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Assembly passes budget resolution, 3 laws (23-06-2006) Passengers board an airplane at Noi Bai International Airport in Ha Noi. — VNA/VNS Photo Bui Tuong HA NOI — The National Assembly yesterday passed three laws as well as the Resolution on Ratification for the Clearing of the State Budgetary Balance for 2004. Law on Lawyers The Law on Lawyers, which will replace the July 2001 ordinance on January 1, 2007, was adopted yesterday with a nearly 84 per cent approval vote. Article 14 states that apprentice lawyers must complete 18 months of apprenticeship. They are allowed to help their senior lawyers in their duties, but not allowed to take up professional practise or have clients during their period of apprenticeship. This regulation ensures work quality, although it was described as rigid by some deputies during the debate on the law late last month. Lawyers are banned from providing legal services to clients who have conflicting interests in … [Read more...] about Assembly passes budget resolution, 3 laws

Deputies accept draft law on rights of association (24-08-2006) Ha Noi — Most of the National Assembly ‘full time’ deputies have accepted the 11 – times re-written draft law to ensure citizens the right of association. The right was written into Viet Nam’s 1992 Constitution, the deputies reminded themselves when they debated the proposed law yesterday. Article 69 of the Constitution says: "The citizen shall enjoy freedom of opinion and speech, freedom of the press, the right to be informed and the right to assemble, form associations and hold demonstrations in accordance with the law." The proposed law stipulates that membership of any association and participation in its activities must be voluntary, regular, autonomous and accountable before the law. The association must be self-financing, non-profit making and abide by both the law and its regulations. Deputy Nguyen Dinh Loc, HCM City, suggested that the non-profit making provisions of the draft law, … [Read more...] about Deputies accept draft law on rights of association

by Thuy Ha Several villas built in Viet Hung New Urban Area in Ha Noi's Long Bien District. Experts urge a revision of the laws on land management to make them more practical and effective. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuan Anh HCM CITY — The laws that regulate land administration are hindering investment in construction projects, particularly in real estate, legal experts have said. Overlapping and inappropriate regulations regarding investment and construction, coupled with poor management, largely contributed to the ineffectiveness of real-estate investments, Nguyen Viet Hoang of Ha Noi-based Cazpro Law Firm told participants at a workshop held in HCM City on Wednesday. Another contributing factor was the weak enforcement of administration officers, Hoang said. Workshop participants discussed several ways to overcome the obstacles involved in leasing and allocating land to real-estate companies. A survey conducted by the Ministry of Transport in 2008 said … [Read more...] about Revision of land law management urged

Việt Nam has reported its achievements in guaranteeing human rights in its third-cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng has said. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn Điệp HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has reported its achievements in guaranteeing human rights in its third-cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng has said. At a ministry press conference in Hà Nội on Thursday, Hằng briefed the media about these outstanding achievements in the country’s third-cycle UPR that was submitted to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The UPR is an inter-governmental mechanism of the UNHRC that reviews human rights issues of all UN member countries every four or five years. “Việt Nam supports the UNHRC’s UPR and is always serious in making the review and implementing the recommendations it accepted in the first-cycle UPR in 2009 and the second-cycle UPR in 2014,” Hằng said. The third-cycle … [Read more...] about Spokesperson talks about VN’s human rights achievements