Consolidated Document number 4719/VBHN-BNG Decree on the management and use of state budget funds to ensure international treaty work and international agreement work.

DECREE

On the management and use of state budget funds to ensure international treaty work and international agreement work

Decree No. 65/2021/NĐ-CP dated June 30, 2021 of the Government stipulates on the management and use of state budget funds to ensure international treaty work and international agreement work, which took effect from July 1, 2021, amended and supplemented by:

Decree No. 177/2025/NĐ-CP dated June 30, 2025 of the Government amends and supplements several Decrees in the field of international agreements; addresses certain issues related to organizing two-level local governments and restructuring organizations in the field of international agreements, which took effect from July 1, 2025.

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated June 19, 2015; the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Law on Organization of the Government and the Law on Organization of Local Administration dated November 22, 2019;

Pursuant to the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Intra-Regional Land Transport signed on December 10, 2009;

Pursuant to the International Agreement Law dated November 13, 2020;

Pursuant to the State Budget Law dated June 25, 2015;

At the proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs;

The Government promulgates the Decree on the management and use of state budget funds to ensure international treaty work and international agreement work.^[1]

Chapter I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of Regulation

This Decree stipulates on the management and use of state budget funds to ensure international treaty work as prescribed by the International Treaty Law and international agreement work as prescribed by the International Agreement Law.

Article 2. Applicability

This Decree applies to agencies, organizations, and individuals participating in the process of concluding and implementing international treaties and international agreements as prescribed in the International Treaty Law and the International Agreement Law.

Article 3. Principles for managing and using funds to ensure international treaty work and international agreement work

1. Funds for international treaty work and international agreement work are ensured from state budget sources and other sources as prescribed by law.

2. The allocation of funds for international treaty work and international agreement work by agencies must be based on the foreign policy guidelines of the Party and the State aimed at implementing international cooperation within the scope of their functions, tasks, powers assigned.

3. Funds from the state budget are allocated in the regular expenditure budget of agencies performing international treaty work and international agreement work according to the current budget decentralization provisions set forth in the State Budget Law and detailed regulations guiding its implementation; specifically, funds for the task of inspecting and reviewing international treaties are special expenses with distinct characteristics.

4. The preparation of budgets, management, use, and settlement of accounts of state budget funds to ensure international treaty work and international agreement work shall be carried out in accordance with the State Budget Law and detailed regulations guiding its implementation.

5. In cases where international treaty work and international agreement work are funded from official development assistance, non-refundable aid not included in official development assistance, and funding from foreign non-governmental organizations, domestic and foreign organizations and individuals, the receipt, management, and use of such funding shall be carried out in accordance with the laws governing the management and use of such funding sources.

Article 4. Sources of the State budget to ensure international treaty work and international agreement work

1. The central budget ensures international treaty work and international agreement work including:

a) Funding for international treaty work and international agreement work of central state agencies; ^[2] department under ministries, agencies at the ministerial level; units within the People's Army and the People's Public Security;

b) Funding allocated to provincial-level state agencies to carry out international cooperation activities within the framework of international treaties or to implement international agreement activities as assigned by the State, Government, or Prime Minister.

2. Local budgets ensure international agreement work of provincial-level state agencies, specialized agencies under provincial People's Committees;^[3] People's Committees at commune level in border areas to carry out international cooperation within their functions, tasks, and powers.

3. Funding for international treaty work and international agreement work of central agencies of organizations, provincial-level agencies of organizations shall be guaranteed from the State budget when such agencies carry out international cooperation within the framework of international treaties or implement international agreement activities as assigned by the State, Government, or Prime Minister. In cases where international agreements of central agencies of organizations, provincial-level agencies of organizations aim to implement other forms of international cooperation, funding for such international agreement work shall be guaranteed from the organization’s financial resources.

Chapter II. CONTENTS OF EXPENSES FOR INTERNATIONAL TREATY WORK AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT WORK

Article 5. Contents of expenses for international treaty work

1. Expenses for researching and proposing negotiations, signing, ratifying, approving, accession, amendment, supplementation, extension, termination of effect, withdrawal, denunciation, suspension of implementation of international treaties, reservations to international treaties include:

a) Purchasing and collecting materials directly related to international treaties;

b) Organizing meetings, conferences, specialized seminars, soliciting expert opinions;

c) Surveying domestic and international practices; assessing political, defense, security, socio-economic impacts and other impacts of international treaties; reviewing and comparing international treaties with domestic laws and relevant international treaties to which Vietnam is a party;

d) Drafting international treaties, draft amendments and supplements to international treaties;

đ) Researching and drafting negotiation plans; preparing negotiation proposal files, signing, ratifying, approving, accession, withdrawing reservations, accepting or opposing reservations of foreign signatories, amending, supplementing, extending, terminating effect, withdrawal, denunciation, suspension of implementation of international treaties;

e) Drafting declarations and reservations upon accession to multilateral international treaties;

g) Organizing translation of international treaties and related documents.

2. Expenses for proposing comments on negotiations, signing, ratifying, approving, accession, amendment, supplementation, extension, termination of effect, withdrawal, denunciation, suspension of implementation of international treaties, reservations to international treaties include:

a) Purchasing and collecting materials directly related to international treaties;

b) Reviewing the degree of conformity of international treaties with Vietnamese laws and related international treaties;

c) Studying experiences and laws domestically and internationally related;

d) Organizing meetings, soliciting expert opinions;

đ) Translating related documents;

e) Preparing comment documents.

3. Expenses for organizing negotiations and signing international treaties include:

a) Organizing reception of foreign negotiation delegations;

b) Organizing negotiations and signing international treaties domestically or abroad;

c) Organizing preparatory meetings for negotiations, drafting negotiation minutes;

d) Organizing review of signed international treaty texts during high-level visits to Vietnam or visits of Vietnamese high-level delegations abroad;

đ) Translating related documents.

4. Expenses for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' inspection and the Ministry of Justice's examination of proposals for signing and accession to international treaties include:

a) Purchasing and collecting materials directly related to international treaties;

b) Independent assessment reports on the conformity of international treaties with Vietnamese laws and compatibility with related international treaties, prepared by authorized agencies;

c) Preparing inspection and examination reports;

d) Translating related documents;

đ) Organizing meetings, soliciting expert opinions;

e) Establishing Inspection Councils and Examination Councils as provided for in Clause 3 of Article 18 and Clause 3 of Article 20 of the Law on International Treaties.

5. Expenses for the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, the President's Office, and the Government Office's scrutiny of proposals for negotiating, signing, ratifying, approving, accession, amendment, supplementation, extension, termination of effect, withdrawal, denunciation, suspension of implementation of international treaties, reservations to international treaties include:

a) Purchasing and collecting materials directly related to international treaties;

b) Organizing meetings to solicit opinions;

c) Establishing Scrutiny Councils in cases where international treaties have important and complex contents;

d) Compiling scrutiny reports.

6. Expenses for archiving, storing, copying, and publishing international treaties include:

a) Archiving multilateral international treaties;

b) Storing international treaties; decision-making documents for negotiating and signing international treaties; external notification documents, approval, ratification, accession documents for international treaties; negotiation and signing authorization letters, international conference attendance authorization letters, and other related documents;

c) Copying international treaties;

d) Publishing international treaties on the electronic portal of the proposing agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

đ) Issuing copies of international treaties;

e) Building and operating a database on international treaties of Vietnam located at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

7. Expenses for organizing the implementation of international treaties include:

a) Purchasing and collecting materials directly serving the implementation of international treaties;

b) Drafting implementation plans and projects for international treaties;

c) Promoting and disseminating international treaties;

d) Translating materials directly serving the implementation of international treaties;

đ) Financial contributions or annual payments to international organizations established according to international treaties to which Vietnam is a member;

e) Organizing dialogues and conferences in Vietnam or attending conferences abroad on the implementation of international treaties;

g) Implement the tasks of central agencies pursuant to international treaties, serve as the focal point for monitoring the implementation of international treaties as assigned by the Government and the Prime Minister;

h) Draft and translate national reports on the implementation of multilateral international treaties in accordance with the provisions of the treaties or at the request of competent authorities; organize meetings, conferences, seminars, and seek expert opinions on national reports and cross-evaluation plans for other countries' reports as stipulated by the treaties; organize working groups to present and defend national reports and cross-evaluate other countries' reports as stipulated by the treaties; draft specialized reports and implement plans to carry out recommendations from international organizations and competent authorities regarding the enforcement of international treaties;

8. Expenses for inspecting, supervising, and summarizing the situation of signing and implementing international treaties, including:

a) Prepare reports as required by competent supervisory authorities;

b) Organize inspections and supervision of activities related to signing and implementing international treaties;

c) Compile reports and organize meetings to evaluate inspection and supervision reports, summarizing the situation of signing and implementing international treaties;

9. Expenses for providing legal opinions on international treaties, loan agreements, and government guarantee agreements, including:

a) Purchase and collect directly relevant materials;

b) Translate relevant materials to support the provision of legal opinions;

c) Draft legal opinion proposals;

d) Organize meetings to seek opinions on relevant contents to support the provision of legal opinions;

10. Expenses for statistical work and reviews of international treaties, including:

a) Purchase and collect directly relevant materials;

b) Translate relevant materials to support statistical and review work;

c) Organize working groups to review the list, original copies, and validity of signed international treaties;

11. Other necessary expenses directly serving international treaty work;

Article 6. Contents of expenses for international agreement work

1. Expenses for drafting projects and plans concerning negotiation, signing, amendment, supplementation, extension, termination of effect, withdrawal, and temporary suspension of implementation of international agreements, including:

a) Purchase and collect directly relevant materials related to international agreements;

b) Organizing meetings to solicit opinions;

c) Draft international agreement proposals, draft amendments and supplements to international agreements;

d) Draft proposal files for signing, amending, supplementing, extending, terminating effect, withdrawing, and temporarily suspending the implementation of international agreements;

đ) Organize translation of international agreements and related materials;

2. Expenses for proposing comments and suggestions on negotiation, signing, amendment, supplementation, extension, termination of effect, withdrawal, and temporary suspension of implementation of international agreements, including:

a) Purchase and collect directly relevant materials related to international agreements;

b) Review and assess the compliance of international agreements with Vietnamese laws and related international treaties;

c) Organize meetings to seek opinions;

d) Translating related documents;

đ) Draft comment documents;

3. Expenses for organizing negotiations and signing international agreements, including:

a) Organizing reception of foreign negotiation delegations;

b) Organize negotiations and signing of international agreements within the country or abroad;

c) Organize reviews and comparisons of international agreement texts signed during high-level visits to Vietnam or during high-level visits abroad;

d) Translate related materials;

4. Expenses for organizing the implementation of international agreements, including:

a) Archive, copy, publish, publicize, and disseminate international agreements, publish international agreements through posting on the electronic portal;

b) Financial contributions according to international agreements;

c) Organize meetings within the country or abroad on the implementation of international agreements;

d) Draft implementation plans for international agreements;

5. Expenses for inspecting, supervising, and summarizing the situation of signing and implementing international agreements, including:

a) Prepare reports as required by competent supervisory authorities;

b) Organize inspections and supervision of signing and implementing international agreements;

c) Draft reports and organize meetings to evaluate inspection and supervision reports, summarizing the situation of signing and implementing international agreements;

6. Expenses for statistical work and reviews of international agreements, including:

a) Purchase and collect directly relevant materials;

b) Translate relevant materials to support statistical and review work;

c) Build and update data on international agreements;

d) Organize working groups to review the list, original copies, and validity of signed international agreements;

7. Other necessary expenses directly serving international agreement work;

Chapter III. IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS ^[4]

Article 7. Effective Date

1. This Decree takes effect from July 1, 2021;

2. Decree No. 74/2016/NĐ-CP dated July 1, 2016 of the Government on managing and using state budget funds to ensure international treaty and international agreement work ceases to be effective from the date this Decree takes effect;

Article 8. Implementation organization

1. The Minister of Finance shall be responsible for guiding the implementation of this Decree;

2. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government agencies at the central level, Chairpersons of provincial People's Committees under the Central Government shall be responsible for enforcing this Decree./.

LIST OF AGENCIES AND UNITS RECEIVING DOCUMENT NUMBER 4718/BNG-LPQT

LIST OF AGENCIES AND UNITS RECEIVING DOCUMENT NUMBER 4719/BNG-LPQT

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^[1] Decree No. 177/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing Decrees in the field of international agreements; handling some issues related to the organization of two-tier local administration and organizational restructuring in the field of international agreements is based on the following grounds:

"Pursuant to the Law on the Organization of the Government dated February 18, 2025;"

Pursuant to the Law on Local Administration Organization dated June 16, 2025;

Pursuant to the International Agreement Law dated November 13, 2020;

At the proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs;

The Government promulgates the Decree amending and supplementing Decrees in the field of international agreements; handling some issues related to the organization of two-tier local administration and organizational restructuring in the field of international agreements.”

^[2] The term "general department" is abolished pursuant to Article 2 of Decree No. 177/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing decrees in the field of international agreements; addressing some issues related to organizing two-level local administration and restructuring organizational structures in the field of international agreements, effective from July 1, 2025.

^[3] The term "People's Committee at the district level" is abolished pursuant to Article 2 of Decree No. 177/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing decrees in the field of international agreements; addressing some issues related to organizing two-level local administration and restructuring organizational structures in the field of international agreements, effective from July 1, 2025.

^[4] Articles 9 and 10 of Decree No. 177/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing decrees in the field of international agreements; addressing some issues related to organizing two-level local administration and restructuring organizational structures in the field of international agreements, effective from July 1, 2025, provide as follows:

"Article 9. Responsibilities for Implementation

Clause 1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be responsible for coordinating with ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies under the Government, and supporting local administrations in resolving difficulties and obstacles (if any) during the process of handling inherited international agreements, and reporting to the Government and the Prime Minister on issues arising when implementing this Decree that exceed the authority to resolve.

Clause 2. The Ministry of Finance shall be responsible for supporting local administrations in resolving difficulties and obstacles (if any) related to funding for the implementation of inherited international agreements during the implementation of this Decree."

Article 10. Provisions on implementation

This Decree takes effect from July 1, 2025.

The provisions of Clause 4, Article 5 shall apply from the date this Decree takes effect until February 28, 2027."