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On the morning of November 24, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung chaired a meeting on 3 projects submitted by the Ministry of Justice according to the November 2025 Work Program of the Government and the Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung chaired the meeting - Photo: VGP/Gia Huy. Attending the meeting were representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Police, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government Office... At the meeting, relevant ministries and agencies gave opinions on 3 projects, including drafts: Decision of the Prime Minister promulgating the Plan to deploy the Toolkit to prevent and handle acts of non-compliance with the law in the field of adoption. international; Decision of the Prime Minister on promulgating the Regulation on self-examination of legal documents issued by the Government and the Prime Minister; Vietnams national action program on civil status registration and statistics for the period 2025-2030. Preventing and handling acts of non-compliance with the law in the field of international adoption. Deputy Minister of Justice Phan Chi Hieu said that the Ministry of Justice is urgently finalizing the draft Decision promulgating the Plan to implement the Toolkit for preventing and handling acts of non-compliance with the law in the field of international adoption in the period 2026-2030. The draft was developed in the context of the Partys important documents emphasizing the need to protect human rights, civil rights and especially childrens rights, with the perspective of taking people as the center, the subject and the driving force for national development. These documents define the task of perfecting legal policies, enhancing the capacity of relevant agencies and ensuring full implementation of international obligations in the field of care, education and protection of children. Although Vietnam has joined the Hague Convention in 1993 for more than 20 years and promulgated the Law on Adoption in 2010, in practice there still exist many legal and humanitarian risks in international adoption activities. To meet practical requirements, in March 2023, the Council of Policy and Public Affairs (HCCH) adopted a Toolkit to support member countries in identifying, preventing and handling acts of non-compliance with the law in this field. Deputy Minister of Justice Phan Chi Hieu reported at the meeting - Photo: VGP/Gia Huy Vietnams draft decision aims at two main goals. The first is to ensure the best interests of children, prevent acts of taking advantage of, circumventing the law or profiteering related to children, especially focusing on children with special circumstances, ethnic minority children and children in border areas. Second, it demonstrates Vietnams international responsibility as a member of the Hague Convention, thereby enhancing national reputation in international judicial cooperation. The draft also includes orientations to strengthen the capacity of agencies, raise awareness, improve legal policies, review and organize the implementation of documents related to adoption, prevention of child trafficking, social security and support for childrens family reintegration. At the meeting, representatives of ministries and branches attending the meeting all agreed with the draft content, and the Ministry of Justice committed to fully absorb it and submit it to the Government. Concluding on this content, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung Emphasizing that the issuance of a Toolkit to prevent and handle acts of non-compliance with the law in the field of international adoption is an urgent requirement to overcome inadequacies in resolving international adoptions in recent times. The Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Justice to coordinate closely with ministries and branches, absorb maximum comments, complete the draft to submit to the Government for promulgation as soon as possible, ensuring the completeness, consistency and feasibility of the Implementation Plan for the period 2026-2030. Completing the Self-Inspection Regulation, unifying and enhancing responsibility in legal development According to the Deputy Minister of Justice, in order to develop the draft Decision of the Prime Minister on promulgating the Regulation on self-inspection of legal documents issued by the Government and the Prime Minister, a Drafting Team has been established. The Ministry of Justice has held many meetings with ministries and branches to exchange and complete the content. The draft document has been posted on the Ministry of Justices electronic information portal to collect public comments from affected agencies, organizations and individuals. The Ministry of Justice also organized a feedback workshop to ensure the draft was fully accessible and criticized before submitting to the Government. Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung requested the Ministry of Justice to carefully review the entire draft to ensure there is no contradiction with current legal documents - Photo: VGP/Gia Huy The draft Regulations aim to specifically and clearly stipulate responsibilities and coordination mechanisms between agencies in the process of self-checking documents issued or jointly issued by the Government, Prime Minister. The draft emphasizes the need to specify the process to each stage and each task, avoiding overlaps or omissions, while enhancing the proactiveness and responsibility of units. Concluding on this content, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung requested the Ministry of Justice to carefully review the entire draft to ensure there is no conflict with current legal documents. The construction of Regulations must be inheritedMaximize clear regulations, avoid re-regulation or further complexity of the apparatus. The Deputy Prime Minister requested to ensure the consistency of the legal system; The responsibilities of each unit must be individualized and specifically regulated to improve the effic
