Decision No. 32/2016/QĐ-TTg Issuing Legal Aid Policy for Poor People and Ethnic Minority Groups in Poor Districts, Poor Communes, Particularly Difficult Villages and Hamlets during the Period 2016-2020 and Supporting Complex or Typical Litigation Cases

Pursuant to …;

Issuing legal aid policies for the poor and ethnic minority groups

in impoverished districts, poor communes, hamlets, and particularly difficult villages

during the period from 2016 to 2020 and supporting cases involving litigation

that are complex or typical

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Pursuant to the Law on Competition and Rewards dated December 26,, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 109/2025/NĐ-CP and Decree No. 193/2025/NĐ-CP As promulgated by the Government on 1export,

Pursuant to the Legal Aid Law reason June 29, 2006;

Pursuant to Resolution No. 76/2014/QH13 dated June 24, 2014 of the National Assembly to accelerate the implementation of poverty reduction goalsiuirely until 2020;onPursuant to Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP dated December 27, 2008 of the Government on the Program for Rapid and Sustainable Poverty Reduction for Impoverished Districts;

Pursuant to Resolution No.Decision No. 77/2007/QĐ-BGDĐT dated December 20, 2007 issued by the Minister of Education and Training on procedures and requirements for recognition of foreign education documents awarded to Vietnamese citizens by foreign educational institutions which have been amended and supplemented by Circular No. 26/2013/TT-BGDĐT dated July 15, 2013 issued by the Minister of Education and Training. 30a/2008/NQ-CP dated December 27, 2008 of the Government on the Program for Rapid and Sustainable Poverty Reduction for Impoverished Districts;No.Pursuant to Resolution No. 80/NQ-CP dated May 19, 2011 of the Government on the Orientation for Sustainable Poverty Reduction from 2011 to 2020;

Implementing Resolution No. 80/NQ-CP dated May 19, 2011 of the Government on the Orientation for Sustainable Poverty Reduction from 2011 to 2020;

At the proposal of the Minister of Justice;

The Prime Minister issues this policy"b) In addition to the lists of public services issued according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 4 of this Decree, specialized agencies under provincial People's Committees shall report to the provincial People's Committee for decision-making on amending, supplementing, or issuing the list of public services funded by the state budget within their jurisdiction and consistent with the local budget capacity within the approved budget by the Provincial People's Assembly, and send it to the Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries and sectors for supervision during implementation."on legalaidfor reason the poor, ethnic minority groups, and other eligible recipients of legal aid at impoverished districts, poor communes, hamlets, and particularly difficult villages during the period from 2016 to 2020 and supporting cases involving litigationNo. that are complex or typical

Article 1. Scope of Regulation

Article 1. Implementation of legal aid policies for the poor, ethnic minority groups, and other eligible recipients of legal aid according to the provisions of the legal aid laws at impoverished districts as stipulated in Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP dated December 27, 2008 of the Government on the Program for Rapid and Sustainable Poverty Reduction for Impoverished Districts (hereinafter referred to as Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP); at poor communes, hamlets, and particularly difficult villages as stipulated in Resolution No. 80/NQ-CP dated May 19, 2011 of the Government on the Orientation for Sustainable Poverty Reduction from 2011 to 2020 (hereinafter referred to as legal aid policies).

Article 2. Supporting cases involving litigation that are complex or typical for eligible recipients of legal aid according to the provisions of the legal aid laws in cases where localities cannot ensure funding for such cases due to their inability to balance their budgets (outside the areas of impoverished districts, poor communes, hamlets, and particularly difficult villages) (hereinafter referred to as support for cases involving litigation).

Article 2. Recipients and applicable areasưở1. Recipients and applicable areas for legal aid policies: The poor, ethnic minority groups, and other eligible recipients of legal aid according to the provisions of the legal aid laws residing in the following areas:

a) Impoverished districts as stipulated in Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP;

b) Poor communes not included in the impoverished districts as stipulated in Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP, including:

- Particularly difficult communes, border communes, safe area communes;

- Particularly difficult communes in coastal and island areas;

c) Particularly difficult hamlets and villages in mountainous areas inhabited by ethnic minorities not included in the poor communes stipulated in point a and point b of Clause 1 of this Article (hereinafter referred to as particularly difficult hamlets and villages).

2. Recipients and applicable areas for support for cases involving litigation: Eligible recipients of legal aid according to the legal aid laws in localities that cannot balance their budgets (outside the areas of impoverished districts, poor communes, hamlets, and particularly difficult villages).

Article 3. Activities

1. Supporting the implementation of cases involving litigation that are complex or typical.ỗ hỗ trợ

Criteria for determining cases involving litigation that are complex or typical according to guidelines issued by the Ministry of Justice.

2. Supporting tuition fees for state legal aid center staff (hereinafter referred to as the Center) in localities with impoverished districts, poor communes, hamlets, and particularly difficult villages who meet the conditions to participate in lawyer training programs and commit to working in the field of legal aid in their locality for at least two years after completing their training; enhancing the capacity of those providing legal aid.

3. Promoting legal aid awareness in localities with impoverished districts, poor communes, hamlets, and particularly difficult villages:

a) Establishing hotlines for legal aid;

b) Developing and broadcasting special sections on legal aid in Vietnamese and ethnic languages on commune radio stations;

c) Organizing awareness campaigns about legal aid at grassroots levels.

c) Organize communication campaigns on legal aid at the grassroots level.

Article 4. Financial support for assistance activitiesứ1. Support for implementing litigation cases with complex or typical characteristics as prescribed in Decree No. 80/2015/ND-CP dated September 17, 2015 of the Government amending and supplementing some articles of Decree No. 14/2013/ND-CP dated February 5, 2013 of the Government amending and supplementing some articles of Decree No. 07/2007/ND-CP dated January 12, 2007 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Legal Aid Law.

2. Support for tuition fees for staff of Centers in localities with poor districts, poor communes, extremely difficult villages and hamlets who meet the conditions to participate in lawyer training courses and commit to working in the field of legal aid in their locality for at least two years from the date of training: at the current level of tuition fees of public educational institutions, with a maximum of two people/Centers/year; enhancing capacity for legal aid providers: 80,000,000 dong/per class/Centers/year.

a) Establishing a hotline for legal aid: 20,000,000 dong/Centers;

a) Establishing hotlines for legal aid;

b) Building and broadcasting special sections on legal aid in ethnic languages on village radio stations: compiling content: 500,000 dong/per issue/six months/poor commune, extremely difficult village and hamlet; broadcasting costs: 500,000 dong/poor commune, extremely difficult village and hamlet/quarter (six times/quarter);

c) Organizing communication campaigns about legal aid at grassroots levels (costs for speakers, administrative expenses, and other expenses as prescribed): 2,000,000 dong/poor commune, extremely difficult village and hamlet/per time/year.

Article 5. Source of funds for implementing the decision

Supplementing targeted funds for localities that have not yet achieved self-balancing budgets according to the State Budget Law to implement the activities prescribed in Clause 1, Clause 2, and Point a, Clause 3, Article 3, based on the support standards prescribed in Article 4 of this Decision.

1. Central budget:

When preparing the annual state budget estimate, based on the applicable areas as prescribed in Article 2 of this Decision and the current situation of legal aid implementation, Centers in localities that have not yet achieved self-balancing budgets shall prepare estimates and submit them to the Department of Justice for consolidation and submission to the Department of Finance to request the People's Committee of the province to propose targeted supplementary funding from the central budget for the contents of support prescribed in Clause 1, Clause 2, and Point a, Clause 3, Article 3, based on the support standards prescribed in Article 4 of this Decision, to be reported to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance for approval by the competent authority to implement.

The preparation and submission of annual budget requests for financial support from the central budget to ensure legal aid work according to this Decision must comply with the State Budget Law and its implementing regulations.

a) For localities that have not yet achieved self-balancing budgets: The local budget ensures funding for remaining legal aid activities (excluding policies and activities already supported by the central budget as mentioned above);

2. Local budget:

b) For localities that have achieved self-balancing budgets: The local budget ensures funding for policies and activities prescribed in this Decision.

3. Funds from sources of international cooperation project sponsorships and contributions from domestic and foreign organizations and individuals.

3. Funding from international cooperative project sponsorships, contributions from organizations and individuals both within and outside the country.

Article 6. Responsibilities of Ministries, Sectors, and Localities

1. Ministry of Justice:

a) Take the lead and coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors to direct and guide provinces and centrally-administered cities to implement this Decision;

b) Aggregate budget estimates proposed by localities that have not yet achieved self-balancing budgets for targeted support from the central budget as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 5 of this Decision and send them to the Ministry of Finance;

c) Develop a plan to allocate state budget funds to support localities that have not yet achieved self-balancing budgets according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 5 of this Decision based on the Ministry of Finance's notification of support funds for localities implementing this Decision;

d) Organize the implementation, inspection, supervision, and evaluation of the effectiveness of activities supported by the central budget;

đ) Report to competent authorities to stop funding for activities when violations are detected; annually report to the Prime Minister on the progress of these activities;

2. Ministry of Finance:

a) Take the lead and coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors to submit proposals to competent authorities to allocate funds to ensure the implementation of this Decision;

b) Allocate funds to ensure the implementation of this Decision based on the allocation plan provided by the Ministry of Justice for localities that have not yet achieved self-balancing budgets;

3. The Ministry of Planning and Investment:

a) Take the lead and coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors to develop measures to mobilize Official Development Assistance (ODA) sources to implement this Decision;

b) Coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to balance the state budget to ensure the implementation of this Decision;

4. Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, National Ethnic Minorities Committee, and other relevant ministries and sectors within their respective functions, tasks, and powers shall provide support and create conditions for localities to effectively implement this Decision and cooperate with the Ministry of Justice in inspecting, supervising, and evaluating the results of its implementation;

5. People's Committees of provinces and centrally-administered cities:

a) Direct and guide the implementation of this Decision at the local level;

b) For localities that have achieved self-balancing budgets: Ensure financial resources to implement the activities specified in Article 3 according to the financial standards set out in Article 4 of this Decision;

c) For localities that have not yet achieved self-balancing budgets but have poor districts, poor communes, and particularly difficult mountainous villages: Ensure financial resources to implement the activities specified in points b and c, Clause 3, Article 3 according to the financial standards set out in Article 4 of this Decision;

For localities that have not yet achieved self-balancing budgets (excluding areas with poor districts, poor communes, and particularly difficult mountainous villages): Direct the Department of Justice to coordinate with relevant departments to prepare budget estimates for activities as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 3 and Clause 1, Article 5 of this Decision;

For localities that have not yet achieved self-balancing budgets but have poor districts, poor communes, and particularly difficult mountainous villages: Direct the Department of Justice to coordinate with relevant departments to prepare budget estimates for implementing activities as stipulated in Clause 1, Clause 2, point a, Clause 3, Article 3 and Clause 1, Article 5 of this Decision;

d) Inspect, supervise, evaluate, conduct mid-term reviews, and annual summaries, and report the results of implementation of this Decision to the Ministry of Justice for consolidation and reporting to the Prime Minister;

Article 7. Implementation Provisions

1. This Decision takes effect from September 22, 2016.

a) This Decision replaces Decision No. 52/2010/QĐ-TTg dated August 18, 2010 of the Government on policies to support legal awareness and knowledge among the poor and ethnic minorities in poor districts during the period 2011-2020 and Decision No. 59/2012/QĐ-TTg dated December 24, 2012 of the Government on policies to provide legal assistance to the poor and ethnic minorities in poor communes during the period 2013-2020;

b) For tasks to be implemented in 2016, the Ministry of Justice shall be responsible for directing and guiding localities to prepare budget estimates to implement them promptly.

2. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of government-affiliated agencies, Chairpersons of provincial People's Committees directly under the central government are responsible for implementing this Decision./.