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Directive No. 32/CĐ-TTg dated 19 April 2026, issued by the Prime Minister, requires a nationwide review of the system of normative legal documents. The objective is to build a coherent, unified, and synchronous legal framework, while addressing overlaps, contradictions, and unclear provisions that generate social costs.
The review will be carried out in line with conclusions of the Politburo, the 2026 Work Program of the Steering Committee on improvements to the institutional and legal framework, and resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee. The directive stresses that the work must ensure high quality and urgent progress due to the large workload and a limited timeframe.
The directive calls for recommendations to simplify and standardize the legal system and to continue reducing investment conditions, administrative procedures for business, and compliance costs.
It also directs a decisive shift in governance approach, including:
Ministries, sectors, and localities are required to promptly develop and issue review plans. They must establish task forces led by senior officials, and clearly define responsibilities, deadlines, and deliverables.
The directive requires that resource allocation and the engagement of skilled personnel, experts, and broad input from directly affected parties be ensured, while avoiding formalism.
Review outcomes must specify each document, each clause, and each content area to be addressed. For each item, the directive requires clear proposals for amendments, supplements, replacements, repeals, or new issuances, along with the responsible lead agency and a completion timeline to support feasible implementation.
The directive emphasizes expanding the use of digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to support the review process. It also requires standardization, cleaning, and timely updating of data in the National Legal Database, and linking and sharing information among ministries, sectors, localities, and the National Legal Portal.
The Ministry of Justice is designated as the lead agency to monitor, urge, guide, and consolidate results. The Ministry of Finance will provide guidance on funding. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and other relevant agencies are tasked with coordinating data sharing and AI implementation according to schedule.
The Prime Minister also requests Party organizations, the National Assembly, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, professional associations, the business community, and media outlets to strengthen supervision, feedback, communication, and to mobilize experts and scientists to contribute ideas. The aim is to ensure the nationwide review delivers substantive results and meets development requirements in the new period.
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