THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 31/2006/CT-TTg
Hanoi, August 25, 2006
 
DIRECTIVE
STEPPING UP THE DRAFTING AND PROMULGATION OF DOCUMENTS DETAILING AND GUIDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES
Over the past years, the Government.s lawmaking work, including the drafting and promulgation of documents detailing and guiding the implementation of laws and ordinances, has positively contributed to the national renewal and the building of a socialist state ruled by law of Vietnam, and international economic integration. However, this work remains slow in progress and low in quality; many detailing and guiding documents have not been promulgated in time, resulting in the delayed enforcement of relevant laws or ordinances and affecting their effect and efficacy in state management and social life.
The above situation is attributed to the following principal causes: leaders of some ministries or branches have not fulfilled their responsibilities in directing the drafting of documents; many draft documents submitted to the Government were of low quality and their revision took a lot of time; the coordination among ministries and branches in the drafting of legal documents was not close and effective; cadres' and civil servants' drafting competence and skills remain weak, failing to meet the requirements; the evaluation and examination of draft legal documents are still slow and of poor quality, failing to help the Prime Minister and cabinet members make decisions on important issues related to various state-management branches and domains or issues on which opinions remained divergent among ministries and branches.
In order to redress the above-said shortcomings and weaknesses, raise the quality, and speed up the process of the drafting of documents detailing and guiding the implementation of laws and ordinances (hereinafter collectively referred to as draft documents), the Prime Minister hereby instructs:
1. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies and government-attached agencies:
a/ To consider the drafting of documents a central task in their working programs.
b/ To strictly follow the document-drafting schedule specified in the working programs of the Government or the Prime Minister. Where drafts have not yet been prepared for submission, 30 working days before the submission deadline, such must be reported to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision. Such a report should clearly state the reasons, remedies, and time limit for submission, which must be no later than the effective date of laws or ordinances to be detailed and guided.
c/ To closely coordinate with the Government Office in reviewing and making lists of draft documents in the direction that:
Draft documents detailing and guiding the implementation of laws or ordinances which took effect on or prior to July 1, 2006, must be completed and submitted to the Prime Minister by November 30, 2006;
Draft documents detailing and guiding the implementation of laws or ordinances which took effect after July 1, 2006, must be completed and submitted to the Prime Minister at least 30 days before the effective date of such laws or ordinances;
The lists of draft documents should clearly state the submission deadlines in the order of priority and be reported to the Prime Minister before September 5, 2006;
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