Law No. 24/2004/QH11 dated June 15, 2004 of the National Assembly on the Civil Procedure

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ---------------	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness --------------
No. 24/2004/QH11	Hanoi, June 15, 2004

CODE

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10 of December 25, 2001 of the X th National Assembly, the 10th session.

This Law provides for the order and procedures for settling civil cases and matters and enforcing civil judgments.

Part One

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter 1

TASK AND EFFECT OF THE CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE

Article 1.- Regulation scope and task of the Civil Procedure Code

The Civil Procedure Code provides for the basic principles in civil proceedings; the order and procedures for initiating lawsuits at courts to settle cases of civil, marriage and family, business, trade and labor disputes (hereinafter referred collectively to as civil cases) and the order and procedures to request courts to settle matters regarding civil, marriage and family, business, trade or labor requirements (hereinafter referred collectively to as civil matters); the order and procedures for settlement of civil cases, civil matters (hereinafter referred collectively to as civil cases and matters) at courts; the civil judgment enforcement; the tasks, powers and responsibilities of the procedure-conducting agencies, the procedure-conducting persons; the rights and obligations of persons participating in civil proceedings and of relevant individuals, State agencies, people's armed force units, economic organizations, political organizations, socio-political organizations, professional-socio-political organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations (hereinafter referred collectively to as agencies, organizations) in order to ensure the speedy, accurate, judicious and lawful settlement of civil cases and matters.