PREL M NARY ASSESSMENT RES LTS OF T E MPLEMENTATONOF T E LAW ONA ESS TO NFORMATON N VETNAM Ngo hi hu Ha1 Backgrou d for t e assessme t Ihe La on Access to Info mation2o ‘LAI’in sho t as
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Ihe La on Access to Info mation2(o ‘LAI’in sho t) as passed by the National Assembly of Vietnam on 6 Ap il 20 6 and came into fo ce on July 20 8 The La plays a ve y impo tant ole in specifying the ights ofcitizenship, hich is stipulated in
A ticle 25 of the 20 3 Constitution The implementation ofthis 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 8 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
Directorofthe Centerfor Education romotion and Empowermentof Women - CE EW
2La No 04/20 6/QH 3, hich as passed by the National Assembly on 6 Ap il 20 6 and came into fo ce on July 20 8
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