulation, send the revised request for law/ordinance formulation together with the feedback report to the Ministry of Justice when submitting it to the Government.

Article 40. Submitting request for formulation of law/ordinance to be submitted by the Government

1. The Ministry or ministerial agency who makes the request for law/ordinance formulation shall submit the application for law/ordinance formulation to the government at least 20 days before the date of meeting of the Government.

2. Documents to be submitted to the Government include:

a) The documents mentioned in Clause 1 Article 37 of this Law;

b) Report on appraisal of the request for law/ordinance formulation; feedback report;

c) Other documents (if any).

Documents mentioned in Point a and Point b Clause 1 Article 37 of this Law and Point b of this Clause must be sent in writing, other documents may be sent electronically.

Article 41. The Government considering approval for request for formulation of law/ordinance to be submitted by the Government

The Government shall hold a meeting to consider requests for request for law/ordinance formulation in the following order:

1. Representatives of Ministries and ministerial agencies who request law/ordinance formulation present their description of the requests for law/ordinance formulation;

2. Representative of the Ministry of Justice presents the appraisal report;

3. Representatives of agencies and organizations that attend the meeting offer their opinions;

4. The Government discusses and vote for the policies in each request for law/ordinance formulation. A policy shall be ratified when it is voted for by more than half of the Government members;

5. The Government shall issue a resolution on the request for law/ordinance formulation with the ratified policies.

Article 42. Revising and sending application for formulation of law/ordinance to be submitted by the Government

The Ministry or ministerial agency that makes the request for law/ordinance formulation shall cooperate with relevant agencies in completing the application for law/ordinance formulation based the Government’s resolution and send it to the Ministry of Justice in order to make the Government’s proposals for law/ordinance formulation program.

Article 43. Making the Government’s proposals for law/ordinance formulation program

1. The Government shall make and submit proposals for law/ordinance formulation program to Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

The Ministry of Justice shall assist the Government in making proposals for law/ordinance formulation program based on the requests for law/ordinance formulation approved by the Government.

2. The Government considers and discusses the proposals for law/ordinance formulation program in the following order:

a) Representative of the Ministry of Justice presents the draft proposals for law/ordinance formulation program;

b) Representatives of attending agencies and organizations offer their opinions;

c) The Government discusses;

d) The Government cast vote on the proposals for law/ordinance formulation program. The Government’s request for law/ordinance formulation program is approved when they are voted for by more than half of the Government members.

Article 44. The Government offering opinions about request for law/ordinance formulation not submitted by the Government and law/ordinance proposals

1. With regard to request for formulation of a law/ordinance not submitted by the Government and law/ordinance proposals, the agency, organization, or deputy of the National Assembly shall send the application for law/ordinance formulation or the written law/ordinance proposal prescribed in Article 37 of this Law to the Government for offering opinions before submitting it to Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

The Government shall give a written response within 30 days from the receipt of the application or proposal.

2. The Ministry of Justice shall take charge and cooperate with other Ministries, ministerial agencies in offering the Government’s opinions about the request for formulation of the law/ordinance not submitted by the Government and law/ordinance proposal for the Government to discuss.

3. The Government shall consider and discuss the request for formulation of the law/ordinance not submitted by the Government and law/ordinance proposal in the following order:

a) Representative of the Ministry of Justice presents the draft opinions of the Government;

b) Representatives of attending agencies and organizations offer their opinions;

c) The Government discusses;

d) The Prime Minister draws a conclusion.

4. The Ministry of Justice shall revise the Government’s opinions based on the Prime Minister’s conclusion, and then submit them to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision.

Article 45. Responsibility for making, considering, and approving request for formulation of law/ordinance not submitted by the Government

1. The President, Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Ethnic Council, Committees of the National Assembly, the Government, the People’s Supreme Court, the People’s Supreme Procuracy, State Audit Office of Vietnam, President of Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front, heads of central agencies of associate organizations of Vietnamese Fatherland Front shall direct the formulation of law/ordinance; assign an agency or unit in charge of making the request.

2. The assigned agency/unit shall perform the tasks mentioned in Article 34 of this Law.

With regard to the request for law/ordinance formulation of the People’s Supreme Court or the Supreme People’s Procuracy, the assigned unit shall seek opinions from the Judge Council of the People’s Supreme Court and Control Committee of the People’s Supreme Procuracy before reporting to the executive judge of the People’s Supreme Court or the Chief Procurator of the Supreme People’s Procuracy.

3. Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Ethnic Council, Committees of the National Assembly, Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front, central agencies of associate organizations of Vietnamese Fatherland Front shall hold a meeting to consider approving the request for law/ordinance formulation in the following order:

a) Representative the assigned agency or unit presents the description of the request for law/ordinance formulation;

b) Representative of the Government offers opinions about the request for law/ordinance formulation;

c) Representatives of other attending agencies and organizations offer their opinions;

d) Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Ethnic Council, Committees of the National Assembly, Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front, central agencies of associate organizations of Vietnamese Fatherland Front cast votes on proposed policies in the request for law/ordinance formulation. The polices shall be ratified when they are voted for by more than half of the members of Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Ethnic Council, Committees of the National Assembly, Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front, central agencies of associate organizations of Vietnamese Fatherland Front.

4. The President, executive judge of the People’s Supreme Court, Chief Procurator of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, and State Auditor General shall consider approving request for law/ordinance formulation in the following order:

a) The assigned agency/unit submits a report on the request for law/ordinance formulation to the President, executive judge of the People’s Supreme Court, Chief Procurator of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, and State Auditor General;

b) The President, executive judge of the People’s Supreme Court, Chief Procurator of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, and State Auditor General consider the request for law/ordinance formulation.

5. Every deputy of the National Assembly may make requests for law/ordinance formulation themselves or request a competent authority to assist them in doing so. If assistance from a competent authority is requested, the deputy of the National Assembly shall consider submitting the request for law/ordinance formulation in the following order:

a) The agency assisting the deputy of the National Assembly in making the request for law/ordinance formulation submit a report on the request for law/ordinance formulation to other deputies of the National Assembly.

b) Other deputies of the National Assembly consider submitting the request for law/ordinance formulation.

Article 46. Time limit and application for law/ordinance formulation and written law/ordinance proposal

1. Not later than the 1^st of March of the previous year, the request for law/ordinance formulation or law/ordinance proposal must be sent to Standing Committee of the National Assembly in order to plan the preliminary law/ordinance formulation program, and to Legal Committee of the National Assembly for inspection.

2. Applications for law/ordinance formulation and law/ordinance proposals of deputies of the National Assembly shall be sent to Standing Committee of the National Assembly as follows:

a) With regard to the Government’s proposals for law/ordinance formulation program, documents include the description of the Government, the preliminary program, and electronic copies of the documents mentioned in Clause 1 Article 37 of this Law;

b) With regard to requests for law/ordinance formulation of other agencies, organizations, and deputies of the National Assembly, documents include those mentioned in Point a Clause 1 Article 37 of this Law and the Government’s opinions about the request for law/ordinance formulation enclosed with electronic copies of other documents mentioned in Article 37 of this Law.

With regard to law/ordinance proposals of deputies of the National Assembly, documents include the law/ordinance proposal and the Government’s opinions about the law/ordinance proposal.

Article 47. Inspecting requests for law/ordinance formulation and law/ordinance proposals

1. Legal Committee shall preside over the inspection of proposals for law/ordinance formulation program of agencies, organizations, deputies of the National Assembly, and law/ordinance proposals of deputies of the National Assembly.

The inspection shall focus on their necessity, scope, regulated entities, basic policies, uniformity, feasibility, order of priority, and conditions for formulating and implementing the documents.

2. Ethnic Council, Committees of the National Assembly shall cooperate with Legal Committee in inspecting requests for law/ordinance formulation, law/ordinance proposals, and offer opinions about their necessity, policies, order of priority for submitting law/ordinance projects within their competence.

Article 48. Planning preliminary law/ordinance formulation program

1. Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall consider requests for law/ordinance formulation and law/ordinance proposals in the following order:

a) The representative of the Government presents the description of the Government’s proposals for law/ordinance formulation program and opinions about the request for formulation law/ordinance not submitted by the Government, law/ordinance proposals

Representatives of other agencies, organizations, and deputies of the National Assembly may be requested to offer their opinions about their requests for law/ordinance formulation and law/ordinance proposals;

b) The representative of the Legal Committee presents the inspection report;

c) Participants offer their opinions;

d) Standing Committee of the National Assembly discusses;

dd) Representatives of the Government, other agencies, organizations, and deputies of the National Assembly who make requests for law/ordinance formulation and law/ordinance proposals may raise additional issues at the meeting;

e) The chair draws a conclusion.

2. Based on the requests for law/ordinance formulation made by agencies, organizations, deputies of the National Assembly, law/ordinance proposals of deputies of the National Assembly, and opinions of Legal Committee, Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall plan a preliminary law/ordinance formulation program and submit it to the National Assembly for consideration and decision.

Documents about the preliminary law/ordinance formulation program planning include an description, draft resolution of the National Assembly on law/ordinance formulation program, and electronic of the documents mentioned in Clause 2 Article 46 of this Law. The preliminary law/ordinance formulation program planning must be posted on the information portal of the National Assembly.

3. Legal Committee shall take charge and cooperate with relevant agencies in assisting Standing Committee of the National Assembly in planning the preliminary law/ordinance formulation program.

Article 49. Procedures for considering and approving the preliminary law/ordinance formulation program

1. The National Assembly shall consider approving the preliminary law/ordinance formulation program in the following order:

a) Representatives of Standing Committee of the National Assembly present the description of the preliminary law/ordinance formulation program;

b) The National Assembly discusses the preliminary law/ordinance formulation program at the general meeting. Before being discussed at the general meeting, the preliminary law/ordinance formulation program may be discussed by groups of deputies of the National Assembly.

c) After the preliminary draft law/ordinance formulation program is discussed by the National Assembly, Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall request Legal Committee to take charge and cooperate with representatives of the Government and relevant organizations in revising the draft resolution of the National Assembly about law/ordinance formulation program and make a feedback and revision report;

d) Standing Committee of the National Assembly submits a report on revisions to resolution of the National Assembly on law/ordinance formulation program to the National Assembly;

dd) The National Assembly casts votes on a resolution of the National Assembly on law/ordinance formulation program.

2. The resolution on law/ordinance formulation program must specify the name of the law/ordinance project and intended time for submitting it to Standing Committee of the National Assembly for consideration and approval.

Article 50. Execution of law/ordinance formulation program

1. Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall direct and deploy the execution of law/ordinance formulation program by performing the following tasks:

a) Assign agencies, organizations, and members to submit law/ordinance projects, draft resolutions; presiding and cooperating agencies in charge of inspecting law/ordinance projects and draft resolutions.

In case the law project or resolution of the National Assembly is submitted by Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the National Assembly shall decide the inspecting agency or establish a provisional inspecting committee.

In case the law/ordinance project or resolution is submitted by Ethnic Council or Committees of the National Assembly, Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall decide the inspecting agency;

b) Establish a drafting board of the law/ordinance project or draft resolution in accordance with Clause 1 Article 52 of this Law;

c) Decide the schedule for formulating the law/ordinance project and specific measures for ensuring execution of law/ordinance formulation program.

2. Legal Committee shall assist Standing Committee of the National Assembly in organizing execution of law/ordinance formulation program.

3. The Ministry of Justice shall submit a presiding drafting agency and cooperating agencies to the Prime Minister for consideration and assist the Prime Minister in urging the drafting of law/ordinance projects and resolutions submitted by the Government.

Article 51. Adjustments to law/ordinance formulation program

1. Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall decide adjustments to law/ordinance formulation program itself or at the request of the agency/organization/deputies of the National Assembly who submit the law/ordinance project in the following cases:

a) Remove from the program the law/ordinance projects that are unnecessary because of socio-economic changes or necessary change of proposal time;

b) Include in the program law/ordinance projects necessary for socio-economic development, national defense and security, protection of life and property of the people; law/ordinance projects that need adjusting to new documents to ensure uniformity of the legal system or implement the international agreements to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory.

The inclusion shall comply with Articles from 32 to 42, Articles 44, 45, 47, and Clause 1 Article 48 of this Law.

2. Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall submit a report to the National Assembly at the nearest meeting on adjustments to the law/ordinance formulation program.

Section 2. DRAFTING LAWS, ORDINANCES, AND RESOLUTIONS

Article 52. Establishment of Drafting Board and appointment of agencies in charge of drafting laws and resolutions of the National Assembly, ordinances and resolutions of Standing Committee of the National Assembly

1. Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall establish a Drafting Board and appoint an agency in charge of drafting (hereinafter referred to as drafting agency) in the following cases:

a) The law/ordinance project or draft resolution involves multiple fiends and sectors;

b) The law project or draft resolution is submitted by Standing Committee of the National Assembly;

c) The law/ordinance project or draft resolution is submitted by a deputy of the National Assembly, the Drafting Board composition is decided by Standing Committee of the National Assembly at the request of the deputy of the National Assembly.

2. If the law/ordinance project or draft resolution is submitted by the Government, the Prime Minister shall appoint a Ministry or ministerial agency as the drafting agency which will establish a Drafting Board, except for the case in Point a Clause 1 of this Article.

3. If the law/ordinance project or draft resolution is submitted by another agency or organization, such agency or organization shall establish a Drafting Board and take charge of the drafting, except for the case in Point a Clause 1 of this Article.

Article 53. Composition of Drafting Board

1. The chief of the Drafting Board is the head of the drafting agency; other members are representatives of the drafting agency, relevant agencies, experts, and scientists.  The Drafting Board of a law/ordinance project or draft resolution submitted by the Government must have members being representatives of the Ministry of Justice and Government Office. A Drafting Board must have at least 9 people.

2. Members of the Drafting Board who are experts and scientists must be conversant with the technical issues of the project or draft, and is able to participate in every activity of the Drafting Board.

Article 54. Duties of Drafting Board, chief and members of Drafting Board

1. The Drafting Board shall organize the drafting and take responsibility to the drafting agency for the quality, punctuality of drafting the law/ordinance project or draft resolution to the.

2. Duties of the Drafting Board:

a) Consider approving detailed outline of the draft law, ordinance, or resolution;

b) Discuss contents of the draft document, report, description, revision report from other organizations and individuals;

c) Ensure that regulations of the draft is conformable with policies of Communist Party; ensure the constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency of the draft document with the legal system; ensure the feasibility of the document.

3. Duties of chief of the Drafting Board:

a) Establish an editor team which assists the Drafting Board; direct the editor team to edit and revise the draft document;

b) Hold meetings and organize other activities of the Drafting Board;

c) Give specific tasks to members of the Drafting Board.

4. Members of the Drafting Board must attend every meeting of the Drafting Board, take responsibility for the quality, constitutionality, legitimacy, uniformity, and feasibility of the assigned contents in the draft document, the punctuality of the draft document formulation. Any member who cannot attend a meeting because of some objective reason must offer his/her opinions in writing.

Article 55. Duties of the drafting agency

1. Organize the formulation of the law/ordinance project or draft resolution according to the purposes, requirements, scope, and policies provided in the application for law/ordinance formulation; take responsibility for the quality, punctuality of the drafting of the law/ordinance project or draft resolution to the agency or organization that submits the project or draft document (hereinafter referred to as submitting agency)

2. Prepare the draft, description, and documents related to the project or draft document.

3. Seek opinions about the project or draft document from relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals; post the project or draft document on the information portal prescribed in Point a Clause 1 Article 36 of this Law and that of the drafting agency; receive, consider, explain, aggregate opinions; post the explanatory report and the revised draft document on the information portal prescribed in Point a Clause 1 Article 36 of this Law and that of the drafting agency.

4. Receive and consider appraisal opinions or opinions of the Government about the project or draft document which is not submitted by the Government.

5. Prepare explanation for new policies to be added to the project or draft document in order to submit them to a competent organization or deputy of the National Assembly for consideration.

6. Anticipate the content of the draft law, ordinance, or resolution; submit a drafting agency which elaborate certain articles, clauses, paragraphs of the draft law, ordinance, or resolution

7. If the project or draft document is submitted by Standing Committee of the National Assembly or by a deputy of the National Assembly, the drafting agency appointed by Standing Committee of the National Assembly or the deputy of the National Assembly must report the drafting progress to Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

If the project or draft document is submitted by the Government, the Ministry or ministerial agency appointed as the drafting agency shall report the drafting progress to the Ministry of Justice for reporting to the Government.

While receiving opinions and revising the draft law, ordinance, or resolution, if there are major changes to ratified policies, the drafting Ministry or ministerial agency must promptly send a report to the Government or the Prime Minister for consideration.

Article 56. Duties of agency, organization, or deputy of the National Assembly who submits the law/ordinance project or draft resolution

1. The agency, organization, or deputy of the National Assembly who submits the law/ordinance project or draft resolution (hereinafter referred to as submitting entity) has the following duties:

a) Direct the drafting agency during the drafting process.

If the project or draft document is prepared by the deputy of the National Assembly himself/herself, he/she may request the Office of the National Assembly, Office of National Assembly Delegation, Legislative Research Institute, and relevant organizations to support during the drafting process;

b) Consider submitting the project or draft document to the National Assembly or Standing Committee of the National Assembly; if the submission of the project or draft document has to be delayed, an explanation must be sent to Standing Committee of the National Assembly for consideration.

2. If the law/ordinance project or draft resolution is not submitted by the Government, the submitting entity must send a dossier on the project or draft document to the Government for opinions at least 40 days before the first meeting date of Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

Article 57. Seeking opinions about law/ordinance project or draft resolution

1. During the drafting process, the agency or deputy of the National Assembly in charge of drafting musk seek opinions from the entities under the direct impact of the document and relevant organizations; specify the issues that need opinions and address for receipt of opinions; post the entire draft document and description on the information portal of the drafting agency mentioned in Point a Clause 1 Article 36 of this Law for at least 60 days in order to receive opinions, except for those promulgated under simplified procedures. If the drafting agency revises the draft document while it is open for comments, the revised one must be posted.

In case of seeking opinions in writing, the enquired organizations must give written responses within 20 days from the receipt of the request.

2. Apart from posting the draft document as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article, opinions may be obtained by asking directly, sending the draft document, holding discussions, or using the media.

3. The drafting agency shall receive, consider the opinions, publish the explanation and feedbacks on the information portal of the Government and of themselves.

4. If the project or draft document is prepared by a deputy of the National Assembly the Office of the National Assembly, Office of National Assembly Delegation, Legislative Research Institute shall conduct the enquiry as prescribed in this Article.

Article 58. Appraising law/ordinance project or draft resolution submitted by the Government

1. The Ministry of Justice shall appraise the law/ordinance project or draft resolution before it is submitted to the Government.

If the project or draft document prepared by the Ministry of Justice is complicated and involves various fields or sectors, the Minister of Justice shall establish an appraisal council which consists of representatives of relevant organizations, experts, and scientists.

2. Documents sent to the appraising agency include:

a) A description of the project or draft document to the Government;

b) The draft document;

c) An assessment of administrative procedures in the project or draft document (if any);

d) Report on integration of gender equality in the project or draft document (if any);

dd) A report on receipt of opinions; photocopies of enquiry sheets sent by Ministries and ministerial agencies;

e) Other documents (if any).

The documents mentioned in Point a and Point b of this Clause shall be sent in writing, other documents may be sent electronically.

3. The appraisal shall focus on:

a) The conformity of the draft document with purposes, requirements, scope, and proposed policies in the request for law/ordinance formulation which was approved;

b) The constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency of the draft document with regard to the legal system; the compatibility of the draft document with relevant international agreements to which Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory;

c) Necessity, reasonability, and costs of administrative procedures (if any) in the draft document;

d) Necessary human resources and financial resources to ensure implementation of the legislative document;

dd) Integration of gender equality in the draft document (if any);

e) Language, format, and drafting process of the document.

If necessary, the appraising agency shall request the drafting agency to report the issues related to the project or draft document.

4. The appraisal report must contain opinions of the appraising agency about the issues mentioned in Clause 3 of this Article and whether or not the project or draft document is satisfactory enough to be submitted to the Government. If the Ministry of Justice concludes that the project or draft document is not satisfactory enough, documents shall be returned to the drafting agency to keep revising and completing the project or draft document.

The appraisal report must be sent to the drafting agency within 20 days from the day on which the application for appraisal is received.

5. The drafting agency must receive and consider opinions provided by the appraising agency to revise and complete the project or draft document, send a report together with the revised draft document to the appraising agency when submitting the law/ordinance project or draft resolution to the Government.

Article 59. Documents about law/ordinance project and draft resolution submitted to the Government

1. A description of the project or draft document to the Government.

2. The draft document.

3. Report on appraisal and receipt of opinions from the appraising agency.

4. Assessment of administrative procedures in the project or draft document (if any).

5. Report on integration of gender equality in the project or draft document (if any).

6. Report on receipt and explanation of opinions.

7. Other documents (if any).

The documents mentioned in Clauses 1, 2, and 3 of this Article may be sent in writing; other documents may be sent electronically.

Article 60. Revising, completing law/ordinance project and draft resolution before being submitted to the Government

If there are conflicting opinions between Ministries and ministerial agencies about the project or draft document, the Ministers and Chief of Office of the Government shall convene a meeting with representatives of the drafting agency, the Ministry of Justice, relevant Ministries and ministerial agencies in order to reach a consensus before submitting the project or draft document to the Government for consideration. Based on the opinions given at the meeting, the drafting agency shall cooperate with relevant agencies in revising and completing the project or draft document in order to be submitted to the Government.

Article 61. The Government considering submission of law/ordinance project and draft resolution

1. The Government shall consider, discuss, and cast votes on proposal of the project or draft document at the meeting of the Government in the following order:

a) The representative of the drafting agency presents the project or draft document, explanation and receipt of opinions from the appraising agency;

b) The representative of the appraising agency talks about receipt of opinions from the appraising agency by the drafting agency;

d) The representative of Office of the Government presents issues of the project or draft document that raise dissenting opinions;

d) The Government discusses;

dd) The Government cast votes on proposal of the project or draft document.

2. If the Government does not approve the proposal of project or draft document, the Prime Minister shall impose a deadline for reconsidering the project or draft document.

Article 62. The Government giving opinions about law/ordinance projects and draft resolutions not submitted by the Government

1. With regard to the law/ordinance projects and draft resolutions not submitted by the Government, Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the submitting entity must send the following documents to the Government for opinions before they are submitted to the National Assembly:

a) A description of the project or draft document submitted to the National Assembly and Standing Committee of the National Assembly;

b) The draft document;

c) Report on receipt and explanation of opinions; photocopy of enquiry sheets;

d) Other documents (if any).

The documents mentioned in Point a and Point b of this Clause shall be sent in writing, other documents may be sent electronically.

2. The Government shall give written responses within 20 days from the receipt of the documents and clearly state that whether or not the project or draft document is satisfactory enough to be submitted to the National Assembly or Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

3. The Ministries and ministerial agencies appointed by the Prime Minister shall offer their opinions and cooperate with the Ministry of Justice in anticipating the issues that need opinions, then submit them to the Government for consideration.

Section 3. INSPECTION OF LAW/ORDINANCE PROJECTS AND DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

Article 63. Inspection of law/ordinance projects and draft resolutions by Ethnic Council and Committees of the National Assembly

1. Before submitting the project or draft document to the National Assembly or Standing Committee of the National Assembly of consideration and discussion, it must be inspected by the Ethnic Council or a Committee of the National Assembly (hereinafter referred to as inspecting agency).

The inspecting agency is in charge of inspecting the projects and draft documents within their competence, and other projects, draft documents assigned by the National Assembly or Standing Committee of the National Assembly; participate in inspection of projects and draft documents by other agencies of the National Assembly as assigned by Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

2. The inspecting agency shall invite the Standing Legal Committee, Standing Social Affairs Committee, and other agencies to attend the inspection meeting and provide opinions about the project or draft document related to their fields and other issues of the project or draft document.

3. The inspecting agency may invites representatives of relevant organizations, experts, scientists, and representatives of entities under the impact of the document to attend the meeting it holds to offer opinions about relevant contents of the project or draft document.

4. The inspecting agency is entitle to request the submitting entity to report, provide explanation, information and documents about relevant contents of the project or draft document; organize conferences and surveys about issues of the project or draft document itself or in cooperation with the drafting agency.

Other agencies, organizations, and individuals are responsible for providing information, documents, and comply with other request of the inspecting agency.

Article 64. Deadlines for sending documents about the law/ordinance project or draft resolution for inspection

1. Documents about the project or draft document to be inspected include:

a) A description of the project or draft document submitted to the National Assembly and Standing Committee of the National Assembly;

b) The draft document;

c) Report on appraisal if the project or draft document is submitted by the Government; opinions of the Government if the project or draft document is not submitted by the Government; report receipt and explanation of opinions; photocopy of enquiry sheets;

d) Reports on law implementation, assessment of social relationships related to main contents of the project or draft document, report on impact of policies in the project or draft document;

dd) Report on integration of gender equality in the project or draft document (if any);

e) The draft of the elaborating document and other documents (if any).

The documents mentioned in Point a and Point b of this Clause shall be sent in writing, other documents may be sent electronically.

2. Documents about the project or draft document to be submitted to Standing Committee of the National Assembly must be sent by the submitting entity to the inspecting authority, Legal Committee, Social Affairs Committees, and other participating agencies for inspection at least 20 days before the opening date of the meeting of Standing Committee of the National Assembly,

Documents about the project or draft document to be submitted to the National Assembly must be sent by the submitting entity mentioned in Clause 1 of this Article to the inspecting authority, Legal Committee, Social Affairs Committees, and other participating agencies for inspection at least 30 days before the first meeting date of the National Assembly.

3. The inspecting agency shall not carry out the inspection if documents are not sufficient or not sent on schedule as prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article.

Article 65. Contents of inspection of law/ordinance projects and draft resolutions

The inspection shall focus on:

1. Scope and regulated entities of the document;

2. Contents of the draft document and controversial issues; assignment and preparation of elaborating documents (if any);

3. Conformity of the draft document with policies of Communist Party; constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency of the draft document with regard to the legal system; the compatibility of the draft document with relevant international agreements to which Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory;

4. Feasibility of regulations in the draft document;

5. Necessary human resources and financial resources to ensure implementation of the legislative document;

6. Integration of gender equality in the draft document (if any);

7. Language, format, and drafting process of the document.

If necessary, the inspecting agency shall request the submitting agency to report the issues related to contents of the project or draft document.

Article 66. Method for inspecting law/ordinance projects and draft resolutions

1. The inspecting agency shall hold a general meeting; a meeting with Standing Ethnic Council and Standing Committee may be held before submitting the project or draft document to the National Assembly.

2. The inspecting agency shall invite participating agencies to participate in the meeting.

Article 67. Report on inspection of law/ordinance project or draft resolution

1. The inspection report must contain the opinions of the inspecting agency about the issues mentioned in Article 65 of this Law and necessary amendments.

2. The inspection report must reflect opinions of members of inspecting agency and the inspecting agency itself about contents of the project or draft document, and whether or not the project of investment is satisfactory enough to be submitted to Standing Committee of the National Assembly or the National Assembly.

If the Ministry of Justice concludes that the project or draft document is not satisfactory enough, documents shall be returned to the submitting agency to keep revising and completing the project or draft document.

Article 68. Responsibility of Legal Committee for assurance of constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency of law/ordinance projects and draft resolutions with the legal system

1. Legal Committee has the responsibility to participate in the inspections of projects and draft documents carried out by other agencies of the National Assembly in order to ensure their constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency with the legal system.

2. Legal Committee shall hold a meeting with the standing committee or with the whole committee to offer opinions and appoint representatives to participate in the inspection meeting held by the inspecting agency.

3. Contents of the inspection for assurance of constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency of the project or draft document with the legal system include:

a) Conformity of regulations of the draft law or resolution of the National Assembly with the Constitution; conformity of regulations of the draft ordinance or resolution of Standing Committee of the National Assembly with the Constitution, laws, and resolutions of the National Assembly;

b) Consistency between regulations of the draft law or resolution of the National Assembly with other laws and resolutions of the National Assembly; between regulations of the draft ordinance or resolution of Standing Committee of the National Assembly with other ordinances and resolutions of Standing Committee of the National Assembly, among regulations of the draft law, ordinance, or resolution itself; and consistency of document format.

Article 69. Responsibility of Social Affairs Committee for inspecting integration of gender equality in law/ordinance projects and draft resolutions

1. Social Affairs Committee has the responsibility to participate in inspections of projects and draft documents carried out by other agencies of the National Assembly in order to ensure integration of gender equality in the project or draft document (if any).

2. Social Affairs Committee shall hold a meeting with the standing committee or with the whole committee to offer opinions and appoint representatives to participate in the inspection meeting held by the inspecting agency.

3. Contents of inspection of integration of gender equality include:

a) Determination of gender issue in the project or draft document;

b) Ensure the observance of gender equality principles of the project or draft document;

c) Compliance to procedures for assessing integration of gender equality in the project or draft document;

d) Feasibility of regulations in the draft document to ensure gender equality.

Section 4. Standing Committee of the National Assembly offering opinions about law projects and draft resolutions of the National Assembly

Article 70. Deadline for sending documents to Standing Committee of the National Assembly for opinions

At least 07 days before the opening date of meeting of Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the submitting entity must send the documents mentioned in Clause 1 Article 64 of this Law to Standing Committee of the National Assembly for opinions.

The draft document, description, and report on inspection of the project or draft document shall be posted on the information portal of the National Assembly.

Article 71. Procedures for Standing Committee of the National Assembly to offer opinions about law projects and draft resolutions of the National Assembly

1. Depending on the characteristics and contents of the law project or draft resolution of the National Assembly, Standing Committee of the National Assembly may offer opinions once or many times.

2. Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall offer opinions in the following order:

a) The representative of the submitting entity presents primary contents of the project or draft document.

The representative of the Government offers opinions about the project or draft document that is not submitted by the Government;

b) The representative of the inspecting agency presents the report on inspection and put forward issues for the National Assembly to discuss;

c) Representatives of other attending agencies, organizations and individuals offer their opinions;

d) Standing Committee of the National Assembly discusses;

dd) The chair draws a conclusion.

Article 72. Revising law projects and draft resolutions of the National Assembly according to opinions of Standing Committee of the National Assembly

1. The submitting entity shall consider opinions offered by Standing Committee of the National Assembly to revise the project or draft document.

If the project or draft document is submitted by the Government, the person appointed by the Prime Minister shall cooperate with the Ministry of Justice in considering opinions and revising the project or draft document. A report may be submitted to the Prime Minister for consideration if necessary.

2. If the submitting entity does not concur with opinions offered by Standing Committee of the National Assembly, a report shall be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration.

Section 5. DISCUSSING, REVISING, APPROVING LAW/ORDINANCE PROJECTS AND DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

Article 73. Considering approval for law/ordinance projects and draft resolutions

1. The National Assembly shall consider approving a law project or draft resolution after one or two meetings of the National Assembly; if the law project is large and have complicated clauses, the National Assembly may consider approving it after three meetings.

At least 20 days before the first meeting date of the National Assembly, project documents and draft documents submitted to the National Assembly must be sent to all deputies of the National Assembly.

2. Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall consider approving a law project or draft resolution after one or two meetings of Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

At least 20 days before the opening date of meeting of Standing Committee of the National Assembly, project documents and draft documents must be sent to all members of Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

3. Project documents and draft documents submitted to the National Assembly or Standing Committee of the National Assembly are those mentioned in Clause 1 Article 64 of this Law and the report on inspection of the project or draft document.

 Descriptions, draft documents, and inspection reports must be sent in writing; other documents may be sent electronically.

Article 74. Procedures for considering approval for a law project or draft resolution after one meeting of the National Assembly

The National Assembly shall consider approval for a law project or draft resolution after one meeting of the National Assembly in the following order:

1. The representative of the submitting entity presents the project or draft document;

2. The representative of the inspecting agency presents the inspection report;

3. The National Assembly discusses basic contents, major and controversial issues of the project or draft document at the general meeting. Before being discussed at the general meeting, the project or draft document may be discussed by groups of deputy of the National Assembly;

4. During the discussion, the representative of the submitting entity explains the issues raised by deputies of the National Assembly;

5. The National Assembly cast votes on important, major, and controversial issues of the project or draft document at the request of Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

The inspecting agency shall take charge and cooperate with the submitting entity, the secretary general of the National Assembly, and relevant organizations in assisting Standing Committee of the National Assembly in anticipating important, major and controversial issues of project or draft document to be voted by the National Assembly;

6. After the project or draft document is discussed by deputy of the National Assembly, Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall organize the revision of the draft document in the following order:

a) The inspecting agency cooperates with the submitting entity, Legal Committee, the Ministry of Justice, and relevant organizations in revising the draft document and making a revision report to be submitted to Standing Committee of the National Assembly;

b) At least 07 days before it is put to the vote by the National Assembly, the draft document must be sent to the Standing Legal Committee to review and complete the format. Standing Legal Committee shall take charge and cooperate with the inspecting agency, representatives of the submitting entity in reviewing the constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency of the draft document with the legal system;

7. Standing Committee of the National Assembly reports the draft document revision to the National Assembly.

If the submitting entity has dissenting opinions about the project or draft document not submitted by the Government, the Government and the submitting entity shall submit a report to the National Assembly for consideration;

8. The National Assembly cast votes on approval for the draft document. If the draft document is still in dispute, the National Assembly shall cast votes on the remaining issues at the request of Standing Committee of the National Assembly before the draft document is put on the vote;

9. President of the National Assembly signs the law or resolution of the National Assembly.

In case the draft document is not approved or only partially approved, the National Assembly shall consider resubmitting it or approving it at the next meeting as requested by Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

Article 75. Procedures for considering approval for a law project or draft resolution after two meetings of the National Assembly

The National Assembly shall consider approving a law project or draft resolution after two meetings of the National Assembly in the following order:

1. At the first meeting:

a) The representative of the proposing entity presents the project or draft document;

b) The representative of the inspecting agency presents the inspection report;

c) the National Assembly discusses the basic contents and issues in dispute of the project or draft document at the general meeting. Before being discussed at the general meeting, the project or draft document may be discussed at by groups of deputies of the National Assembly .

During the discussion, the representative of the submitting entity must explain the issues raised by deputies of the National Assembly;

d) The National Assembly casts votes on important, major, and controversial issues of the project or draft document at the request of Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

The inspecting agency shall take charge and cooperate with the agency, organization, or member of the submitting entity, the secretary general of the National Assembly, and relevant organizations in assisting Standing Committee of the National Assembly in anticipating important, major and controversial issues of project or draft document to be voted by the National Assembly;

dd) Standing Committee of the National Assembly requests the secretary general of the National Assembly to aggregate opinions offered by deputies of the National Assembly and enquiry sheets as the basis for revision;

2. During the interval between two meetings of the National Assembly, Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall direct the revision of the draft document in the following order:

a) The inspecting agency cooperates with the submitting entity, Standing Legal Committee, the Ministry of Justice, and relevant organizations in revising the draft document and making a revision report. The inspecting agency holds a meeting with the submitting entity, Standing Legal Committee, the Ministry of Justice, and relevant organizations to discuss the draft revision report and the revised draft document;

If the submitting entity has dissenting opinions about the project or draft document not submitted by the Government, the Government and the submitting entity shall submit a report to the National Assembly for consideration;

c) Standing Committee of the National Assembly sends the revised draft document and revision report to deputy of the National Assembly, Ethnics Committee, and other Committees of the National Assembly at least 45 days before the first meeting date of the National Assembly.

c) Standing Committee of the National Assembly sends the revised draft document and revision report to deputy of the National Assembly, Ethnics Committee, and other Committees of the National Assembly at least 20 days before first meeting date of the National Assembly.

d) The inspecting agency aggregate opinions offered by deputies of the National Assembly, Ethnic Committees, and other Committees of the National Assembly to cooperate with the submitting entity in revising the draft document and complete the revision report to be submitted to Standing Committee of the National Assembly;

3. At the second meeting:

a) The representative of Standing Committee of the National Assembly presents the revision report.

If the submitting entity has dissenting opinions about the project or draft document not submitted by the Government, the Government and the submitting entity shall submit a report to the National Assembly for consideration;

b) The National Assembly discusses remaining controversial issues of the project or draft document;

c) Standing Committee of the National Assembly directs the revision of the draft document;

d) At least 07 days before it is put to the vote, the draft document must be sent to the Standing Legal Committee to review and complete the format. Standing Legal Committee shall take charge and cooperate with the inspecting agency, representatives of the submitting entity in reviewing the constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency of the draft document with the legal system;

dd) The National Assembly cast votes on approval for the draft document. If the draft document is still in dispute, the National Assembly shall cast votes on the remaining issues at the request of Standing Committee of the National Assembly before the draft document is put on the vote;

e) President of the National Assembly signs the law or resolution of the National Assembly.

In case the draft document is not approved or only partially approved, the National Assembly shall consider resubmitting it or approving it at the next meeting as requested by Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

Article 76. Procedures for considering approval for a law project after three meetings of the National Assembly

The National Assembly shall consider approving a law project after three meetings in the following order:

1. At the first meeting, the procedures for considering and discussing the law project are the same as those in Clause 1 Article 75 of this Law;

2. During the interval between first two meetings of the National Assembly, the draft law shall be considered and revised in the following order:

a) The submitting entity cooperates with the inspecting agency, Legal Committee, the Ministry of Justice, and relevant organizations in revising the draft document and making a revision report;

b) Hold a public enquiry into the law project under a decision of Standing Committee of the National Assembly (if any);

c) The inspecting agency inspects the revised law project;

d) Standing Committee of the National Assembly considers and offers opinions about revision of the draft law according to Article 71 of this Law. The submitting entity shall consider opinions offered by Standing Committee of the National Assembly to revise the law project as prescribed in Article 72 of this Law;

3. At the second meeting:

a) The representative of the submitting entity presents the revision report and result of public enquiry into the law project (if any).

b) The representative of the inspecting agency presents the report on inspection of the revised law project;

c) The National Assembly discusses the law project at the general meeting. Before being discussed at the general meeting, the law project discussed by groups of deputies of the National Assembly;

During the discussion, the representative of the submitting entity must explain the issues raised by deputies of the National Assembly;

d) The National Assembly cast votes on important, major, and issues in dispute of the law project at the request of Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

The inspecting agency shall take charge and cooperate with the submitting entity, the secretary general of the National Assembly, and relevant organizations in assisting Standing Committee of the National Assembly in anticipating important, major and issues in dispute of law project to be put on the vote by the National Assembly;

dd) Standing Committee of the National Assembly requests the secretary general of the National Assembly to aggregate opinions offered by deputies of the National Assembly and votes as the basis for revision;

4. During the interval between the second and third meetings of the National Assembly, Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall direct the revision of the draft document in the following order:

a) The submitting entity cooperates with the inspecting agency, Legal Committee, the Ministry of Justice, and relevant organizations in revising the draft document and making a revision report. The inspecting agency holds a meeting with the submitting entity, Legal Committee, the Ministry of Justice, and relevant organizations to discuss the draft revision report and the revised draft document;

b) Standing Committee of the National Assembly considers and discusses the draft revision contract and revised draft document; If the submitting entity does not concur with the inspecting agency with regard to revision of the draft document, the representative of the submitting entity shall submit a report to Standing Committee of the National Assembly for consideration;

c) Standing Committee of the National Assembly sends the revised draft document and revision report to deputies of the National Assembly, Ethnics Committee, and other Committees of the National Assembly at least 45 days before the first meeting date.

c) Standing Committee of the National Assembly sends the revised draft document and revision report to deputy of the National Assembly, Ethnics Committee, and other Committees of the National Assembly at least 20 days before the first meeting date of the National Assembly.

d) The inspecting agency aggregate opinions offered by deputies of the National Assembly, Ethnic Committees, and other Committees of the National Assembly to cooperate with the submitting entity in revising the draft document and complete the revision report to be submitted to Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

5. At the third meeting, the procedures for considering approval for the law project are the same as those in Clause 3 Article 75 of this Law

In case the draft law is not approved or only partially approved, the National Assembly shall consider it at the request of Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

Article 77. Procedures for considering approval for an ordinance project or draft resolution of Standing Committee of the National Assembly

1. Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall consider approval for an ordinance project or draft resolution after one meeting in the following order:

a) The representative of the proposing entity presents the project or draft document;

b) The representative of the inspecting agency presents the inspection report;

c) Representatives of other attending agencies, organizations and individuals offer their opinions;

d) Standing Committee of the National Assembly discusses; the chair draws a conclusion;

a) The inspecting agency cooperates with the submitting entity, Standing Legal Committee, the Ministry of Justice, and relevant organizations in revising the draft document. The inspecting agency holds a meeting with the submitting entity, Standing Legal Committee, the Ministry of Justice, and relevant organizations to discuss the draft revision report and the revised draft document;

e) At least 07 days before it is put to the vote, the draft document must be sent to the Standing Legal Committee to review and complete the format. Standing Legal Committee shall take charge and cooperate with the inspecting agency, representatives of the submitting entity in reviewing the constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency of the draft document with the legal system;

g) The representative of the inspecting agency reports the revision of the draft document to Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

If the submitting entity has dissenting opinions about the project or draft document not submitted by the Government, the Government and the submitting entity shall submit a report to Standing Committee of the National Assembly for consideration;

h) Standing Committee of the National Assembly casts votes on approval for the draft document. If the draft document is still in dispute, Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall cast votes on the remaining issues at the request of the chair before the draft document is put on the vote;

i) The President of the National Assembly signs the ordinance or resolution of Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

2. Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall consider approval for an ordinance project or draft resolution after two meeting in the following order:

a) At the first meeting, the procedures are the same as those prescribed in Points a, b, c, d Clause 1 of this Article. Standing Committee of the National Assembly discusses and cast votes on important, major issues of the project or draft document at the request of the inspecting agency as the basis for revision;

b) During the interval between two meetings, the inspecting agency cooperates with the submitting entity, Standing Legal Committee, the Ministry of Justice, and relevant organizations in revising the draft document as directed by Standing Committee of the National Assembly. The inspecting agency holds a meeting with the submitting entity, Standing Legal Committee, the Ministry of Justice, and relevant organizations to discuss the draft revision report and the revised draft document;

c) At least 05 days before it is put to the vote, the draft document must be sent to the Standing Legal Committee to review and complete the format. Standing Legal Committee shall take charge and cooperate with the inspecting agency, representatives of the submitting entity in reviewing the constitutionality, legitimacy, and consistency of the draft document with the legal system;

d) At the second meeting, the representative of the inspecting agency reports the revision of the draft document to Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

If the submitting entity has dissenting opinions about the project or draft document not submitted by the Government, the Government and the submitting entity shall submit a report to Standing Committee of the National Assembly for consideration;

dd) Standing Committee of the National Assembly casts votes on approval for the draft document. If the draft document is still in dispute, Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall cast votes on the remaining issues at the request of the chair before the draft document is put on the vote;

e) The President of the National Assembly signs the ordinance or resolution of Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

Article 78. Documents about the law/ordinance project or draft resolution submitted to the National Assembly or Standing Committee of the National Assembly for approval

1. The report on revision of draft document.

2. The revised draft document.

Article 79. Date of ratification of laws and resolutions of the National Assembly, ordinances and resolutions of Standing Committee of the National Assembly

The date of ratification of a law or resolution of the National Assembly, ordinance or resolution of Standing Committee of the National Assembly is the day on which such law, ordinance, or resolution is voted for by the National Assembly or Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

Section 6. ANNOUNCEMENT OF LAWS, ORDINANCES, AND RESOLUTIONS

Article 80. Announcement of laws, ordinances, and resolutions

1. The President shall announce a law or ordinance within 15 days from the day on which it is ratified.

In case the President requests Standing Committee of the National Assembly to consider an ordinance ratified by Standing Committee of the National Assembly as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 8 of the Constitution, the President shall send the written request to Standing Committee of the National Assembly within 10 days from the day on which the ordinance is ratified. Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall reconsider the issues raised by the President at the nearest meeting. After the ordinance is put on the vote and ratified again by Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the President shall announce it within 15 days from the day on which it is ratified again by Standing Committee of the National Assembly. If the President still disagrees, the President shall present the case to the National Assembly for decision at the nearest meeting.

The President shall announce a law or ordinance formulated and promulgated under simplified procedures within 05 days from the day on which it is ratified.

2. Secretary general of the National Assembly shall announce the resolution of the National Assembly, resolution of Standing Committee of the National Assembly within 15 days from the day on which it is ratified.

Secretary general of the National Assembly shall announce the resolution formulated and promulgated under simplified procedures within 05 days from the day on which it is ratified.