Chương IV Luật doanh nghiệp 2020: Doanh nghiệp nhà nước

Chapter IV

STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES

Article 88. State-owned enterprises

1. State-owned enterprises shall be limited liability companies or joint stock companies, including:

a) Wholly state-owned enterprises (100% of charter capital of which is held by the State)

b) Partially state-owned enterprises (over 50% of charter capital or voting shares is held by the State, except the enterprises specified in Point a Clause 1 of this Article).

2. Wholly state-owned enterprises specified in Point a Clause 1 of this Article include:

a) Single-member limited liability companies 100% of charter capital of which is held by the State that are parent companies of state-owned corporations or parent companies in groups of parent company – subsidiary companies;

b) Independent single-member limited liability companies 100% of charter capital of which is held by the State.

3. Partially state-owned specified in Point b Clause 1 of this Article include:

a) Multiple-member limited liability companies and joint stock companies over 50% of charter capital or voting shares of which is held by the State that are parent companies of state-owned corporations or parent companies in groups of parent company – subsidiary companies;

b) Independent multiple-member limited liability companies and joint stock companies over 50% of charter capital or voting shares of which is held by the State.

4. The Government shall elaborate this Article.

Article 89. Application of regulations on state-owned enterprises

1. Wholly state-owned enterprises specified in Point a Clause 1 Article 88 of this Article shall be organized as single-member limited liability companies in accordance with this Chapter and relevant regulations of this Law. In case of discrepancies between regulations of this Law, the regulations of this Chapter shall prevail.

2. Partially state-owned enterprises specified in Point b Clause 1 Article 88 of this Article shall be organized as multiple-member limited liability companies in accordance with Section 1 of Chapter III or as joint stock companies in accordance with Chapter V of this Law.

Article 90. Organizational structure

The state ownership representative body shall decide whether to apply one of the two models below to organize the state-owned enterprise as a single-member limited liability company:

1. A company with a President, Director/General Director and Board of Controllers;

2. A company with a Board of Members, Director/General Director and Board of Controllers.

Article 91. The Board of Members

1. The Board of Members shall perform the company’s rights and obligations in the company’s name as prescribed by this Law and relevant laws.

2. The Board of Members shall consist of up to 07 members including a President. Members of the Board of Members shall be designated, dismissed, rewarded and disciplined by the state ownership representative body.

3. The term of office of the President and other members of the Board of Members shall not exceed 05 years. A member of Board of Members may be designated again for not more than 02 terms in the same company unless he/she has worked for the company for more than 15 consecutive years before the first designation.

Article 92. Rights and obligations of the Board of Members

1. The Board of Members shall, in the name of the company, perform the rights and obligations of the owner, shareholders/members of other companies owned by the company or whose shares/stakes are owned by the company.

2. The Board of Members has the following rights and obligations:

a) Decide the matters prescribed in the Law on Management and use of State Investment in Enterprises;

b) Decide establishment, reorganization, dissolution of the company’s branches, representative offices and dependent units;

c) Decide the company’s annual business plan, policies on market development, marketing and technology;

d) Organize internal audits and decide establishment of the company’s internal audit unit;

dd) Other rights and obligations prescribed by the company's charter, this Law and relevant laws.

Article 93. Requirements to be satisfied by members of the Board of Members

To become a member of the Board of Members, a person shall satisfy the following requirements:

1. He/she is not one of the persons specified in Clause 2 Article 17 of this Law.

2. He/she has professional qualifications and experience of busines administration or experience of the company’s business lines.

3. He/she is not a relative of the head or deputies of the state ownership representative body; any of the members of the Board of members, the Director/General Director, the Deputy Director/General Director, the chief accountant or Controllers of the company.

4. He/she is not an executive of the member enterprise.

5. A member of the Board of Members other than the President may concurrently hold the position of Director/General Director of the company or another company that is not a member enterprise under a decision of the state ownership representative body.

6. He/she has never been discharged from the position of President of the Board of Members, member of Board of Members, the company’s President, Director/General Director, Deputy Director/General Director of a state-owned enterprise.

7. He/she satisfies other requirements specified in the company’s charter.

Article 94. Dismissal, discharge of members of the Board of Members

1. The President or another member of the Board of Members shall be dismissed in the following cases:

a) He/she does not fully satisfy the requirements specified in Article 93 of this Law;

b) He/she hands in the resignation and is accepted in writing by the state ownership representative body;

c) A reassignment or retirement decision is issued;

d) He/she is not capable of or qualified for the given tasks;

dd) He/she is not healthy or reputable enough to hold the position.

2. The President or another member of the Board of Members shall be discharge from duty in the following cases:

a) The company fails to achieve the annual targets; fails to conserve and develop investment capital as required by the state ownership representative body without an excuse that is objective or accepted by the state ownership representative body;

b) He/she is convicted by the Court under an effective judgment or decision;

c) He/she fails to perform her duties in an honest manner or abuses his/her power and position or uses the company’s assets for personal gain or serve any other organization’s or individual’s interests; fails to truthfully report the company’s finance and business performance.

3. Within 60 days from the issuance date of the decision to dismiss or discharge the President or member of the Board of Members, the state ownership representative body shall designate another person as President or member.

Article 95. President of the Board of Members

1. The President of the Board of Members shall be designated by the state ownership representative body as prescribed by law and must not concurrently hold the position of Director/General Director of the company or another enterprise.

2. The President of the Board of Members has the following rights and obligations:

a) Plan quarterly and annual activities of the Board of Members;

b) Draw up agenda and prepare documents for meetings or surveys of the Board of Members;

c) Convene and chair meetings of the Board of Members or organize surveys of the Board of Members;

d) Organize the implementation of decisions of the state ownership representative body and resolutions of the Board of Members;

dd) Supervise, organize the supervision and evaluation of the achievement of strategic targets and the company’s business performance, performance of the Director/General Director;

e) Organize the disclosure of the company’s information as prescribed by law; take responsibility for the adequacy, punctuality, accuracy and systematic organization of the disclosed information.

3. In addition to the cases specified in Article 94 of this Law, the President of the Board of Members may be dismissed or discharged if he/she fails to perform the rights and obligations specified in Clause 2 of this Article.

Article 96. Rights and obligations of members of the Board of Members

1. Participate in meetings of the Board of Members; discuss, propose, vote on the issues within the jurisdiction of the Board of Members;

2. Inspect, access, extract logbooks; monitor contracts, transactions, accounting books, financial statements, minutes of meetings of the Board of Members and other documents of the company;

3. Other rights and obligations prescribed by the company's charter, this Law and relevant laws.

Article 97. Responsibilities of President and other members of the Board of Members

1. Comply with the company's charter, decisions of the company’s owner and regulations of law.

2. Exercise and perform their rights and obligations in an honest and prudent manner to protect the lawful interests of the company and the State.

3. b) Be loyal to the interests of the company and the State; do not abuse their power and position or use the enterprise’s information, secrets, business opportunities and assets for personal gain or serve any other organization’s or individual’s interests;

4. c) Promptly and fully notify the company of the enterprises that they own or have shares/stakes or that their related persons own, jointly own or have separate controlling shares/stakes. These notifications shall be retained at the company’s headquarters.

5. Implement resolutions of the Board of Members.

6. Take personal responsibility when performing the following actions:

a) Take advantage of the company’s name to violate the law;

b) Do business or conduct transactions that do not serve the company’s interests and cause damage to other organizations and individuals;

c) Pay debts before they are due while the company is facing financial risks.

7. The member who discovers another member’s violation shall send a written notification to the state ownership representative body, request the violator to stop the violation and implement remedial measures.

Article 98. Working regulations, conditions and procedures for conducting meetings of the Board of Members

1. The Board of Members shall work as a collective. At least one meeting shall be held in a quarter to consider and decide the matters within its jurisdiction. For matters that do not require discussion, the Board of Members may carry out a questionnaire survey as prescribed by the company's charter. Ad hoc meetings may be convened to resolve urgent issues at the request of the state ownership representative body, the President of the Board of Members, more than 50% of the members of the Board of Members or the Director/General Director.

2. The President of the Board of Members or the person authorized by the President of the Board of Members shall draw up the meeting agenda and prepare meeting document; convene and chair the meeting. Members of the Board of Members are entitled to propose additional contents to the meeting agenda in writing. The meeting documents and agenda shall be sent to the members of the Board of Members and invited participants at least 03 working days before the meeting date. Meeting documents relevant to proposed revisions to the company's charter, orientation for development of the company, ratification of the annual financial statement, reorganization or dissolution of the company shall be sent to the members at least 05 working days before the meeting date.

3. Invitations to the meeting can be sent physically, by phone, fax, electronically or by other methods prescribed by the company's charter to each member of the Board of Members and invited participants. The invitation shall specify the time, location and agenda of the meeting. Online meetings may be carried out where necessary.

4. A meeting of the Board of Members shall be conducted when it is participated in by at least two thirds of the members. A resolution of the Board of Members shall be ratified when it is voted for by more than half of the participating members. In case of equality of votes, the option that is voted for by the President of the Board of Members or the person authorized by the President to chair the meeting shall prevail. Members of Board of Members who have dissenting opinions may submit their proposals to the state ownership representative body.

5. In case of questionnaire survey, a resolution of the Board of Members shall be ratified when it is voted for by more than half of the members. A resolution may be ratified by using multiple copies of the same document if each copy bears at least one signature of the members of Board of Members.

6. The Board of Members may invite representatives of relevant organizations to participate in the meeting to discuss specific matters in the agenda. The invited participants may comment but must not vote. Their comments shall be fully written in the minutes.

7. The discussion, comments, voting result and resolutions ratified by the Board of Members shall be written in the minutes. The chair and the secretary of the meeting shall be jointly responsible for the accuracy of the minutes. The minutes shall be ratified before the meeting comes to an end and contain the following information:

a) The meeting time, location, purposes and agenda; list of participating members; discussed and voted matters; summaries of comments made by the members and invited participants on each matter;

b) The number of affirmative votes, negative votes and abstentions (if permitted);

c) Ratified decisions;

d) Full names and signatures of the participating members.

8. Members of the Board of Directors are entitled to request the Director/General Director, Deputy Director/Deputy General Director, chief accountant, executives of the company and subsidiary companies 100% of charter capital of which is held by the company, representatives of the company’s investment in other enterprises to provide information and documents about the company’s finance and business performance in accordance with regulations of the Board of Members or resolution of the Board of Members. The requested person shall provide accurate information and documents, unless otherwise decided by the Board of Members.

9. The Board of Members may employ the company’s management and assistance apparatus in performance of their duties.

10. Operating costs of the Board of Members, their salaries and allowances shall be recorded as the company’s administrative expenses.

11. Where necessary, the Board of Members may discuss with domestic and foreign counsels before making important decisions under its jurisdiction. The counseling cost shall be specified in the company’s financial management regulations.

12. A resolution of the Board of Members shall take effect on the ratification date or the effective date written therein, unless it is subject to approval by the state ownership representative body.

Article 99. The company’s President

1. The company’s President shall be designated by the state ownership representative body as prescribed by law and has up to 02 terms of office of up to 05 years each, unless he/she has worked for the company for more than 15 consecutive years before the first designation. The requirements, dismissal of the company’s President shall comply with Article 93 and Article 94 of this Law.

2. The company’s President shall perform the rights and obligations of the state ownership representative at the company in accordance with the Law on Management and use of State Investment in Enterprises; other rights, obligations and responsibilities prescribed in Article 92 and Article 97 of this Law.

3. The Presidents’ salaries and allowances shall be recorded as the company’s administrative expenses.

4. The company’s President shall employ the company’s administration and assistance apparatus to perform his/her rights and obligations. Where necessary, the company’s President may discuss with domestic and foreign counsels before making important decisions under his/her jurisdiction. The counseling costs shall be specified in the company’s financial management regulations.

5. The decisions within the President’s jurisdiction mentioned in Clause 2 of this Article shall be made in writing and bear the President’s signature, even if the President concurrently holds the position of Director/General Director.

6. A President’s decision takes effect from the day on which it is signed or on the effective date written therein, unless it is subject to approval by the state ownership representative body.

7. In case the President is not present in Vietnam for more than 30 days, he/she shall authorize another person in writing to perform some of his/her rights and obligations. A written notification of the authorization shall be sent to the state ownership representative body. Other cases of authorization shall comply with the company’s rules and regulations.

Article 100. The Director/General Director and Deputy Directors/General Directors

1. The Director/General Director shall be designated or hired by the Board of Members or the company’s President under a personnel plan approved by the state ownership representative body.

2. The Director/General Director shall manage the company’s everyday business and has the following rights and obligations:

a) Organize the implementation of the company’s busines plans and investment plans and evaluation thereof;

b) Organize the implementation of resolutions and decisions of the Board of Members, company’s President and state ownership representative body and evaluation thereof;

c) Decide everyday matters of the company;

d) Issue the company’s rules and regulations after they are approved by the Board of Members or company’s President;

dd) Designate, hire, dismiss, terminate employment contracts with the company’s executives, except those within jurisdiction of the Board of Members or the company’s President;

e) Enter into contracts and carry out transactions in the company’s name, except those within jurisdiction of the President of the Board of Members or the company’s President;

g) Prepare and submit quarterly and annual reports on achievement of business targets and financial statements to the Board of Members or the company’s President;

h) Propose the distribution and use of post-tax profits and other financial obligations of the company;

i) Recruit employees;

k) Propose the plan for the company’s reorganization;

l) Other rights and obligations prescribed by law and the company's charter.

3. The company may have one or several Deputy Directors/General Directors. The designation and quantity of Deputy Directors/General Directors shall be specified in the company's charter. Rights and obligations of Deputy Directors/General Directors shall be specified in the company's charter and their employment contracts.

Article 101. Requirements to be satisfied by the Director/General Director

1. He/she is not one of the persons specified in Clause 2 Article 17 of this Law.

2. He/she has professional qualifications and experience of busines administration or in the company’s business lines.

3. He/she is not a relative of the head or deputies of the state ownership representative body; any of the members of the Board of members, the company’s President; any of the Deputy Directors/General Directors, the chief accountant or Controllers of the company.

4. He/she has never been dismissed from the position of President of the Board of Members, member of the Board of Members, the company’s President, Director/General Director, Deputy Director/General Director of the company or another state-owned enterprise.

5. He/she is not holding the position of Director/General Director of another enterprise.

6. He/she satisfies other requirements specified in the company’s charter.

Article 102. Dismissal, discharge of the Director/General Director, other executives and the chief accountant

1. The Director/General Director shall be dismissed from office in the following cases:

a) He/she no longer fully satisfies the requirements specified in Article 101 of this Law;

b) He/she hands in the resignation.

2. The Director/General Director shall be discharged from duty in the following cases:

a) The enterprise’s capital is not conserved as prescribed by law;

b) The enterprise fails to achieve its annual targets;

c) The enterprise violates the law;

d) The Director/General Director is not qualified for or capable of developing the enterprise’s new busines plan and development strategy;

dd) The Director/General Director fails to perform his/her rights and obligations prescribed in Article 97 and Article 100 of this Law;

e) Other cases prescribed by the company's charter.

3. Within 60 days from the issuance date of the decision on dismissal or discharge, the Board of Members or the company shall recruit or designate a person to hold the position.

4. The company's charter shall provide for cases of dismissal and discharge of Deputy Directors/General Directors, other executives and the chief accountant.

Article 103. Controllers and the Board of Controllers

1. The state ownership representative body shall decide the establishment of a Board of Controllers, which has 01 – 05 Controllers including a Chief Controller. The term of office of a Controller shall not exceed 05 years. A Controller must not be designated more than 02 consecutive terms. In case the Board of Controllers has only 01 Controller, he/she shall be the Chief Controller and has to satisfy corresponding requirements.

2. An individual may concurrently hold the position of Chief Controller or Controller of up to 04 state-owned enterprises.

3. A Controller or Chief Controller shall satisfy the following requirements:

a) He/she has a bachelor’s degree or higher in economics, finance, accounting, audit, law, business administration or a major that is relevant to the enterprise’s business operation and at least 03 years’ experience (05 years for Chief Controller);

b) He/she is not executive of the company or any other enterprise; not a Controller of enterprises other than state-owned enterprises; not a company’s employee.

c) He/she is not a relative of the head or deputies of the state ownership representative body; any of the members of the Board of members, the Director/General Director, any of the Deputy Directors/General Directors, the chief accountant or any other Controllers of the company;

d) He/she satisfies other requirements specified in the company’s charter.

4. The Government shall elaborate this Article.

Article 104. Obligations of the Board of Controllers

1. The Board of Controllers has the following obligations:

a) Supervise the implementation of the company’s business plans and development strategy;

b) Supervise and evaluate the company’s business performance and finance;

c) Supervise and evaluate the performance of the Board of Members and its members, the company’s President and Director/General Director;

d) Supervise and evaluate the compliance to the company’s internal audit, risk management, reporting regulations and other rules and regulations;

dd) Supervise the legitimacy, systematic organization and honesty of accounting tasks, accounting records, financial statements, their annexes and relevant documents;

e) Supervise the company’s contracts and transactions with relevant parties;

g) Supervise execution of major projects; sales and purchases; other large-scale contracts and transactions; unusual contracts and transactions of the company;

h) Prepare and send evaluation reports and proposals of the matters specified in Points a, b, c, d, dd, e and g of this Clause to the state ownership representative body and the Board of Members;

i) Perform other obligations demanded by the state ownership representative body, prescribed by the company's charter.

2. The state ownership representative body shall decide and pay the Controllers’ salaries, bonuses and other benefits.

3. The Government shall elaborate this Article.

Article 105. Rights the Board of Controllers

The Board of Controllers has the rights to:

1. Participate in meetings of the Board of Members, official and unofficial discussions between the state ownership representative body with the Board of Members; question the Board of Members, its members, the company’s President and the Director/General Director about the plans, projects, development programs and other decisions in management and administration of the company.

2. Examine accounting books, reports, contracts, transactions and other documents of the company; inspect the management and administration by the Board of Members and its members, the company’s President and Director/General Director where necessary or at the request of the state ownership representative body.

3. Request the Board of Members and its members, the company’s President and Director/General Director, Deputy Directors/Deputy General Directors, chief accountant and other executives to submit reports or provide information about the company’s management, investment and business operation.

4. Request the company’s executives to submit reports on the subsidiary companies’ finance and business performance if they are necessary for performance of their duties prescribed by law and the company's charter.

5. Request the state ownership representative body to establish an audit unit which will advise and assist the Board of Controllers in performance of its rights and obligations.

6. Other rights and obligations prescribed by the company's charter.

Article 106. Working regulations of the Board of Controllers

1. The Chief Controller shall prepare monthly, quarterly and annual working plans of the Board of Controllers; assign specific tasks to each Controller.

2. Controllers shall perform their assign tasks independently; propose other tasks where necessary.

3. The Board of Controllers shall hold a meeting at least once a month to evaluate and approve the monthly operation reports before they are submitted to the state ownership representative body; discuss and approve operation plans of the next month.

4. A decision of the Board of Controllers will be ratified when it is voted for by the majority of the participating members. Dissenting opinions shall be fully and accurately recorded and reported to the state ownership representative body.

Article 107. Responsibilities of Controllers

1. Comply with regulations of law, the company's charter, decisions of the state ownership representative body and the code of ethics in performance of their rights and obligations.

2. Exercise and perform their rights and obligations in an honest and prudent manner to protect the lawful interests of the State, the company the parties.

3. Be loyal to the interests of the company and the State; do not abuse their power and position or use the enterprise’s information, secrets, business opportunities and assets for personal gain or serve any other organization’s or individual’s interests;

4. The Controller that violates the regulations of this Article and causes damage to the company shall be personally or jointly pay compensation, be held liable to disciplinary actions, administrative penalties or criminal prosecution depending on the nature and severity of the violation and have to return the incomes and benefits earned from the violation.

5. Send a notification to the state ownership representative body of violations committed by another Controller and request the violator to stop the violation and implement remedial measures.

6. Request the violator to stop the violation and implement remedial measures, and notify to the state ownership representative body, other Controllers and relevant individuals in the following cases:

a) A member of the Board of Members, the company’s President, the Director/General Director or another executive violates or is going to violate regulations on their rights and obligations

b) Violations against the law, the company's charter or the company’s rules and violations are discovered.

7. Other responsibilities prescribed by this Law and the company's charter.

Article 108. Dismissal and discharge of Controllers and the Chief Controller

1. The Chief Controller or a Controller shall be dismissed in the following cases:

a) He/she no longer fully satisfies the requirements specified in Article 103 of this Law;

b) He/she hands in the resignation and is accepted by the state ownership representative body;

c) He/she is reassigned by the state ownership representative body or another competent authority;

d) Other cases prescribed by the company's charter.

2. The Chief Controller or a Controller shall be discharged from duty in the following cases:

a) He/she fails to perform his/her duties for 03 consecutive months, except in force majeure events;

b) He/she fails to perform his/her duties for 01 year;

c) He/she commits multiple, serious violations against the rights and obligations of a Controller or the Chief Controller prescribed by this Law and the company’s charter;

d) Other cases prescribed by the company's charter.

Article 109. Periodic disclosure of information

1. The information shall be periodically posted on the websites of the company and the state ownership representative body:

a) Basic information about the company and the company's charter;

b) Overall targets and specific targets in the annual business plan;

c) The annual financial statement audited by an independent audit organization within 150 days after the end of the fiscal year and its summary (including the financial statement of the parent company and the consolidated financial statement (if any);

d) The mid-year financial statement audited by an independent audit organization and its summary (including the financial statement of the parent company and the consolidated financial statement (if any); these documents must be disclosed before July 31;

dd) Reports on implementation of annual business plans;

e) Reports on performance of public duties that are assigned or bid for (if any) and other social responsibilities;

g) The report on the company’s management and organizational structure.

2. g) The report on the company’s management and organizational structure shall contain the following information:

a) Information about the state ownership representative body, its head and deputies;

b) Information about the company’s executives, their qualifications and experience, managerial position previously held, how they are designated, their managerial tasks; their salaries, bonuses, benefits and payment method, their related persons and interests;

c) Relevant decisions of the state ownership representative body; resolutions and decisions of the Board of Members of the company’s President;

d) Information about the Board of Controllers, Controllers and their activities;

dd) Verdicts of inspecting authorities (if any) and reports of the Controllers and the Board of Controllers;

e) Information about the company’s related persons; contracts and transactions between the company and its related persons;

g) Other information prescribed by the company’s charter.

3. Information shall be fully, accurately and punctually disclosed as prescribed by law.

4. Information shall be disclosed by the legal representative or the person authorized to disclose information. The legal representative shall be responsible for the adequacy, punctuality and accuracy of the information disclosed.

5. The Government shall elaborate this Article.

Article 110. Irregular disclosure of information

1. Information shall be posted the company’s website and printed matters (if any) and displayed at the company’s headquarters and business locations within 36 hours from the occurrence of any of the following events:

a) The company’s account is frozen or unfrozen;

b) All or part of the company’s business activities are suspended; the certificate of enterprise registration, establishment license, establishment and operation license, operation license or another license relevant to the company’s operation is revoked;

c) The certificate of enterprise registration, establishment license, establishment and operation license, operation license or another license relevant to the company’s operation is revised;

d) There is a change of members of the Board of Members, the company’s President, Director/General Director, Deputy Directors/General Directors, chief accountant, accounting – finance department manager, Controllers or Chief Controller;

dd) An executive of the company is disciplined or charged under a decision; the court issues a decision that involves an executive of the company;

e) An inspecting authority or tax authority announces a verdict on the enterprise’s violations of law;

g) There is a decision that the independent audit organization is changed or not permitted to audit the financial statement;

h) There is a decision on establishment, dissolution, consolidation, acquisition or conversion of a subsidiary company, branch or representative office; investment in, decrease or withdrawal of investment in other companies.

2. The Government shall elaborate this Article.