Chương 1 Nghị định 58/2001/NĐ-CP: Những quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1.- Seals are used in the State agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, socio-professional organizations, mass organizations, economic organizations, armed force units, foreign agencies and organizations operating in Vietnam (hereinafter called agencies and organizations for short) and by a number of State titles. Seals represent legal status of agencies, organizations and State titles and affirm the legal validity of their documents and papers. Seals shall be managed according to the provisions of this Decree.

Article 2.- The provisions on management and use of seals in this Decree shall apply to seals bearing the national emblem as well as those without it, which are used in forms of wet seal, embossed seal and wax seal.

Title seals, date seals, official dispatch receipt seals and signature certification seals shall not be subject to this Decree.

Article 3.- The following agencies, organizations and State titles shall be entitled to use seals bearing the national emblem:

1. The National Assembly Standing Committee, the National Assembly’s Council of Nationalities and Commissions, the National Assembly Office, the National Assembly delegations of the provinces and centrally-run cities;

2. The State President, the National Assembly’s Chairman, the Prime Minister;

3. The Government, the ministries, the ministerial-level agencies and the agencies attached to the Government;

4. The Office of the State President;

5. The Supreme People’s Procuracy, the local People’s Procuracies, the Military Procuracies;

6. The Supreme People’s Court, the local People’s Courts, the Military Courts and other courts prescribed by law;

7. The People’s Councils and People’s Committees of all levels;

8. The civil judgment executing bodies;

9. The notary public offices of the provinces and centrally-run cities;

10. The representations of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam abroad, including the diplomatic missions, permanent representative missions at the inter-governmental international organizations and consular offices (including honorable consulates), representative offices performing the function of representing the Vietnamese State in relations with host countries or international organizations within the ambit of their respective tasks and powers prescribed by law;

11. The bodies under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs: the Consular Department, the Protocol Department, the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese and the municipal Foreign Affair Service of Ho Chi Minh City;

12. A number of other organizations permitted by the Prime Minister.

Article 4.- The following agencies and organizations shall be entitled to use seals without the national emblem thereon:

1. Agencies and organizations that have the legal person status and belong to organizational structure of the ministries, ministerial-level agencies and agencies attached to the Government;

2. Agencies and organizations that have the legal person status and belong to organizational structure of the People’s Procuracy, Military Procuracy, People’s Court and Military Court of all levels;

3. Professional bodies and public-service organizations attached to the People’s Committees of the provincial or district levels;

4. Political organizations, socio-political organizations, socio-professional organizations, friendship associations, charity organizations, social relief societies, social funds, charity funds; and other non-governmental organizations, which are established under the competent State agencies’ permission or granted operation licenses;

5. Religious organizations, which are permitted for operation by the competent State agencies;

6. Economic organizations defined by the Law on State Enterprises, the Law on Enterprises, the Law on Foreign Investment in Vietnam, the Law on Domestic Investment Promotion, the Law on Cooperatives; and other economic organizations prescribed by law; as well as attached units, branches and representative offices of these economic organizations;

7. A number of other organizations, which are permitted by the State agencies competent to establish them;

8. Foreign agencies and organizations lawfully operating in Vietnam.