The Department of International Cooperation

Pursuant to Decision No. 206/QD-BTP dated 22 January 2014 of the Minister of Justice prescribing the functions, duties, powers and organizational structure of the Department of International Cooperation, the Department has functions, duties, powers and organizational structure as follows:

I. Role and functions

The Department of International Cooperation is a unit under the Ministry of Justice (hereafter called "the Department") which performs the advisory function to the Minister in unified management of international cooperation in the legal field; and the activities of external affairs and external affairs reception according to provisions of laws.

II. Tasks and powers

1. Formulating and submitting long-term, five-year and annual work plans of the Department to the Minister; taking part in formulating strategies, master plans and plans of the Justice sector for long-term, five-year and yearly periods.

2. Proposing and developing strategies, programs and plans for international cooperation in the legal field, annual external affairs program of the Ministry of Justice and submitting them to the Minister or other competent agencies for approval according to provisions of laws.

3. Taking prime responsibility for or coordinating with relevant organizations in developing and submitting draft projects and legal normative documents on international cooperation in the legal field to the Minister or other competent agencies for approval according to provisions of laws.

4. Proposing the accession of international organizations, international forums in the legal field; taking part in activities of the international organizations and forums as assigned by the Minister.

5. Implementing strategies, programs, projects and legal normative documents, international treaties and international agreements under the scope of management of the Department.

6. Reviewing and systematizing legal normative documents under the scope of management of the Department.

7. Regarding management of international cooperation activities in the legal field:

a) Taking prime responsibility for developing draft international treaties (including treaties on ODA and preferential loans), international agreements on cooperation activities in the legal field with foreign countries, and submitting them to the Minister or other competent agencies to decide to negotiate and sign according to provisions of laws;

b) Appraising and making comments on draft international treaties (including treaties on ODA and preferential loans), international agreements on cooperation activities in legal sector with foreign countries, draft international treaties on mutual cooperation relations between Vietnam and other countries, international organizations and draft international agreements on the fields under scope of state management of the Ministry;

c) Appraising or making comments on documents of programs and projects of international cooperation in legal sector; making comments on outlines of programs and projects on cooperation in the legal field;

d) Appraising the content and plan of international conferences held by ministries, agencies, localities and foreign organizations which have contents related to the fields of state management of the Ministry of the Minister;

dd) Acting as the focal point to assist the Minister in campaigning and coordinating ODA, preferential loans of foreign governments and non-governmental assistance in international cooperation in the legal field;

e) Taking prime responsibility for or coordinating with relevant organizations in setting up and operating the system to monitor and evaluate programs and projects of international cooperation in legal sector, creating favorable conditions for sharing and exploiting this system;

g) Developing and submitting forms of reports on the implementation of international cooperation in the legal fields, and the periodic statistical indicators on the reception and implementation of programs and projects of international cooperation in the legal sector to the Minister for issuing;

h) Guiding and urging the implementation of provisions of laws on international cooperation in the legal sector.

8. Regarding playing as the focal point in international agreements of the Ministry of Justice:

a) Proposing to develop strategies and plans of signing, acceding and implementing international agreements of the Ministry of Justice;

b) Developing or participating in developing the implementation plan of international agreements according to provisions of laws and as assigned by the Minister;

c) Reviewing and producing statistics on international agreements in the fields under the scope of management of the Ministry;

d) Making reports on international agreements of the Ministry of Justice according to provisions of laws.

9. Coordinating external affairs of the Ministry under the Regulations of the Ministry on management of external affairs.

10. Managing the implementation and coordination of programs and projects of international cooperation hosted or participated by the Ministry of Justice; managing organization and operation of the project management Board of the Ministry of Justice according to provisions of laws.

11. Regarding the management of international conferences and seminars of the Ministry of Justice:

a) Making comments on the content and outlines of international conferences and seminars; proposing the allowance of organizing international conferences and seminars according provisions of laws;

b) Requesting units of the Ministry organizing international conferences and seminar to be responsible for the content of relevant documents, reports, presentations, documents and data issued before, during and after the conferences and seminars;

c) Supervising the implementation of provisions on the protection of state secrets, provisions on information and communication before, during and after conferences and seminars.

12. Managing and coordinating the interpreter team, participating in training and fostering for the interpreter team and officials being responsible for external affairs under the scope of management of the Department in accordance with the law and as assigned by the Ministry.

13. Guiding and monitoring law implementation, proposing policies and solutions to overcome systematic and inter-ministerial entanglements relating to law implementation under the scope of management of the Department.

14. Taking part in conducting research, legal education and dissemination under the scope of management of the Department.

15. Conducting interim and final reviews and report on a periodical or ad-hoc basis on the areas and tasks under the scope of management of the Department according to provisions of laws.

16. Examining and involving in inspection of the implementation of provisions under the scope of management of the Department; detecting and asking competent authorities for sanctioning individuals and organizations committing violations; taking part in settlement of complaints and denunciations according to laws and as delegated by the Ministry.

17. Implementing the activity of competition - reward and managing officials and assets according to provisions of laws and as delegated by the Ministry.

18. Fulfilling other duties as assigned by the Minister.