(Comparison between the 2008 and 2015 Laws on Promulgation of Legal Documents)
Constitution
National Assembly
Code/Law
Resolution
Ordinance
National Assembly Standing Committee
Resolution
Order
President
Decision
Decree
Government
Decision
Prime Minister
Resolution
Judicial Council of the Supreme People’s Court
Circular
Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court
Circular
Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies
Decision
State Auditor General
Resolution
People’s Councils at all levels
Decision (and Directive under the 2008 Law)
People’s Committees at all levels
Legal documents (introduced for the first time in the 2015 Law)
Local administrations in special administrative-economic units
Joint Resolution
Between National Assembly Standing Committee or Government and Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (between National Assembly Standing Committee or Government and a central agency of a socio-political organization under the 2008 Law)
Joint Circular
Between Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court and Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy
Between Ministers or heads of ministerial-level agencies and Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy or Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court (between competent state agencies under the 2008 Law)