Law on Law Dissemination and Education 2026, No. 12/2026/QH16

LAW

On Law Dissemination and Education^[1]

Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which has a number of articles amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 203/2025/QH15;

The National Assembly promulgates the Law on Law Dissemination and Education.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

This Law provides rights, obligations, contents and forms of, and state management responsibilities for, law dissemination and education and policy communication; and responsibilities of agencies, organisations and individuals in, and conditions for, ensuring law dissemination and education and policy communication.

Article 2. Citizens’ rights, obligations and responsibilities in law dissemination and education and policy communication

1. Citizens have the right to access law; benefit from, and participate in, law dissemination and education and policy communication; be guided to inquire into law; and contribute opinions to the drafting of policies and laws.

2. Citizens have the obligation to comply with the Constitution and law; and the responsibility to proactively study and inquire into law and build a culture of respect for the rule of law.

Article 3. The State’s policies on law dissemination and education and policy communication

1. To ensure that law dissemination and education work is the responsibility of the entire political system and society with the State playing the leading and pivotal role in directing, managing and organising the implementation, and in building a culture of respect for the rule of law into a core value and foundation of the social life.

2. To prioritise and reserve commensurate resources for law dissemination and education for specific target groups; to create favourable conditions for overseas Vietnamese to study and inquire into Vietnam’s law; and to integrate such resources into related programmes and schemes.

3. To ensure the contents of law education in education institutions of the national education system; to equip learners with legal knowledge suitable to each education level and training discipline.

4. To step up the further training of legal knowledge and the sense of law observance in order to strengthen discipline and order and enhance the exemplary role of cadres, civil servants, public employees, commissioned officers, professional army men and other individuals in the people’s armed forces in performing official duties and professional activities and in building a culture of respect for the rule of law.

5. To prioritise and encourage digital transformation and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in law dissemination and education and policy communication; to adopt policies on development of digital human resources and further training of digital skills for those engaged in law dissemination and education and policy communication.

Article 4. Mobilisation of social resources for law dissemination and education activities

1. The State shall encourage organisations and individuals to participate in, and provide resources to support, law dissemination and education activities.

2. Based on socio-economic situation in each period, the Government shall specify policies to encourage organisations and individuals to participate in, and support, law dissemination and education activities.

3. In addition to the policies referred to in Clause 2 of this Article, based on local socio-economic situation, provincial-level People’s Councils may decide on other policies to encourage organisations and individuals to participate in, and support, law dissemination and education activities in their localities.

Article 5. Principles of law dissemination and education and policy communication

1. To be carried out in a timely, regular, continuous, accurate, clear, easy-to-understand, public and transparent manner.

2. To ensure that the contents and forms are suitable to the characteristics, needs, culture, language and residential areas of target groups; to follow citizen- and business-centered approaches; to diversify and harmoniously combine traditional and modern forms; to accelerate digital transformation and AI application.

3. To closely combine law making and law enforcement to serve socio-economic development, ensure national defence and security and other activities in various fields of social life.

4. To ensure compliance with the laws on protection of state secrets, cybersecurity, digital transformation, AI, and personal data protection, and other relevant provisions of law.

5. In addition to Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article, policy communication must adhere to the following principles:

a/ To be conformable with the Party’s guidelines and policies, political tasks, objectives and requirements of the concerned policies and draft legal documents (below referred to as draft documents); to ensure multi-way interaction, feedback, assimilation of, and response to, contributed opinions and recommendations;

b/ To ensure objectivity and practicality for common interests, without causing adverse impacts on the formulation and improvement of policies and draft documents, on political issues, national defence, security, the economy and social order and safety.

Article 6. State management of law dissemination and education and policy communication

1. The Government shall perform the unified state management of law dissemination and education and policy communication.

2. The Government shall detail this Article.

Article 7. Law dissemination and education coordinating councils

1. Law dissemination and education coordinating councils are organisations functioning to advise the Government, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, central agencies and organisations and People’s Committees on law dissemination and education, policy communication, the building of a culture of respect for the rule of law, and solutions to mobilise resources for law dissemination and education activities. Members of law dissemination and education coordinating councils shall work on a concurrent basis.

2. Law dissemination and education coordinating councils shall be established at the central level, provincial level and commune level, specifically as follows:

a/ The Prime Minister shall decide to establish the Central Law Dissemination and Education Coordinating Council;

b/ Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees and Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees shall decide to establish law dissemination and education coordinating councils at their respective levels.

3. Law dissemination and education coordinating councils may be established at ministries, ministerial-level agencies or central agencies or organisations as decided by heads of such ministries, ministerial-level agencies or central agencies or organisations.

4. The Government shall detail this Article.

Article 8. The Law Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

1. November 9 every year is the Law Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

2. The Law Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam shall be organised to honour the Constitution and law, educate the sense of law observance and build a culture of respect for the rule of law in society.

The Government shall detail this Clause.

Article 9. Prohibited acts

1. Providing, quoting, editing, using or communicating contents of law or policies aiming at distorting the meaning and contents of law and policies; providing information and documents that are untruthful, illegal, or contrary to social morality and fine national traditions.

2. Using information technology, AI or other means to create and spread forged information and documents or to falsify the contents of law and policies.

3. Taking advantage of law dissemination and education or policy communication activities to commit violations of law, distort the Party’s stance and guidelines and the State’s policies and laws; to incite and cause division in the great national unity bloc; to adversely affect to political affairs, national defence and security, or social order and safety; to adversely affect the economy and infringe upon the interests of the State, or the lawful rights and interests of agencies, organisations or individuals.

4. Obstructing organisations and individuals from accessing and inquiring into law; obstructing law dissemination and education and policy communication activities of agencies, organisations and individuals.

5. Taking advantage of the mobilisation of social resources for law dissemination and education activities or the State’s preferences, incentives and support for law dissemination and education and policy communication to make personal gain or commit other violations of law.

Chapter II

CONTENTS AND FORMS OF LAW DISSEMINATION AND EDUCATION AND POLICY COMMUNICATION

Section 1

GENERAL LAW DISSEMINATION AND EDUCATION FOR ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS

Article 10. Contents of law dissemination and education

1. The Constitution, codes, laws and other legal documents (below collectively referred to as documents).

2. Treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party and international agreements.

3. Information on good people and good deeds in law enforcement and the building of a culture of respect for the rule of law.

4. Other contents suitable to requirements of state management, demands for law inquiry or in accordance with relevant laws.

Article 11. Forms of law dissemination and education

Agencies, organisations and individuals shall carry out law dissemination and education in the following forms:

1. The National Law Portal; portals and websites; the press and mass media;

2. Digital platforms, social networks and AI applications;

3. Legal guidance and answers;

4. Through investigation, the exercise of the right to prosecution, supervision of judicial activities, trial, judgment enforcement, and organisation of law enforcement;

5. Through legal aid, legal consultancy, reconciliation, commercial arbitration, law-related services, dialogues, and information, cultural and legal institutions; incorporation into cultural and art activities and products, community-based and other grassroots activities;

6. Organisation of forums, conferences, seminars, panel discussions, press conferences, legal knowledge contests; law bookshelves and legal materials;

7. Through law education activities in education institutions of the national education system; and further training for cadres, civil servants and public employees;

8. Other forms consistent with law.

Article 12. Law dissemination and education on portals, websites, the press and mass media

1. Portals and websites of state agencies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organisations and the press must have specialised columns and pages on law dissemination and education that are placed at easily accessible positions, have appropriate time allocations, or are broadcast during time slots attracting large audiences, prioritising contents having great social impacts or directly related to human rights, citizens’ rights and obligations, and responsibilities of agencies, organisations and individuals.

2. Law dissemination and education on portals, websites, the press and mass media must comply with this Law, the Law on the Press and other relevant laws.

Article 13. Law dissemination and education on digital platforms, social networks and AI applications

1. The National Law Portal is the national digital platform on law for shared use across sectors and fields, creating favourable conditions for agencies, organisations, individuals, people and enterprises to access law and carry out law dissemination and education. Within the ambit of their tasks and powers, state agencies shall standardise, update, share and manage legal data under their management on the National Law Portal.

2. State agencies shall carry out law dissemination and education on digital platforms, social networks and AI applications, creating favourable conditions for organisations and individuals to proactively access law.

3. Organisations and individuals are encouraged to participate in, and support, law dissemination and education on digital platforms, social networks and AI applications; and to exploit and use legal data on the National Law Portal in accordance with law.

4. Agencies, organisations and individuals carrying out law dissemination and education on social networks shall use their official accounts that have been identified and authenticated in accordance with law.

5. The application of AI for law dissemination and education must comply with the law on AI and the following provisions:

a/ Ensuring the use and updating of information and data from official sources of state agencies, and the accuracy of legal contents;

b/ Verifying information prior to provision, attaching warning labels and rectifying information in accordance with law;

c/ Agencies, organisations and individuals developing and operating AI shall take responsibility for the accuracy of input data and information provided by their systems.

6. Agencies, organisations and individuals carrying out law dissemination and education on digital platforms, social networks and AI applications shall ensure personal data safety in accordance with the law on personal data protection.

7. The supervision, examination, inspection, detection, prevention and handling of law violations in law dissemination and education activities on digital platforms, social networks and AI applications must comply with relevant laws.

8. The Government shall detail this Article.

Article 14. Law dissemination and education through legal guidance and answers

1. Within the scope of their assigned fields, competent agencies and persons settling cases of agencies, organisations and individuals shall provide guidance and answers on legal provisions directly related to such cases if so requested by the latter.

2. Legal service and other law-related service providers, law training institutions, law research institutions and other organisations are encouraged to participate in providing pro bono legal guidance and answers to agencies, organisations and individuals.

Article 15. Law dissemination and education through investigation, exercise of the right to prosecution, supervision of judicial activities, trial, judgment enforcement and organisation of law enforcement activities

1. Competent proceedings-conducting agencies and their heads and judgment enforcement agencies shall, within the ambit of their tasks and powers, carry out appropriate law dissemination and education for related subjects through investigation, exercise of the right to prosecution, supervision of judicial activities, trial and judgment enforcement.

2. Competent agencies and persons shall carry out law dissemination and education for related organisations and individuals through handling of administrative violations, reception of citizens, settlement of complaints and denunciations, dialogues with citizens and other law enforcement activities.

Section 2

LAW DISSEMINATION AND EDUCATION FOR SPECIFIC SUBJECTS

Article 16. Specific subjects

1. Ethnic minority people; residents in remote and deep-lying areas and areas facing extreme socio-economic difficulties;

2. Industrial park and export processing zone workers; low-income workers;

3. Victims and perpetrators in cases concerning domestic violence, school violence or other types of violence; victims of human trafficking;

4. Persons with disabilities;

5. People from poor households and households living just above the poverty line;

6. The elderly;

7. Persons serving imprisonment sentences, persons entitled to suspended sentences, persons currently serving non-custodial reform sentences, persons having completed imprisonment sentences and undergoing the process of reintegration into the community; persons currently subject to administrative handling measures;

8. Other subjects specified by the Government based on the degree of difficulty in accessing law and their specific needs for law dissemination and education in order to implement the State’s preferential policies suitable to each period.

Article 17. Policies on law dissemination and education for specific subjects

1. Formulating, and organising the implementation of, law dissemination and education programmes and schemes suitable for each period.

2. Providing training and further training in legal knowledge and specialised law dissemination and education skills tailored to each group of specific subjects for law disseminators, law communicators, persons fluent in ethnic minority languages and persons invited to participate in law dissemination and education.

3. The Government shall detail this Article.

Article 18. Responsibilities in law dissemination and education for specific subjects

1. State management agencies related to specific subjects shall provide guidance on the contents and forms of law dissemination and education, allocate annual funding and direct and organise law dissemination and education for specific subjects under their management.

2. The Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organisations and other agencies and organisations shall, within the ambit of their tasks and powers, themselves carry out law dissemination and education for specific subjects or coordinate with state management agencies in doing so.

3. Employers shall, themselves or in coordination with others, organise law dissemination and education, and support and create favourable conditions for state agencies and socio-political organisations to carry out law dissemination and education for their employees who are the specific subjects referred to in Article 16 of this Law, ensuring time and venues suitable to the nature, scale and conditions of their production and business activities.

4. Judgment enforcement agencies, People’s Committees and related agencies and organisations shall proactively, or in coordination with agencies referred to in Clause 1 of this Article, carry out law dissemination and education for the specific subjects referred to in Clause 7, Article 16 of this Law, prioritising the provision of guidance for these subjects to inquire into law so as to support them in reintegrating into the community.

5. The Government shall detail this Article.

Section 3

LAW EDUCATION IN EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM

Article 19. Purposes, contents and forms of law education

1. Law education aims to equip learners with legal knowledge, improve skills in applying law, and build a culture of respect for the rule of law.

2. Law education shall be carried out under official education and extracurricular education programmes.

3. The contents of official law education must be suitable to each education degree and training level and shall be incorporated into early childhood education and general education programmes and designed as separate subjects or modules, or integrated appropriately into other subjects or modules at higher education institutions and vocational education institutions.

4. The contents of extracurricular law education shall be incorporated through experiential education activities and out-of-class activities of education institutions and vocational education institutions.

5. Learners at higher education institutions and vocational education institutions shall be equipped with legal knowledge suitable to their training disciplines.

6. The Government shall detail this Article.

Article 20. Responsibilities in law education

1. Education institutions and vocational education institutions of the national education system shall, within the ambit of their tasks and powers, provide law education for learners suitable to each education degree and training level; and create favourable conditions for teachers and lecturers under their management to receive further training in law.

2. Higher education institutions and vocational education institutions shall incorporate legal contents related to learners’ training disciplines into training programmes for teaching purposes.

3. The ministry performing the state management function of education and training and the ministry performing the state management function of law dissemination and education shall formulate, promulgate and implement mechanisms for coordination in law education and guide the implementation of law education.

4. The Government shall detail this Article.

Section 4

POLICY COMMUNICATION

Article 21. Purposes, contents, forms and timing of policy communication

1. Policy communication is the provision of information and multi-way interaction on policies and draft documents during the proposal and drafting process.

2. Policy communication is intended to:

a/ Increase the awareness and responsibility of agencies, organisations and individuals in participating in the drafting and improvement of policies and laws; create social consensus in the organisation of law enforcement activities;

b/ Provide timely and accurate information on the contents and projected impacts of policies to help agencies, organisations and individuals clearly understand and contribute opinions to improve, and prepare necessary conditions for the implementation of, the policies and draft document;

c/ Receive opinions and feedback from agencies, organisations and individuals to improve policies and draft documents to ensure suitability and feasibility, contributing to improving the documents’ quality;

d/ Guide public information in order to promptly combat and refute distorted and inaccurate information about policies and law.

3. The contents of policy communication include:

a/ Necessity, purposes, viewpoints for formulation, scope of regulation and subjects of application of policies and draft documents;

b/ Basic contents of policies and draft documents, with priority given to contents that have major social impacts, on which opinions differ, and that are of public concern;

c/ New contents or contents that are modified, supplemented or annulled compared to current regulations concerning the competence and responsibilities of agencies; lawful rights and interests and obligations of organisations and individuals;

d/ Other contents that need to be widely disseminated to agencies, organisations, individuals and the entire society.

4. Policy communication shall be carried out through the National Law Portal; portals and websites; the press; digital platforms, social networks, or other forms consitent with law.

5. The timing of policy communication must comply with the law on legal documents.

6. The Government shall detail this Article.

Article 22. Responsibilities in conducting policy communication

1. Within the ambit of their tasks and powers, policy proposal-formulating agencies and drafting agencies shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with related agencies and organisations in, conducting policy communication in appropriate forms as specified in Clause 4, Article 21 of this Law; and receive, summarise and respond to feedback and contributed opinions in a complete, transparent and promptly manner.

2. Press agencies shall proactively conduct policy communication or coordinate with policy proposal-formulating agencies and drafting agencies in doing so in accordance with this Law, the Law on the Press and other relevant laws.

3. The Government shall detail this Article.

Chapter III

RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES, ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN LAW DISSEMINATION AND EDUCATION

Article 23. Responsibilities of drafting agencies and agencies proposing treaties and international agreements

1. Agencies taking the lead in drafting documents have the following responsibilities:

a/ To formulate press releases and introductory materials for documents of the National Assembly and the Standing Committee of the National Assembly; to compile materials for law dissemination and education activities concerning the documents they take the lead in drafting;

b/ To post press releases and materials specified in Point a of this Clause on the National Law Portal and their portals and websites;

c/ To assign law disseminators or professionally qualified persons under their management or introduce experts to participate in law dissemination and education activities concerning the documents they take the lead in drafting.

2. Agencies proposing treaties or international agreements in the name of the State and the Government shall formulate press releases and compile materials for law dissemination and education activities concerning these treaties and international agreements, and post them on the National Law Portal and their portals and websites.

3. Agencies proposing international agreements other than those specified in Clause 2 of this Article shall compile and post materials for law dissemination and education activities concerning these international agreements on their portals and websites.

4. The Government shall prescribe the formulation of press releases and introductory materials for documents not mentioned in Point a, Clause 1 of this Article; and the time limits for posting press releases, introductory materials for documents and materials for law dissemination and education activities under this Article.

Article 24. Responsibilities of state management agencies in organising law dissemination and education

1. The Government shall lead and direct law dissemination and education activities, assign ministries and ministerial-level agencies to organise law dissemination and education activities concerning documents that are not submitted or promulgated by the Government, not promulgated by the Prime Minister, or not drafted or promulgated by ministries or ministerial-level agencies, and treaties that are not proposed by ministries or ministerial-level agencies.

2. Ministries and ministerial-level agencies shall organise law dissemination and education activities concerning documents, treaties and international agreements in the fields under their management.

3. Provincial-level People’s Committees shall organise law dissemination and education activities in their respective localities concerning documents promulgated by superior state agencies, provincial-level People’s Councils, Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees, and by themselves; treaties and international agreements concluded in the name of the State and the Government and concluded by their localities; and direct and guide commune-level People’s Committees in implementing law dissemination and education activities.

4. Commune-level People’s Committees shall organise law dissemination and education on contents subject to the responsibilities and management of commune-level administrations or at the request of competent agencies; and coordinate with related agencies and organisations in conducting law dissemination and education in localities.

5. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies and Chairpersons of all-level People’s Committees shall directly lead, direct and bear responsibility for the results of law dissemination and education activities under their management; and direct law dissemination and education for cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers under their management.

Article 25. Responsibilities of the agencies, the Office and deputies of the National Assembly

1. The agencies and the Office of the National Assembly have the following responsibilities:

a/ To perform the responsibilities specified in Article 23 of this Law with regard to documents of the National Assembly and the Standing Committee of the National Assembly for which they take the lead in drafting and international agreements they conclude.

For documents of the National Assembly and the Standing Committee of the National Assembly submitted by deputies of the National Assembly, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall assign the Office of the National Assembly, the Standing Body of the Council of Ethnic Minorities, or the standing bodies of the Committees of the National Assembly to perform the responsibilities specified in Article 23 of this Law;

b/ To coordinate with ministries and ministerial-level agencies assigned under Clause 1, Article 24 of this Law to carry out law dissemination and education for documents for which they take the lead in drafting;

c/ To provide guidance on, and create conditions for cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers under their management to take the initiative in researching, inquiring into and studying relevant laws.

2. Deputies of the National Assembly shall conduct law dissemination and education through meeting with voters; reception of citizens, receipt and settlement of complaints, denunciations, petitions and reports; incorporation into oversight activities; and other appropriate forms in accordance with law.

Article 26. Responsibilities of the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy and the State Audit Office of Vietnam

1. The Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy and the State Audit Office of Vietnam have the following responsibilities:

a/ To perform the responsibilities specified in Article 23 of this Law for documents of the National Assembly and the Standing Committee of the National Assembly they submit, documents they promulgate and treaties they propose;

b/ To coordinate with ministries and ministerial-level agencies assigned under Clause 1, Article 24 of this Law in conducting law dissemination and education for documents for which they take the lead in drafting, promulgate or jointly promulgate and treaties they propose;

c/ To provide guidance on, and create conditions for cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers under their management to take the initiative in researching, inquiring into and studying relevant laws.

2. Within the ambit of their tasks and powers, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy and the State Audit Office of Vietnam shall assume the prime responsibility for organising law dissemination and education for documents they promulgate; and carry out law dissemination and education through professional activities.

Article 27. Responsibilities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organisations

1. The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and central bodies of socio-political organisations have the following responsibilities:

a/ To perform the responsibilities specified in Article 23 of this Law for documents of the National Assembly and the Standing Committee the National Assembly they submit and international agreements they conclude;

b/ To coordinate with ministries and ministerial-level agencies assigned under Clause 1, Article 24 of this Law to conduct law dissemination and education for documents for which they take the lead in drafting or jointly promulgate;

c/ To provide guidance on, and create conditions for cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers under their management, and their members to take the initiative in researching, inquiring into and studying relevant laws.

2. To organise law dissemination and education for their members and member organisations; to mobilise organisations, enterprises and individuals to participate in and support law dissemination and education activities; to mobilise people to observe law.

3. To coordinate with state management agencies, drafting agencies, agencies proposing treaties and international agreements, local administrations and other related agencies and organisations in conducting law dissemination and education for their members and member organisations and the people in accordance with this Law, the Law on the Vietnam Fatherland Front and other relevant laws.

4. To provide training and further training for law disseminators and law communicators of their agencies and organisations.

Article 28. Responsibilities of People’s Councils and People’s Councils deputies

1. Within the ambit of their tasks and powers and based on local socio-economic development conditions, People’s Councils have the following responsibilities:

a/ Provincial-level People’s Councils shall promulgate mechanisms to ensure resources and funds for law dissemination and education work in their localities;

b/ People’s Councils at all levels shall decide on measures to ensure the implementation of law dissemination and education activities.

2. People’s Councils deputies shall, within the ambit of their tasks and powers, carry out law dissemination and education through meetings with voters; reception of citizens, receipt and handling of complaints, denunciations, petitions and reports; integration into oversight activities; and other forms in accordance with law.

Article 29. Responsibilities of press agencies

1. To carry out, by themselves or in coordination with agencies in charge of law dissemination and education, law dissemination and education in accordance with Article 12 of this Law, the Press Law and other relevant laws.

2. To report on opinions and petitions regarding contents and matters of public concern so that competent agencies and organisations can intensify law dissemination and education.

3. To promptly combat and refute false information and information distorting policies and laws.

Article 30. Responsibilities of employers

1. To proactively coordinate with trade union organisations, state agencies and socio-political organisations in organising law dissemination and education for employees under their management concerning laws governing the rights and obligations of employees and employers in employment relations.

2. To create conditions for employees to participate in law dissemination and education activities at enterprises in line with practical conditions.

Article 31. Responsibilities of socio-political-professional organisations and socio-professional organisations operating in the legal field; law training institutions, institutions providing training and further training for judicial title holders, and other agencies, organisations and individuals

1. Socio-political-professional organisations and socio-professional organisations operating in the legal field, and organisations providing legal services and other law-related services have the following responsibilities:

a/ To integrate law dissemination and education into their professional activities;

b/ To coordinate with agencies taking the lead in drafting documents, agencies proposing treaties and international agreements, and related agencies and organisations in carrying out law dissemination and education for their members and the public.

2. Law training institutions and institutions providing training and further training for judicial title holders have the following responsibilities:

a/ To integrate law dissemination and education into their professional activities;

b/ To coordinate with agencies taking the lead in drafting documents, agencies proposing treaties and international agreements, and related agencies and organisations in carrying out law dissemination and education for lecturers, learners and students under their management;

c/ To participate in providing further training and capacity building for persons engaged in law dissemination and education;

d/ To create conditions for lecturers, learners and students to act as law disseminators, law communicators or persons invited to participate in law dissemination and education, or to participate in voluntary law dissemination and education activities.

3. Family members shall be exemplary in law observance; educate and create conditions for other family members to study and learn about law, develop a sense of respect for and compliance with law, and foster a culture of respect for the rule of law.

4. Other agencies and organisations shall, within the ambit of their tasks and powers, carry out law dissemination and education in accordance with law.

5. Lawyers, jurists, legal consultants and other individuals belonging to the organisations specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article are encouraged to participate in law dissemination and education and to participate in further training in legal knowledge and skills for persons engaged in law dissemination and education at the request of competent agencies, organisations or individuals.

Article 32. Responsibilities of cadres, civil servants, public employees, workers, commissioned officers, professional army men and other individuals in the people’s armed forces

1. To actively and proactively study and learn about law, attaching importance to laws related to their assigned tasks; to participate in training, further training and legal knowledge refresher courses; to be exemplary in law observance.

2. To proactively and actively integrate law dissemination and education into their professional activities; to provide legal guidance and answers to legal inquiries to agencies, organisations and individuals in the course of settling administrative procedures and performing other assigned tasks.

3. To coordinate with and support competent agencies, organisations and individuals in organising law dissemination and education activities related to their fields and geographical areas of work.

4. To receive and report public opinions and petitions of citizens in the course of performing official duties; to propose solutions to improve the legal system and enhance the effectiveness of law dissemination and education.

Article 33. Law disseminators

1. Law disseminators are cadres, civil servants, public employees, and officers in the people’s armed forces, lawyers and jurists who are selected to participate in law dissemination and education when they fully meet the following criteria:

a/ Possessing good moral qualities, firm ideological stance and professional prestige;

b/ Having good communication skills;

c/ Possessing a bachelor’s or higher degree in law and having worked in the legal field for at least 2 years; or, for those without a bachelor’s degree in law, possessing a bachelor’s degree in another discipline and having at least 3 years of work experience in a law-related field, for those who do not have a bachelor’s degree in law.

2. The competence to select law disseminators is specified as follows:

a/ Heads of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, and central agencies of socio-political organisations shall select and publicise lists of law disseminators of their respective agencies and organisations.

Heads of central agencies of socio-political-professional organisations and socio-professional organisations operating in the legal field shall select and publicise lists of law disseminators of their organisations, with the consent of the selected individuals;

b/ Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees shall select and publicise lists of provincial-level law disseminators of their localities;

c/ Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees shall select and publicise lists of commune-level law disseminators of their localities.

3. Law disseminators have the following rights:

a/ To be provided with information and created conditions by their managing agencies and organisations to participate in law dissemination and education activities;

b/ To receive remuneration in accordance with law;

c/ To receive further training and upskilling in legal knowledge and law dissemination and education skills; to exchange and share experience in conducting law dissemination and education activities.

4. Law disseminators have the following obligations:

a/ To carry out law dissemination and education as assigned by the agencies or organisations that have selected them or at the request of related agencies or organisations; to comply with the principles of law dissemination and education and relevant laws;

b/ To report on their law dissemination and education activities to the agencies or organisations that have selected them.

5. The head of the ministry performing the state management function of law dissemination and education shall detail this Article and provide measures for managing and ensuring the operation of law disseminators.

Article 34. Law communicators

1. Law communicators are persons residing or working in commune-level localities who have prestige, legal knowledge, a good understanding of law and communication skills, and are selected to participate in law dissemination and education in such localities.

2. Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees shall select and publicise lists of law communicators of their localities, with the consent of the selected individuals.

3. Law communicators have the rights specified in Clause 3, and the obligations specified in Clause 4, Article 33 of this Law.

4. The head of the ministry performing the state management function of law dissemination and education shall detail this Article and provide measures for managing and ensuring the operation of law communicators.

Article 35. Persons invited to participate in law dissemination and education

1. Persons invited to participate in law dissemination and education are experts and persons possessing appropriate professional qualifications and a good understanding of law who are invited by agencies or organisations to participate in law dissemination and education.

2. Persons invited to participate in law dissemination and education have the rights specified in Points a and b, Clause 3, and the obligations specified in Point a, Clause 4, Article 33 of this Law.

Chapter IV

CONDITIONS FOR ENSURING LAW DISSEMINATION AND EDUCATION

Article 36. Assurance of the organisation of, and human resources, physical foundations, means and funding for, law dissemination and education

1. Heads of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, People’s Committees, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organisations and other related agencies and organisations shall assign and arrange human resources, law disseminators and law communicators, and ensure physical foundations and means for law dissemination and education.

2. Further training in legal knowledge for cadres, civil servants and public employees shall be integrated into, and its contents prioritised in, annual further training programmes for cadres, civil servants and public employees, ensuring conformity with the requirements of their tasks and working positions.

3. Funds for law dissemination and education shall be provided by the state budget in accordance with the law on the state budget and mobilised from other lawful funding sources in accordance with law, with priority given to funding for law dissemination and education for specific subjects.

4. The Government shall detail this Article.

Article 37. Evaluation of law dissemination and education activities

1. State management agencies in charge of law dissemination and education shall organise the periodic or ad hoc evaluation of law dissemination and education activities of agencies, organisations and individuals in accordance with the Government’s regulations.

2. The head of the ministry performing the state management function of law dissemination and education shall promulgate criteria for evaluating law dissemination and education activities based on the degree of access to law, legal knowledge and law observance, satisfaction of beneficiaries and other appropriate contents.

Chapter V

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 38. Effect

1. This Law takes effect on March 1, 2027.

2. Law No. 14/2012/QH13 on Law Dissemination and Education ceases to be effective on the effective date of this Law, except Clause 2, Article 39 of this Law.

Article 39. Transitional provisions

1. Law disseminators and law communicators who have been recognised before the effective date of this Law may continue to serve as law disseminators and law communicators.

2. Procedures for relief from duty or termination of services for law disseminators and law communicators that are being carried out in accordance with Law No. 14/2012/QH13 on Law Dissemination and Education and have not been completed by the effective date of this Law, shall continue to be carried out in accordance with Law No. 14/2012/QH13 on Law Dissemination and Education.-

This Law was passed on August 23, 2026, by the 16^th National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its first extraordinary session.

President of the National Assembly
TRAN THANH MAN