System of Legal Normative Documents
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The Constitution.
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Codes and laws (hereinafter collectively referred to as laws), and resolutions of the National Assembly.
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Ordinances and resolutions of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly; joint resolutions between the Standing Committee of the National Assembly and the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; joint resolutions between the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the Government, and the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
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Orders and decisions of the President.
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Decrees and resolutions of the Government; joint resolutions between the Government and the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
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Decisions of the Prime Minister.
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Resolutions of the Council of Justices of the Supreme People’s Court.
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Circulars of the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court; circulars of the Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy; circulars of Ministers and Heads of ministerial-level agencies; circulars of the State Auditor General.
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Joint circulars between the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, the Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, the State Auditor General, Ministers, and Heads of ministerial-level agencies.
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Resolutions of provincial-level People’s Councils (hereinafter referred to as provincial level).
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Decisions of provincial-level People’s Committees.
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Decisions of Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees.
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Legal normative documents of local administrations in special administrative-economic units.
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Resolutions of commune-level People’s Councils (communes, wards, townships under provincial level; hereinafter referred to as commune level).
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Decisions of commune-level People’s Committees.
(Legal basis: Clause 1, Article 1 of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Normative Documents as amended in 2025)
