Preliminary assessment results of the implementation of the law on access to information in vietnam

PREL M NARY ASSESSMENT RES LTS OF T E MPLEMENTAT ON OF T E LAW ON A ESS TO NFORMAT ON N VETNAM Ngo hi hu Ha1 Backgrou d for t e assessme t Ih e La on Access to Info mation2 (o ‘LAI’in sho t) as passed by the National Assembly of Vietnam on Ap il 20 and came into fo ce on July 20 The La plays a ve y impo tant ole in specifying the ights of citizenship, hich is stipulated in A ticle 25 of the 20 Constitution The implementation of this La ill have positive impacts on state agencies, people and businesses, including st engthening of efficiency of the state management and imp ovement of the state-and-citizen elationship, and on the statuto y compliance of public se vants, people and businesses Besides, the evie of the LAI implementation th ough the eb po tals of a numbe of minist ies and cent al agencies, the Mining Coalition, the Fo est y Land Coalition, the Clean Wate Coalition and the Cent al fo Education and P omotion and Empo e ment of Women (CEPEW) (he einafte efe ed to as ‘the Resea ch Team’) conducted a p elimina y assessment on the LAI implementation in the a eas of Ha Giang p ovince, Quang Binh p ovince and Da Nang City OXFAM Vietnam p ovided technical assistance to and the Eu opean Union funded this assessment This assessment as conducted f om Decembe 20 to Ma ch 20 , and has th ee follo ing ob ectives: ( ) assessment on compatibility bet een the domestic la s and egulations elated to the ights to access to info mation, e g the LAI and its Director o fthe Centerfor Education romotion and Empowerment o f Women - CE EW 2La No 04/20 6/QH 3, July 20 hich as passed by the National Assembly on Ap il 20 and came into fo ce on 82