THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 51/2001/NQ-QH10
Hanoi, December 25, 2001
 
RESOLUTION
ON AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE 1992 CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Pursuant to Articles 84 and 147 of the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
Pursuant to Resolution No. 43/2001/NQ-QH10 of June 29, 2001 of the Xth National Assembly at its 9th session on the establishment of the Committee for Drafting of Amendments and
Supplements to a Number of Articles of the 1992 Constitution;
At the proposal of the Committee for Drafting of Amendments and Supplements to a Number of Articles of the 1992 Constitution,
RESOLVES:
Article 1.- To amend and supplement the Preamble and a number of articles of the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
1. To amend and supplement the last paragraph of the Preamble, as follows:
"In the light of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s thought, in furtherance of the Program for national construction in the period of transition to socialism, the Vietnamese people vow to bring into full play the tradition of patriotism, unite millions as one, uphold the spirit of self-reliance and self-improvement in the national construction, implement the foreign policy of independence, sovereignty, peace, friendship and cooperation with all countries, strictly abide by the Constitution, and win ever greater successes in the cause of renovating, building and defending the Fatherland."
2. Article 2 is amended and supplemented as follows:
"Article 2.-
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam State is a law-governed socialist State of the people, by the people and for the people. All State powers belong to the people and are based on the alliance between the working class, the peasantry and the intelligentsia.
The State powers are unified and decentralized to State bodies, which shall coordinate with one another in the exercise of the legislative, executive and judiciary powers."
3. Article 3 is amended and supplemented as follows:
"Article 3.-
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