CONTENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS IN THE NAME OF GENERAL DEPARTMENTS
The Decree No. 64/2021/ND-CP on the conclusion and implementation of international agreements in the name of general departments or departments under ministries or ministerial-level agencies; professional agencies of provincial-level People’s Committees; district-level People’s Committees; commune-level People’s Committees in border regions; provincial-level bodies of organizations is promulgated by the Government on June 30, 2021.
According to the Decree, the international agreements are demonstrated in writing, stating the intention of cooperation through specific activities within the scope of functions, tasks and powers of such attached units. The international agreements shall each include the following principal contents: The appellation of the document; names of the signing parties; fields, contents and modes of cooperation; the effect time and validity duration; the signing date, location and language; the full names and positions of the signatory representatives.
Besides, agencies and organizations concluding international agreements shall abide by the regime of reporting on the situation and projection of conclusion and implementation of international agreements annually or unexpectedly as follows: the departmental-level agencies shall send reports to the international cooperation-coordinating units of ministries; the provincial department-level agencies shall send reports to the provincial-level external affairs offices; the provincial-level bodies of organizations shall send reports to offices in charge of external affairs activities of the provincial-level bodies of organizations, and concurrently to the provincial-level external affairs offices; etc.
Additionally, the provincial-level bodies of organizations shall publicize their international agreements in form of publishing them on the portals or websites of organizations, publicizing them on the mass media or other appropriate forms, except for cases of non-publication, non-publicity according to law or agreement with the foreign signatories.
This Decree takes effect on July 01, 2021.
