Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has signed a directive outlining measures to address delays in issuing detailed regulations needed to implement laws, ordinances and resolutions passed by the National Assembly and its Standing Committee.

To tackle the problem comprehensively, the Prime Minister instructed ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies to strictly implement resolutions and conclusions of the Politburo concerning the development and improvement of Vietnam's legal system.

Each ministry and ministerial-level agency must appoint at least one senior leader with legal expertise. Ministers and agency heads will be directly responsible before the Government and the Prime Minister for the quality and progress of drafting laws, ordinances, resolutions and detailed implementing regulations.

Ministry leaders were instructed to proactively discuss and resolve complex issues or differing viewpoints from the earliest stages of the drafting process. They are also required to coordinate closely with the Government Office in seeking guidance from government leaders on matters beyond their authority or where disagreements remain.

The Prime Minister stressed that prolonged coordination or delays caused by waiting for consensus among agencies must not be allowed to affect the issuance schedule of legal documents.

Ministers and agency heads were urged to strengthen accountability and take a more proactive approach to drafting and issuing implementing regulations.

The directive states that the quality and timeliness of issuing detailed legal documents will become one of the key criteria in annual performance evaluations, rankings, emulation assessments and commendation decisions for relevant agencies, units and individuals.

The Prime Minister also called for pilot implementation of a key performance indicator (KPI) system for legislative work once the framework is finalized, with results directly linked to assessments of agency leaders and units responsible for drafting legislation.

Where prolonged delays in issuing implementing regulations create obstacles to enforcing laws or resolutions, or result in legal gaps, relevant agencies, units and individuals must be reviewed, held accountable and required to propose corrective measures.

The Prime Minister specifically instructed the ministries of Education and Training, Science and Technology, Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade, Finance, Home Affairs, Health and Justice, as well as the State Bank of Vietnam, to immediately address or report obstacles related to 15 overdue implementing documents, including 14 decrees and one decision, associated with laws and resolutions that have already taken effect.

The goal is to eliminate all outstanding delayed documents as quickly as possible.

The ministries of Public Security, Finance, Construction, Health, Home Affairs, Culture, Sports and Tourism, Science and Technology, National Defence, Foreign Affairs, Education and Training, and Industry and Trade were also directed to accelerate work on 48 decrees providing detailed guidance for laws and resolutions that will take effect on July 1.

These ministries are required to complete the dossiers and submit them to government leaders for review and signature, ensuring both quality and compliance with statutory deadlines.

Ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies were further instructed to promptly issue circulars within their authority and will bear personal responsibility before the Prime Minister if delays occur or if implementing regulations fail to take effect simultaneously with the laws and resolutions they are intended to support.

Tran Thuong