Chương 1 Luật Tổ chức Quốc hội 2001: Những quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1.- The National Assembly is the supreme representative body of the people and the supreme state power organ of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The National Assembly is the sole body vested with the right to make constitution and to make laws.

The National Assembly decides on the basic home and external policies, socio-economic tasks, national defense and security of the country, the main principles on organization and operation of the State apparatus, on the social relations and activities of citizens.

The National Assembly exercises the supreme right to supervise the entire operation of the State.

Article 2.- The National Assembly has the following tasks and powers:

1. To make and amend the constitution; to make and amend laws; to decide on law-, ordinance- making programs;

2. To exercise the supreme right to supervise the observance of the Constitution, laws and resolutions of the National Assembly; to examine the reports on activities of the State President, the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Government, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuracy;

3. To decide on socio-economic development plans of the country;

4. To decide on national financial and monetary policies; decide on State budget estimates and central budget allocation, to ratify the State budget final settlement; to set, amend or annul taxes;

5. To decide on the nationality policies and the religious policies of the State;

6. To stipulate the organization and operation of the National Assembly, the State President, the Government, the people’s courts, the people’s procuracies and the local administration;

7. To elect, relieve from duty and remove from office the State President, the Vice State Presidents, the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Standing Committee members of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, the chief judge of the Supreme People’s Court, the chairman of the Supreme People’s Procuracy; to ratify the Prime Minister’s proposals on the appointment, relief from duty, and removal from office of Deputy Prime Ministers, ministers and other members of the Government; to ratify the State President’s proposals on the list of members of the Defense and Security Council; to cast vote of confidence on persons who hold positions elected or ratified by the National Assembly;

8. To decide on the establishment and abolition of ministries and ministerial-level agencies of the Government; the establishment, merger, division, adjustment of administrative boundaries of provinces and centrally-run cities; the establishment or dissolution of special administrative-economic units;

9. To abrogate documents issued by the State President, the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Government, the Prime Minister, the Supreme People’s Court or the Supreme People’s Procuracy, which contravene the Constitution, laws and resolutions of the National Assembly;

10. To decide on general amnesties;

11. To stipulate the ranks, titles in the people’s armed forces, the diplomatic ranks and titles as well as other State ranks and titles; to stipulate orders, medals and honorable titles of the State;

12. To decide on matters related to war and peace; to stipulate the state of emergency and other special measures to ensure the national defense and security;

13. To decide on basic external policies; to ratify or abrogate international agreements personally signed by the State President; to ratify and abrogate other international agreements already signed or acceded to at the proposal of the State President;

14. To decide on holding referenda.

Article 3.- The term of each legislature is five years, counting from the first session of the National Assembly of that legislature to the first session of the National Assembly of the next legislature.

In special cases, the National Assembly shall decide to shorten or prolong its term if it is so voted for by at least two-thirds of the total number of National Assembly deputies.

Article 4.- The National Assembly is organized and operates according to the principle of democratic centralism; works according to the conference regime and make decisions by majority.

The effectiveness of the National Assembly’s operation is ensured with the effectiveness of the sessions of the National Assembly, the activities of the Standing Committee, the Nationality Council and the Commissions of the National Assembly, the National Assembly deputies associations and the National Assembly deputies.

Article 5.- When performing their tasks, the National Assembly, the Standing Committee, the Nationality Council, the Commissions and the deputies of the National Assembly shall rely on the participation of the Central Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations, other social organizations and of citizens.

The State agencies, social organizations, economic organizations and people’s armed force units shall, within the ambit of their functions and tasks, have the responsibility to create conditions for the Nationality Council, the Commissions and the deputies of the National Assembly to perform their tasks.