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Background information on the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association
The Vietnam Lawyers’ Association is a professional socio – political, united organization gathering the voluntary lawyers throughout the country.
The Vietnam Lawyers’ Association is member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front under the leadership of the Vietnam Communist Party and the management of the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
The Vietnam Lawyers’ Association participates in the international lawyers organizations whose activities conform to its motto and objective.
Motto and objective of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association
The Vietnam Lawyers’ Association widely unites, gathers the Vietnamese lawyers who have done or are doing legal work in the offices of the State, the political organization, the socio – political organization, the professional socio – political organization, the social organization, the economic organization, the cultural organization, the educational organization, the people’s armed forces, who volunteer to act for the cause of building and defending their Fatherland, for the defense of the people’s right to freedom and democracy, contributing to building a legal science and the Vietnam socialist state governed by law with the objective: the people be rich, the country be powerful the society be equal, democratic and civilized.
The Vietnam Lawyers’ Association broadens its friendly relation and co- operation with the lawyers organizations in the world and other organizations under the principle of mutual respect of each others’ independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity for the common sake – peace, co – operation and development.
Legal status of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association
Pursuant to the current laws and regulations as well as its Statutes, the legal status of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association is well defined. Pursuant to Article 1 of the Decree No 88/2003/ND-CP, the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association shall be one of organizations falling within the scope of application of this Decree. Therefore, the legal status of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association shall be defined by the Law No 102/SL/L1004, the Decree No 88/2003/ND-CP, and its Statutes which was drafted and issued in conformity with the two above legal documents. It is noted that the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association, as defined in its Statutes is a professional socio – political organization which conforms with the classification in Article 104 of the Decree No 88/2003/ND-CP. It means that the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association shall bear legal status as a legal entity.
In accordance with the Vietnam Communist Party’s guidelines and policies on enhancing the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association’s role and activities as well as the Decree No 88/2003/ND-CP, in its Congress in 2004, the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association passed its new Statutes which then was approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Decision No. 37/2004/AD-BNV of 19 May 2004. The Statutes clearly identifies the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association as a professional socio – political organization. This legal status shall create favorable conditions for the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association to facilitate its activities and enhance its role. As a professional socio – political organization, the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association can widely unties and gathers many Vietnamese lawyers who work in different fields, in the offices of the State and social organizations as well as from different sectors of the economy. Scope of activities and the roles of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association, therefore, shall be legally broaden.
Tasks, power and duties of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association
The Vietnam Lawyers’ Association has the following tasks, power and duties:
1. To gather in its association those who have been or are being engaged in legal work according to the provision of Article 1 of the Statutes. To build and make it a steady and strong association politically, morally, organizationally and professionally;
2. To take part in the law making, to study legal science, to take part in the supervision of the law application; propose to the state organs on the problem to elaborate and carry out the law;
3. To take part in propagating, disseminating and training the law, to raise the sense of exercising the law to the Association’s members, cadres, government employees and the people;
4. To act as consultants of the law, help the poor people and those privileged by policy in legal matters free of charge, build the legal consultant organizations as defined by law;
5. To take part in some State management activities as defined by law;
6. To coordinate various activities and carry out the task of a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front;
7. To take part in the legal and political activities in service of the political, economic and social tasks, maintain political security, social order and safety;
8. To report to the Party and the State the sentiment and aspiration of the legal community; to train members of the Association to enhance their legal knowledge and professional morals; to lit up their spirit and take care of their interests in order to keep them closed to the Association;
9. To publish and distribute books, magazines, newspapers on law, meeting the needs for the Association’s internal and external activities;
10. To take part in the international activities conforming to the Association’s motto and objective;
11. To persuade the Vietnamese people living abroad to contribute their part to national construction.
Members of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association
The number of members of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association has been rapidly increased in recent years. From 2005 to the beginning of 2008, the number of members increased from 31,000 to 36,000 members who work in legal field such as judges, prosecutors, policemen, legal experts and lawyers.
Structure and organization of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association
The Vietnam Lawyers’ Association is organized from the central to the grassroots level which comprises:
- The Central Committee of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association;
- The Association’s provincial and city bodies directly affiliated to the Association’s Central body ( here below abbreviated as Lawyers Association at provincial level );
- Association’s district, quarter, city bodies ( here below abbreviated as Lawyers Association at the district level ) directly affiliated to the Lawyers Association at provincial level;
- Lawyers’ associations at base level;
Leading organs of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association
The supreme leading organ of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association is the National Congress of the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association.
The leading organ in every local Association level is the Congress of delegates or the Congress of all members.
The Congress at each level is convened by the Executive Committee of that level.
The Congress is convened and valid when two thirds of the official delegates are present.
Between two Congress’ sessions, the Association’s leading organ is the Executive Committee elected by the Congress.
An irregular Congress can be convened when it is requested by at least two thirds of the Executive Committee members.
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