THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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No. 719/2014/UBTVQH13
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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Hanoi, January 6, 2014
 
RESOLUTION
Guiding the implementation of Clause 2, Article 2 of the National Assembly’s Resolution No. 64/2013/QH13 of November 28, 2013, on the implementation of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
Pursuant to the National Assembly’s Resolution No. 64/2013/QH13 of November 28, 2013, on the implementation of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
At the proposal of the Law Committee in Report No. 2203/TTr-UBPL13 of December 31, 2013,
RESOLVES:
Article 1. Scope of regulation
1. All provisions of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are implemented from the effective date of the Constitution.
2. State agencies shall perform the functions and tasks and exercise the powers defined in the Constitution. In case the competence to settle an affair currently settled by a state agency under the 1992 Constitution is now transferred to another state agency under the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the transfer of competence is conducted according to Clause 2, Article 2 of the National Assembly’s Resolution No. 64/2013/QH13 of November 28, 2013, on the implementation of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the guidance in this Resolution.
Article 2. Ratification of, decision on the accession to, or abrogation of treaties
1. The President shall propose the National Assembly to ratify, decide on the accession to, or abrogate, treaties under Clause 14, Article 70 of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
2. The Government shall propose the President to decide on the negotiation and conclusion of treaties; propose the President to ratify, decide on the accession to, or abrogate, treaties under Clause 6, Article 88 of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
3. The order and procedures for the Government to propose the President to decide on the negotiation and conclusion of treaties and to ratify, or decide on the accession to, or abrogate, treaties comply with the Law on the Conclusion of, Accession to, and Implementation of Treaties.
4. The President may, by himself/herself or at the Government’s request, authorize in writing the Government to organize the negotiation and conclusion of treaties in the name of the State.