Decision No. 19/2008/QĐ-NHNN on the Program for Popularizing and Educating Law in the Banking Sector (2008-2012 period)

Pursuant to …;

Issuing the Program on Popularizing and Educating Law in the Banking Sector (2008-2012)

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE BANK OF VIETNAM

Pursuant to the Law on the State Bank of Vietnam 1997; the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Law on the State Bank of Vietnam 2003;
Pursuant to Decree No. 178/2007/NĐ-CP dated December 3, 2007 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of Ministries and Ministerial-Level Agencies;
Pursuant to Decree No. 52/2003/NĐ-CP dated May 19, 2003 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the State Bank of Vietnam;
Pursuant to Decision No. 37/2008/QĐ-TTg dated March 12, 2008 of the Prime Minister approving the Program on Popularizing and Educating Law from 2008 to 2012;
At the request of the Director of the Legal Department,

DECISION:

Article 1. Attached hereto is the "Program on Popularizing and Educating Law in the Banking Sector (2008-2012)."

Article 2. This Decision shall take effect fifteen days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

Article 3. The Heads of the Office, Department of Legal Affairs, and Heads of Units under the State Bank of Vietnam are responsible for implementing this Decision.

PROGRAM

popularizing and educating law in the banking sector (2008-2012)

 (Issued together with Decision No. 19/2008/QĐ-NHNN dated July 1, 2008 of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam)

A. OBJECTIVES

- Continuously create a strong shift in awareness regarding respect for and compliance with laws among officers and civil servants in the banking sector in all aspects of life and society.

- Establish a close and effective mechanism for cooperation in the work of popularizing and educating laws related to currency and banking activities, thereby effectively organizing such work.

- Timely and regularly disseminate contents of laws concerning the management activities of the State Bank of Vietnam and other relevant laws; ensure that officers and civil servants in the banking sector are fully equipped with timely and systematic regulations pertaining to their specialized and professional fields, thereby enhancing their capacity in building and enforcing laws on currency and banking activities; provide conditions for citizens and businesses to be informed and updated on legal documents related to the fields of currency and banking.

- Improve the quality of human resources involved in the work of popularizing and educating laws and effectively organize such work in the banking sector, contributing to the implementation of living and working according to the Constitution and laws.

- Strive to achieve specific goals of the Program on Popularizing and Educating Law from 2008 to 2012 approved by Decision No. 37/2008/QĐ-TTg dated March 12, 2008 of the Prime Minister.

B. REQUIREMENTS

1. The work of popularizing and educating laws is part of political and ideological education, a task of the entire sector under the leadership of the Party Cadre Members' Council and the Leadership Board of the State Bank of Vietnam. Link legal education with moral education, cultural traditions, ideological education, and the organization and implementation of laws throughout the cadre and civil servant workforce.

2. The work of popularizing and educating laws must be carried out continuously, widely, and effectively; ensuring synchronization, comprehensiveness, appropriateness, and effectiveness. The implementation of the Program not only provides information, popularizes, and educates laws but also ensures the effectiveness of voluntarily and conscientiously seeking to understand and comply with laws by cadres, civil servants, citizens, and businesses.

3. Continue to diversify forms of popularizing and educating laws, ensuring a harmonious combination between traditional forms of legal education and new forms currently being effectively applied in practice. Select and apply appropriate methods and forms of legal education for different target audiences.

4. Ensure sufficient conditions for the effective implementation of the Program; allocate annual funding for the work of popularizing and educating laws; maximize support from individuals, organizations, and businesses both domestically and internationally for this work.

C. MAIN CONTENTS

1. Laws to be disseminated, popularized, and educated:

- Focus on disseminating, popularizing, and educating laws for officers and civil servants in the banking sector on regulatory legal documents related to the fields of currency and banking, and the management activities of the State Bank of Vietnam, prioritizing the dissemination and popularization of newly issued laws and laws drafted by the State Bank of Vietnam or jointly proposed for approval by competent authorities.

- Disseminate and popularize laws directly related to the lives of officers and civil servants; laws related to the rights and legitimate interests of citizens generally and specifically of officers and civil servants.

- Pay attention to disseminating and popularizing laws related to international economic integration; anti-corruption; thrift and waste prevention; grassroots democracy implementation; traffic safety...

2. Improve the quality of human resources involved in the work of popularizing and educating laws. Invest in material infrastructure, equipment, modern technology, and means to meet the requirements of legal education work in the current situation.

3. Reform and enhance the effectiveness of existing forms and methods of legal education; widely implement new forms of legal education that are currently proving effective; strengthen legal education work at units and branches.

4. Develop and gradually improve the legal framework for popularizing and educating laws suitable to economic and social conditions, meeting the requirements of political and ideological education.

5. Enhance the effectiveness of organizing and implementing legal education work and promote the positive role of mass organizations and political-social organizations in this work.

D. IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES

1. Consolidate, develop, and improve the quality of human resources involved in the work of popularizing and educating laws in the banking sector.

a) Promote the role of the Coordination Council for Legal Propaganda and Education in the Banking Industry to enhance legal propaganda and education activities; Fully implement the Operational Regulations of the Coordination Council for Legal Propaganda and Education in the Banking Industry; Identify each member of the Council as a prominent nucleus in directing, coordinating, and implementing legal propaganda and education throughout the Banking Industry generally and within their respective units specifically.

b) Consolidate and improve the cadre of legal officers in the Banking Industry; Strengthen cadres involved in legal propaganda and education; Regularly organize courses on theoretical political training, knowledge and skills training for legal propaganda and education for the cadre of legal officers and those involved in legal propaganda and education.

c) Establish appropriate forms of competition and rewards to motivate and encourage collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in legal propaganda and education in the Banking Industry.

d) Build and train a cadre of legal lecturers and propagandists, ensuring sufficient numbers, good moral character, professional qualifications, expertise, and practical experience to meet job requirements; Organize effective activities and provide necessary conditions for legal lecturers and propagandists in legal propaganda and education work.

đ) Promote the role of reporters and editors in media units, lecturers in training institutions of the Banking Industry, and Party, Youth Union, and Trade Union officials in participating in legal propaganda and education.

2. Reform and improve the quality and effectiveness of legal propaganda and education methods and measures, striving to combine legal dissemination with guidance on legal application to enhance the enforceability of legal documents.

a) Organize conferences on legal propaganda and education, training sessions on legal knowledge, and introductions of legal document contents for banking officials and civil servants.

b) Diversify legal propaganda and education materials: Compile and develop outlines introducing legal document contents; Publish books compiling legal documents; Develop question-and-answer books on laws; Compile reference books on monetary and banking laws of various countries.

c) Enhance the management, exploitation, and utilization of legal document materials from legal libraries of units; Regularly review, update, and supplement legal books to meet usage and search requirements of officials and civil servants; Modernize legal document storage and search work; Combine traditional legal libraries with electronic legal libraries.

d) Enhance the effectiveness of legal propaganda and education through mass media of the Banking Industry; Increase the orientation of public opinion when disseminating and providing legal information; Strengthen special sections on introducing legal document contents and answering legal questions.

đ) Strengthen training and enhancing legal knowledge at banking training institutions; Actively update and modernize training content and methods to ensure the effectiveness of legal propaganda and education; Incorporate legal content into training programs on professional skills.

e) Reform and diversify legal knowledge quiz formats, cultural and artistic activities incorporating legal content.

g) Continue to maintain and upgrade the database of legal documents on the State Bank of Vietnam's website and internal network; Disseminate and effectively utilize the database to serve work requirements; Register to use reputable websites providing regulatory documents to facilitate officials and civil servants' access to and understanding of document contents for work purposes.

h) Vigorously promote legal propaganda and education through legal advisory activities and state management of money and banking in units.

i) Conduct surveys and gather opinions to collect information on the effectiveness of law enforcement and the need for legal propaganda and education information, thereby adjusting the content, forms, and methods of legal propaganda and education to suit practical needs.

3. Improve the institutional framework for legal propaganda and education.

a) Participate in drafting the Law on Legal Propaganda and Education to be submitted to the National Assembly, XIIth term; Participate in drafting guiding documents upon the passage of the Law on Legal Propaganda and Education.

b) Review, amend, and supplement regulations on managing and using funds to ensure timely and adequate support for legal propaganda and education activities; Study and develop support systems for the cadre of legal lecturers and propagandists engaged in legal propaganda and education.

4. Invest in funding and physical infrastructure for legal propaganda and education.

a) Invest in physical infrastructure and strengthen the application of modern technology and equipment to enhance the effectiveness of legal propaganda and education.

b) Mobilize voluntary contributions from individuals, organizations, and businesses both domestically and internationally for legal propaganda and education activities.

D. FUNDING

1. Funding for the Program will be allocated in the annual budget plan of the State Bank of Vietnam and mobilized from voluntary contributions of individuals, organizations, and businesses both domestically and internationally.

2. Funding for the Program must be managed and utilized efficiently and in accordance with the law.

E. IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION

1. Implementation Period

a) In 2008: The State Bank of Vietnam will develop the Legal Propaganda and Education Program for the Banking Industry (2008-2012).

From 2008-2012: Implement the Program.

b) In 2010: Organize a mid-term evaluation and propose solutions to achieve the Program's objectives.

c) In 2012: Conduct a final evaluation of the Program's implementation results, affirm suitable models of legal propaganda and education, draw necessary lessons to effectively carry out legal propaganda and education in the subsequent period.

2. Assignment of Responsibilities

a) Legal Affairs Department

- Direct, guide, urge units to effectively implement the Program; periodically compile and report annually on the results of implementation to the Ministry of Justice.

- Develop annual plans for popularizing and educating about laws and organize their implementation.

- Coordinate with relevant units such as the Office, Banking Times, State Bank Training Center, Banking Academy, Information Technology Department, Monetary Policy Department, Accounting and Finance Department, Administrative Affairs Department, Cadre and Civil Servant Organization Department, and Commendation and Reward Department to develop specific plans to effectively implement the Program.

- Coordinate with related units to consolidate, develop, and enhance the quality of human resources working on the popularization and education of laws within the banking sector.

- Inspect, review, conclude, and implement reward systems or propose rewards for collectives and individuals who have outstanding achievements in the work of popularizing and educating about laws.

b) The State Bank Office and Banking Times are responsible for publishing updated and accurate information on the content of legal documents, opening special sections and columns on law popularization, and legal question-and-answer sessions.

c) The State Bank Training Center and Banking Academy shall cooperate with the Legal Department to develop training programs to enhance knowledge of laws and implement them.

d) The Information Technology Department ensures technical infrastructure for information technology to serve the work of popularizing and educating about laws.

đ) The Monetary Policy Department shall strengthen investment, management, and effective exploitation of libraries to contribute to the work of popularizing and educating about laws.

e) The Accounting and Finance Department is responsible for guiding financial regulations and allocating annual funding for the work of popularizing and educating about laws.

g) The Administrative Affairs Department is responsible for compiling the budget for expenditures under the Program prepared by the Legal Department into the annual budget at the Administrative Affairs Department.

h) The Cadre and Civil Servant Organization Department is responsible for consolidating, developing, and enhancing the quality of human resources working on the popularization and education of laws within the banking sector.

i) The Commendation and Reward Department shall develop appropriate reward plans and forms to encourage organizations and individuals with outstanding achievements in the work of popularizing and educating about laws.

k) Units and branches under the State Bank.

- Based on the Program and actual conditions, units and branches under the State Bank shall proactively develop plans for popularizing and educating about laws and implement them at their respective units; Units are primarily responsible for disseminating, providing information, and guiding the implementation of legal documents drafted by their units and submitted to competent authorities for promulgation.

- Conduct inspections, reviews, and evaluations of the implementation of the work of popularizing and educating about laws at their units and periodically report annually to the Legal Department for compilation and reporting to the Ministry of Justice.

l) Within their functions and responsibilities, the Coordination Council for Popularizing and Educating About Laws in the Banking Sector and political-social organizations within the sector shall be responsible for coordinating the implementation of this Program.