Department of Planning and Finance

In accordance with the Minister of Justice's Decision No. 636/QD-BTP of April 6th, 2018 defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of the Department of Planning and Finance, the Department of Planning and Finance has the following functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures:

  1. I. Functions

The Department of Planning and Finance (hereinafter referred to as the Department) is a unit of the Ministry of Justice, with the functions of advising and assisting the Minister of Justice in planning, statistics, finance, accounting, public assets management and investment activities of the Ministry of Justice; organizing public services within the Department's responsibilities in accordance with law and as assigned by the Minister of Justice.

The Department of Planning and Finance is a legal person based in Hanoi, with a separate seal and account at the State Treasury and bank in accordance with law.

II. Tasks and powers

1. Formulating and submitting to the Minister the Department's long term, five-year and annual work plans.

2. Leading and coordinating with other Ministry units to formulate and submit to the Minister of Justice for approval:

a) The Ministry and Legal branch's long term, five-year and annual programs and plans for economic and social developments;

b) Programs, plans, schemes , projects, policies, standards, economical-technical norms, quality control and other documents regarding planning, statistics, finance, accounting, public assets management and investment activities suitable with the Ministry and Legal branch's characteristic, conditions and administrative demands;

c) Statistical and classification standard systems and statistic report systems for Legal branch; surveys to gather statistical information as assigned by the national statistics survey program; list of surveys, statistical information dissemination calendar, statistical information dissemination system of Ministry; dissemination of statistical information within the Ministry's scope of State administration in accordance with law;

d) State finance and budget 3-year-plan; the Ministry's revenue and expenditure annual estimate; Ministry's estimated revenue and expenditure allocation plan for Ministry's units (including adjusted estimate); Ministry's annual budget review;

e) Mid-term public investment plan, annual public investment plan; investment fund allocation, adjustment and harmonization plan for projects; investment policy for public investment projects; investment decision for project; drafting building blueprint and estimate; contractor selection plan; budget review for completed projects; annual budget review for investment fund;

f) List of the Ministry's procured assets, goods and services; annual procurement plans of other Ministry's units.

3. Organizing the implementation of approved strategies, schemes, plans, programs, legal normative documents proposals, projects and other relating documents about planning, statistics, finance, accounting, public assets management and investment activities within the Department's responsibility.

4. Organizing or participating in the appraisal and commenting of schemes, projects and drafts about planning, statistics, finance, accounting, public assets management and investment activities as assigned by the Minister; reviewing and systemizing legal normative documents within the Department's responsibility.

5. In respect of planning work:

a) Providing guidance and monitoring agencies and units under the Branch with implementing the Ministry's long term, five-year and annual programs and plans for economic and social developments;  organizing interim and final reviews to report the implementation status of these plans and programs;

b) Providing guidance Ministry's units to formulating  annual work plan and Ministry's work plan within the Department's responsibilities; reviewing draft work plan before submission to the Ministry' leaders for approval or for promulgation; evaluating of the implementation results of these plans;

c) Acting as contact point for the Minister regarding the Ministry's task of stable development; organizing the implementation of the stable development task.

6. In respect of statistical work:

a) Leading and working with relating agencies and units to gather and organize Legal statistical standards for national statistical standard system and Legal statistical standard system; analyzing and predicting statistics; producing statistical documents.

b) Managing statistical information system of the Legal branch;

c) Gathering, summarizing and reporting survey results;

d) Organizing the Ministry's statistical information files and sending to central statistical agency for appraising and publishing;

e) Administering the law implementation regarding statistics of units of the Ministry and in the Legal branch; proposing solutions for statistical violations.

7. In respect of budget management:

a) Providing guidance, appraising and collecting State finance-budget three-year-plan; revenue and expenditure annual estimate; adjusted estimate of units of the Ministry in accordance with Law on State Budget and other supporting documents;

b) Providing revenue and expenditure annual estimate to units of the Ministry (including adjusted and supplemented estimate);

c) Providing guidance, monitoring, commenting and gathering information regarding the implementation of revenue and expenditure estimate of units of the Ministry in accordance with law and as assigned by the Ministry;

d) Reviewing and appraising annual budget of units of the Ministry; gathering information and drafting Ministry annual budget;

e) Summarizing and finalizing annual development investment fund for the Ministry;

f) Monitoring, reviewing and evaluating the implementation progress of the Ministry's mid-term and long-term public investment plan.

g) Providing guidance, reviewing, monitoring, and summarizing the fund management and usage for construction;

h) Quality controlling for construction under the scope of the Ministry in accordance with law and as assigned of the Ministry.

10. In respect of bidding administration:

a) Appraising, approving within the Department's powers or submitting to the Minister for approval contractor selection plan relating to assets, goods and services procurement in accordance with law on bidding; monitoring and administrating the implementation of bidding works relating to projects under the Minister's scope of responsibilities;

b) Providing guidance, reviewing, monitoring and summarizing the implementation of law on bidding within the Ministry's scope of responsibilities;

c) Proposing solutions to settle denunciations and complaints relating to bidding work within the Department's power and under the Minister's scope of responsibilities.

11. Administrating public service work implementation under the Department's scope of responsibilities in accordance with law and as assigned by the Ministry.

12. Providing comment on the recruitment, appointment and dismissal of chief accountant and people in charge of finance-accounting in other departments of the Ministry.

13. Organizing technical training and assistance relating to planning, statistics, finance, accounting, public assets management and investment activities for officials of the Ministry and Legal branch within scope of responsibilities.

14. Implementing transparent approach to State budget, public assets and development investment management and usage in accordance with law; providing guidance and reviewing the implementation of units of the Ministry.

15. International cooperating in planning, statistics, finance, accounting, public assets management and development investments in accordance with law and as assigned by the Ministry.

16. Administrating the law compliance, fighting against corruption, negativity, wastefulness and violation within the Department's scope of responsibilities; leading or taking part in the settlement of complaints and denunciations in accordance with law and as assigned by the Ministry.

17. Applying information technology; implementing information and report systems; managing files and documents regarding in planning, statistics, finance, accounting, public assets management and development investment activities in accordance with law and as assigned by the Ministry.

18. Implementing the Department's finance and accounting schemes, assets and budget management and usage in accordance with law and as assigned by the Ministry.

19. Carrying out emulation and commendation works and official management in accordance with law and as assigned by the Ministry.

20. Carrying out other tasks and powers in accordance with law and as assigned by the Ministry.