Department of General Affairs on Legislative Development

According to Decision No.959/QD-BTP dated April 26^th, 2018 of the Minister of Justice on roles, responsibilities, power and organizational structure of the Department of General affairs on legislative development, the Department shall have the following roles, responsibilities, power and organizational structure:

I. Roles and functions

The Department of General affairs on legislative development is a unit under the Ministry of Justice with the roles of providing consultations and assisting the Minister in performing state management of legislative development and legal affairs in accordance with legal regulations and proposing orientation in the improvement of legal system and law enforcement.

II. Responsibilities and power

The Department of General affairs on legislative development (hereinafter referred to as the Department) has the following responsibilities and power:

1. Drafting the long-term, five-year and annual plan of the Department for the Minister's approval; participating in drafting long-term, five-year and annual strategies, projects, programs and plans of the Justice sector.
2. In charge of or coordinating with relevant agencies to draft strategies, plans and state management policies on building and completing the legal framework, law implementation and legal affairs management.
3. On law drafting:

a) In charge of or coordinating with relevant agencies to draft Strategies on building and completing the legal framework for submission to the Government by the Minister and to oversee the implementation of these Strategies.

b) Drafting and organizing the implementation of legislative development programs, including:

- Assisting the Minister to draft the Government's proposals on drafting laws, ordinances and resolutions of the National Assembly and the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on issues under the functions, responsibilities and power of the Government for the Minister to submit to the Government;

- In charge of evaluating the proposals on drafting documents, programs and legal normative documents compiled or drafted by departments of the Ministry; drafting the joint Circular that the Minister of Justice jointly promulgates; proposing the drafting of documents, programs and legal normative documents on the functions, responsibilities and power of legislative development agencies and other Ministry's agencies assigned by the leaders of the Ministry;

- Providing consultancy on solving issues related to policies and governing scopes of the proposals on drafting laws and ordinances when putting forward these proposals;

- Suggesting the assignment of leading and coordinating drafting agencies for the Minister to submit for approval of the Government; assisting the Prime Minister to monitor the drafting of laws, ordinances and resolutions submitted by the Government;

- Providing guidance, monitoring, inspecting and urging ministries and ministerial-level agencies on the proposals of drafting laws, ordinances and resolutions of the National Assembly and the Standing Committee of the National Assembly;

- Providing guidance, monitoring and inspecting ministries, ministerial-level agencies and localities on evaluating the impacts of administrative procedures in the process of compiling the proposals on drafting documents, projects and legal normative documents;

Preparing opinions of the Government on proposals of drafting laws and ordinances and law and ordinance projects not submitted by the Government, proposals of National Assembly's deputies on laws and ordinances related to functions, responsibilities and power of legislative development agencies or other Ministry's agencies in accordance with Ministry's leaders' assignment;

Proposing to the Minister to assign the Ministry's agencies to draft documents and projects for submission to the Government and the Prime Minister; participating in drafting, giving comments on and assessing legal normative documents;

Assisting the Minister in coordinating with the Government's Office in preparing the tentative annual programs of drafting decrees and decisions of the Government and the Prime Minister;

Compiling a list of legal documents detailing laws, resolutions of the National Assembly, ordinances and resolutions of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, orders and decisions of the President submitted for the Prime Minister's approval; informing the provincial and centrally-run city People's Councils and Committees on the lists of contents assigned to them to draft documents detailing legal normative documents of central agencies; guiding, monitoring, urging, inspecting and compiling reports on the process of drafting documents and quality of documents detailing laws and ordinances for the Minister to submit to the Government; proposing solutions to prevent delays in promulgating documents detailing laws and ordinances;

Providing comments and participating in assessing administrative procedures in the proposals on documents, projects and draft legal normative documents compiled and drafted by the Ministry and the Sector in accordance with law and assignment;

Assisting the Minister to provide guidance, monitor and inspect the promulgation of legal normative documents in Ministries, ministerial-level agencies and localities as assigned; researching and proposing to complete the legislative development procedures and other related issues under the functions, responsibilities and power of the Ministry and the Justice sector;

Drafting projects and draft legal normative documents on policy analysis, drafting and promulgating legal normative documents and legal affairs work  in accordance with law and other projects and drafts under the management of the Department as assigned by the Minister; in charge of or participating in drafting other documents as assigned by the Government;

đ) Acting as a focal point of contact in assessing projects and draft legal normative documents by the Ministry; in charge of or participating in assessing or commenting on other projects and draft documents assigned by the Minister;

e) Reviewing, systematizing and consolidating legal normative documents; codification of legal normative documents under the management of the Department;

g) Organizing the innovation and improvement of drafting and promulgating legal normative documents as assigned by the Minister;

h) Assisting the Minister in providing guidance and monitoring the integration of gender equality into drafting of legal normative documents;

i) Assisting the Minister in monitoring the implementation of the Law on Capital city in accordance with law;

k) In charge of and coordinating with the Ministry's agencies in guiding, monitoring, urging and inspecting ministries, ministerial-level agencies and provincial and centrally-run city Councils and Committees on making proposals, drafting and assessing legal normative documents.

4. On legal affairs:

a) In charge of or coordinating with Ministry's agencies, relevant ministries and sectors in guiding, inspecting, organizing training on legal affairs work as assigned by the Minister; monitoring the organizations, personnel's and training of ministries', sectors' and localities' legal affairs agencies.

b) Coordinating in legal affairs work of state agencies, central authorities of socio-political professional organizations, socio-professional organizations, and state enterprises in legal affairs in accordance with law;

c) Performing state management on the Corporate Legal Club in accordance with law and as assigned by the Ministry.

5. Organizing the implementation of strategies, programs, projects, plans and legal normative documents under the management of the Department after approval or promulgation.

6. Organizing preliminary and closing procedures and periodical or irregular reports on issues and tasks under the management of the Department.

7. Participating in carrying out research and application of research results and training of personnel; carrying out legal dissemination and education relating to the management scope of the Department.

8. Examining and participating in inspecting and dealing with complaints and denunciations in accordance with law in under the management scope of the Department.

 9. Organizing remunerations and awards and management of personnel and properties of the Department in accordance with law and as assigned by the Ministry.

10. Carrying out international cooperation in legislative development and legal affairs in accordance with law and as assigned by the Ministry.

• 11. Carrying out other tasks as assigned by the Minister.