Decision No. 369/2001/QD-BTP Issuing the Implementation Plan for the Prime Minister's Directive No. 20/2001/CT-TTg dated September 11, 2001 on Strengthening and Enhancing the Effectiveness of Civil Enforcement Work

Pursuant to …;

Issuing Plan to Implement Directive No. 20/2001/CT-TTg September 11, 2001

of the Prime Minister on Strengthening and Enhancing the Effectiveness of Civil Enforcement Work

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THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE

Pursuant to Decree No. 38/CP dated June 4, 1993 of the Government on the functions, tasks, powers, and organization of the Ministry of Justice;

Pursuant to Decree No. 30/CP dated June 2, 1993 of the Government on the organization, tasks, and powers of civil enforcement management agencies, civil enforcement agencies, and Enforcement Officers;

Pursuant to Directive No. 20/2001/CT-TTg dated September 11, 2001 of the Prime Minister on Strengthening and Enhancing the Effectiveness of Civil Enforcement Work;

Considering the proposal of the Director of the Civil Enforcement Management Department - Ministry of Justice.

DECISION:

Clause 4 of Article 6Attached hereto is the Plan to Implement Directive No. 20/2001/CT-TTg dated September 11, 2001 of the Prime Minister on Strengthening and Enhancing the Effectiveness of Civil Enforcement Work.

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Article 3. The Directors of the Civil Enforcement Management Department, Heads of Provincial Departments of Justice, Heads of enforcement agencies, and Heads of related units shall be responsible for implementing this Decision.

PLAN

IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE NO. 20/2001/CT-TTG DATED SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 OF THE PRIME MINISTER ON "STRENGTHENING AND ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CIVIL ENFORCEMENT WORK"
(Attached to Decision No. 369/2001/QĐ-BTP dated November 30, 2001 of the Minister of Justice)

To continue creating fundamental changes in civil enforcement work, the Minister of Justice issues the Plan to Implement Directive No. 20/2001/CT-TTg dated September 11, 2001 of the Prime Minister on "Strengthening and Enhancing the Effectiveness of Civil Enforcement Work" as follows:

I- OBJECTIVES, REQUIREMENTS:

1- The purpose of issuing the Plan is to create a basis for units within the Ministry, enforcement steering committees, provincial departments of justice, and enforcement agencies to develop specific programs, proactively implement effectively related tasks concerning enforcement work according to the spirit of Directive No. 20/2001/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister, contributing to significantly promoting civil enforcement work.

2- Implementation of the Plan must meet the following requirements:

a- Enhance the awareness of law compliance among agencies, social organizations, and citizens in strictly enforcing court judgments and decisions that have become legally binding, thereby maintaining social order and discipline, and strengthening socialist rule of law;

b- Promote the initiative, creativity, and dedication of enforcement officers; the coordinated responsibility of local authorities, agencies, organizations, and all citizens in enforcement work;

c- Implement comprehensive measures regarding organizational structure, staffing, mechanisms, and material infrastructure to accelerate enforcement work;

d- Focus on key tasks, select key areas and cases for concentrated guidance and resolution; from which, draw lessons, expand successful practices and experiences.

II- CONTENT, IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE OF THE PLAN

1- Implement the dissemination of the Prime Minister's Directive at local levels.

The Director of the Department of Justice shall assist the Steering Committee for Legal Education and Popularization of Law in each province and centrally-administered city to direct the development of plans and dissemination of the Prime Minister's Directive on "Strengthening and Enhancing the Effectiveness of Civil Enforcement Work" at the local level starting from December 2001.

2- Continue reviewing, classifying, and handling pending cases to create fundamental changes in civil enforcement work.

The Civil Enforcement Management Department and Provincial Departments of Justice shall direct local enforcement agencies to complete the review and classification of cases in the first quarter of 2002. For cases with conditions for enforcement that have been pending since before 2000, measures should be taken to ensure their completion before the third quarter of 2002.

The Director of the Department of Justice shall direct local enforcement agencies to compile and report specifically to the provincial enforcement steering committee on the status of enforcement against state-owned enterprises, political and socio-political organizations in their locality. Proposals for specific handling of each case should be submitted to the enforcement steering committee. For cases with conditions for enforcement, measures should be taken to ensure their completion in the first quarter of 2002. For cases without conditions for enforcement, reports should be made to the enforcement steering committee for consideration and recommendations to the provincial People's Committee or relevant central ministries for financial support to ensure enforcement.

3- Consolidate and improve the organizational system and staffing of civil enforcement agencies, enhance the quality of Enforcement Officers and enforcement staff.

3.1- Continue to strengthen the leadership cadre of provincial and district enforcement agencies and Enforcement Officers.

The Director of the Civil Enforcement Management Department, the Head of the Cadre and Training Department, and the Provincial Department of Justice shall complete the strengthening of leadership cadres of enforcement agencies and the appointment of all positions of Head of Enforcement Division and Team Leader of Enforcement Teams by the second quarter of 2002. By the end of 2002, there should be no locality where the head of the judicial agency is concurrently serving as the head of the civil enforcement agency.

For units still lacking Enforcement Officers, the Director of the Department of Justice shall immediately review the number of qualified personnel to propose the Minister of Justice for additional appointments. In places where there is a shortage of local sources, the Director of the Department of Justice shall plan and proactively propose to the Ministry of Justice and the People's Committee to reinforce internal security staff for local enforcement agencies, striving to ensure the required number of Enforcement Officers by 2002.

3.2- Organize recruitment to fill the remaining staffing quotas of enforcement agencies.

The Civil Enforcement Management Department and the Cadre and Training Department shall cooperate with the Provincial Department of Justice to complete the recruitment of remaining staffing quotas for enforcement agencies by the end of the first quarter of 2002.

In the first quarter of 2002, the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau shall take the lead in coordinating with the local Department of Justice to direct enforcement agencies to conduct a comprehensive inspection of all cases with conditions for execution at each locality. Based on this, temporary measures shall be taken to mobilize Enforcement Officers and enforcement staff from places with fewer cases to reinforce and support areas with more cases, aiming to effectively resolve pending cases. The Civil Enforcement Management Bureau, the Planning and Finance Department of the Ministry of Justice, and the Director of the Department of Justice need to promptly and fully implement the temporary allowance system for Enforcement Officers and enforcement staff who have been transferred to other localities, in order to overcome difficulties and create favorable conditions for Enforcement Officers and enforcement staff to focus on their work.

3.3- Implement the training plan to enhance professional knowledge and skills for the team of Enforcement Officers and enforcement staff.

The Director of the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau, the Head of the Organization and Cadre Training Department, and the Director of the School of Judicial Positions shall develop a regular training plan to enhance professional knowledge and skills for enforcement staff; combine vocational training with the promotion of standardization for Enforcement Officers. Clearly define both professional standards and ethical and behavioral standards to establish appropriate plans. Starting from 2002, organize a training course for 100 officers with a Law University degree each year to provide candidates for Enforcement Officer positions. The training period will be from 10 to 12 months. Regularly hold training sessions for newly appointed Enforcement Officers and organize refresher courses for Enforcement Officers and Team Leaders.

In the first quarter of 2002, the Director of the Department of Justice needs to review the training and the need for professional development of Enforcement Officers. In areas where there are many Enforcement Officers who have not attended specialized professional training, it is necessary to request the School of Judicial Positions, the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau, and the Department of Justice to cooperate in organizing professional training courses for Enforcement Officers at the local level or in specific regions, ensuring that professional training for Enforcement Officers involved in enforcement activities is continuous and comprehensive.

4- Strengthen supervision and improve the sense of responsibility of enforcement staff in civil enforcement.

4.1- The Civil Enforcement Management Bureau and the Inspectorate of the Ministry shall continue to carry out inspections and handle violations in civil enforcement work in a timely manner. The Director of the Department of Justice shall develop plans to direct enforcement agencies to conduct annual cross-checks to identify errors and violations in enforcement activities. After inspections, organize lessons learned and correct deficiencies to prevent serious breaches of enforcement procedures.

4.2- Issue and implement the Code of Ethics for Enforcement Officers.

To enhance the sense of responsibility and cultivate the qualities and ethics of Enforcement Officers, the Ministry of Justice shall issue the Code of Ethics for Enforcement Officers. The Director of the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau and the Director of the Department of Justice shall be responsible for disseminating and implementing this code to all enforcement agencies and Enforcement Officers nationwide.

4.3- Strictly implement the Regulations on Democratic Practices with the People.

The Director of the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau and the Director of the Department of Justice shall regularly plan and direct the inspection and evaluation of the implementation of democratic practices with the people. In cases where Enforcement Officers violate these regulations, fail to complete tasks regularly, have weak capabilities, or seriously breach enforcement procedures, they shall be promptly reviewed and proposed for removal or dismissal. Resolutely remove from the profession those enforcement staff who have degenerated, become corrupt, embezzled, bribed, or caused harassment to the people.

4.4- Timely and thoroughly resolve complaints and reports regarding civil enforcement work.

The Director of the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau, the Chief Inspector of the Ministry, and the Director of the Department of Justice shall coordinate to direct local enforcement agencies to promptly and thoroughly resolve citizens' complaints and reports, avoiding prolonged and escalated complaints. Regularly form inspection teams to directly work at the local level to resolve complaints and reports immediately, and resolutely handle negative phenomena that cause harassment and inconvenience to the people.

5- Hold inter-sectoral meetings to exchange experiences on enforcement work and conduct inter-sectoral inspections on civil enforcement work.

5.1- Hold regular inter-sectoral meetings to exchange experiences on enforcement work.

Annually, the Ministry of Justice shall coordinate with the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Land Administration, etc., to organize meetings to exchange experiences on civil enforcement work, focusing on reviewing and evaluating the implementation of protest decisions and requests for suspension of enforcement, protection during enforcement, and discussing solutions to address obstacles, rectify shortcomings, and unify guidance to achieve effective enforcement work.

In the first quarter of 2002, the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau shall prepare the content for an inter-sectoral meeting between the leadership of the Ministry of Justice and the leadership of the Supreme People's Procuracy and the Supreme People's Court to draw lessons from requests for suspension and the implementation of protests related to enforcement.

5.2- Implement the plan for inter-sectoral inspections on enforcement work.

The Civil Enforcement Management Bureau of the Ministry of Justice shall cooperate with the relevant departments of the Supreme People's Procuracy to annually organize inter-sectoral inspection teams for enforcement work.

The Civil Enforcement Management Bureau shall proactively cooperate with the Prosecution Supervision Department of the Supreme People's Procuracy to develop a plan to organize inter-sectoral inspection teams for civil enforcement work in some localities in December 2001.

6- Establish enforcement committees at all levels, issue and guide the operation rules of the enforcement committees.

6.1- On the basis of the Ministry of Justice's guidelines on the Rules of Organization and Operation of the Enforcement Directive Board, the Director of the Department of Justice shall proactively advise and propose to the Chairman of the People's Committee of the province or centrally governed city to implement the Rules of Organization and Operation of the Provincial and District Enforcement Directive Boards within their respective localities by December 2001.

6.2- In places where the Enforcement Directive Board has not yet been established, based on the Ministry of Justice's guidance document on the establishment of the Enforcement Directive Board, the Director of the Department of Justice shall have a plan to proactively contact relevant departments and agencies to prepare personnel, report to the Chairman of the People's Committee for the establishment of the provincial Enforcement Directive Board, and at the same time guide judicial agencies at the district level to propose to the People's Committee at the district level to establish the Enforcement Directive Board for enforcement work, by the fourth quarter of 2001.

6.3- The Director of the Department of Justice shall instruct local enforcement agencies to actively request the Enforcement Directive Board to take strict measures against citizens, agencies, organizations... who have the ability to enforce judgments but deliberately delay or refuse to comply with court decisions; request the Enforcement Directive Board to report to the Provincial Party Committee, People's Committee, and the Internal Affairs Leadership to direct the courts, police, and prosecution services at the local level to select typical cases of obstruction or resistance to enforcement that constitute criminal offenses for prosecution, mobile trials, and wide publicity, serving as examples for other parties.

7- Gradually decentralize responsibilities to localities in civil enforcement work.

7.1- The decentralization of responsibilities to localities in civil enforcement work.

The Legal Science Research Institute and the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau shall cooperate with relevant units within the Ministry to propose solutions for the Ministry's leadership to report to the Government for consideration and decision. By December 2001, the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau shall complete the draft Circular guiding the transfer of responsibility to the People's Committees of communes, wards, and towns to directly urge the execution of simple cases involving assets or money up to 500,000 dong, to be promulgated and implemented from January 1, 2002.

The Civil Enforcement Management Bureau shall urgently compile materials to provide to localities to organize training for commune and ward cadres on the contents of the aforementioned Circular.

7.2- To create conditions to support financial resources for the People's Committees of communes, wards, and towns to effectively perform their duties, directly urging the execution of judgments, by December 2001, the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau, the Planning and Finance Department of the Ministry of Justice shall coordinate with relevant units under the Ministry of Finance to complete and submit to the leadership of both sectors for signing the Circular guiding the allocation of funds to the People's Committees of communes, wards, and towns from the amounts they collect for the state budget through direct urging of judgment execution; the management of financial temporary advances for enforcement; costs for organizing enforcement proceedings when the enforcement agency proceeds with procedures to collect assets and deposit them into the state budget.

8- Popularize and disseminate laws on enforcement.

The Popularization, Propaganda, and Legal Education Department, the Law Newspaper, and the Democracy and Law Magazine shall assist the Government's Coordinating Council for Popularizing and Educating Laws to cooperate with relevant units under the Ministry of Culture and Information, Vietnam Radio and Television, Voice of Vietnam... to develop a propaganda and popularization plan for laws on enforcement by December 2001, to open a legal advice section on Vietnam Television and Voice of Vietnam, to produce investigative reports on civil enforcement; to issue materials and provide them to communal libraries to guide the People's Committees of communes and wards in urging the execution of judgments.

The Department of Justice shall cooperate with the Department of Culture and Information, Radio and Television Stations, and other mass media to assist the Government's Coordinating Council for Popularizing and Educating Laws to widely publicize laws on enforcement down to the grassroots level.

9- Establish a repository for seized assets to serve civil enforcement work.

The Civil Enforcement Management Bureau and the Planning and Finance Department shall coordinate with relevant units under the Ministries of Finance, Construction, and Planning and Investment to complete the project on the plan for building a repository for seized assets to serve civil enforcement work according to the Prime Minister's directives by the first quarter of 2002.

10- Strengthen protection and ensure conditions for forced enforcement.

The Ministry of Justice shall cooperate with the Ministry of Public Security to instruct judicial agencies and public security organs at all levels to strengthen protection and ensure conditions for forced enforcement. By the second quarter of 2002, the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau shall proactively coordinate with the Prosecution Supervision Bureau of the Supreme People's Procuracy, the Police Protection Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security to conduct a mid-term review of protection and enforcement activities, preparing the agenda for a meeting of the leadership of the three sectors to draw lessons on organizing forced civil enforcement.

At the local level, the Department of Justice shall take the lead in coordinating with relevant agencies to regularly review experiences in protecting enforcement work.

11- Develop a Project on Judicial Police for Protecting Forced Enforcement.

The Administrative and Criminal Law Department, the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau, and the Legal Science Research Institute shall assist the Ministry of Justice's leadership to proactively coordinate with relevant units under the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Defense to implement research and development of the Project on establishing Judicial Police.

12- Supplement funding and ensure facilities and working conditions for enforcement agencies.

The Department of Planning and Finance, the Civil Enforcement Management Bureau shall proactively coordinate with relevant units under the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance to develop a project to balance and supplement the budget funds, determine the schedule, so that from now until 2003, the construction of workplaces for enforcement agencies nationwide will be completed, and necessary working equipment will be provided for these agencies, prioritizing areas with large and complex case volumes. The project must be completed and submitted to the leadership of the Ministry of Justice and related sectors by the first quarter of 2002.

13- Improve the legal foundation to further enhance the effectiveness of civil enforcement work, contributing to resolving the backlog of cases.

The Civil Enforcement Management Bureau, the Department of Civil and Economic Law, the Institute of Legal Science Research, and the Drafting Group of the Amended Civil Enforcement Ordinance shall cooperate with relevant units within the Ministry, related sectors, and concerned agencies to continue researching, revising, and perfecting the draft "Amended Civil Enforcement Ordinance" and guiding documents, to report to the Prime Minister for submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and approval of the Ordinance by the first quarter of 2002. Continue to research and accelerate the drafting progress of the Civil Enforcement Law project.

III- IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION;

Based on the contents, measures, and implementation schedules stipulated in this Plan, the agencies and units assigned the main tasks shall develop specific plans, propose solutions to complete on time.

The Civil Enforcement Management Bureau and the Office of the Ministry of Justice shall be responsible for monitoring and urging timely and accurate implementation according to the schedule and content of the Plan, reporting to the Ministry's leadership on the results of implementing the Prime Minister's Directive and this Plan.