The Government has just issued Decree 121/2025 dated June 11, 2025 regulating decentralization and delegation of authority in the field of state management of the Ministry of Justice.
This Decree stipulates the authority, order, and procedures for performing tasks and powers of competent agencies and individuals in the field of state management of the Ministry of Justice as prescribed in the law, resolutions of the National Assembly, articles, resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee, decrees of the Government, and decisions of the Prime Minister that need to be adjusted to implement decentralization and delegation.
The Decree clearly states decentralization in the fields of: Property auction; commercial arbitration; management of lawyers; notarized documents; state compensation; adoption, dissemination, legal education, legal aid.
The Decree also specifically stipulates decentralization in the fields of: Reversal; commercial arbitration; legal support for small and medium-sized enterprises, legal aid.
Decree 121/2025 also stipulates that the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee has the authority to: Appoint notaries as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 13 of the Notary Law, Article 4 of Decree No. 104/2025 dated May 15, 2025 of the Government detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Notary Law; dismissal of notaries as prescribed in Article 16 of the Notary Law, Article 6 of Decree No. 104/2025; reappointment of notaries as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 17 of the Notary Law, Article 7 of Decree No. 104/2025.
The recognition of equivalent for people who have been trained in notary profession abroad is stipulated in Clause 6, Article 11 of the Notary Law and is also under the authority of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
