Ministry of Justice (Vietnam)
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| Vietnamese: Bộ Tư pháp | |
 Logo the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 28 August 1945 |
| Type | Government Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Vietnam |
| Headquarters | 60 Tran Phu Street, Dien Bien Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi |
| Annual budget | 1.5 to 1.8 trillion VND (2026)[1] |
| Minister responsible |
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| Deputy Ministers responsible |
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| Website | moj |
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ, Vietnamese: Bộ Tư pháp) is a government ministry in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It is a cabinet-level agency responsible for the state management of legal and judicial affairs, including the drafting of laws, the inspection of legal documents, and the oversight of legal dissemination and education. The MOJ manages some administrative functions such as civil status registration, nationality records, and the issuance of judicial certificates, while also regulating professional legal services like notarization, legal aid, and the licensing of lawyers. It is also tasked with the enforcement of civil judgments and represents the Government of Vietnam in international legal cooperation and mutual legal assistance, all under the direct leadership of a Minister who reports to the Prime Minister and the National Assembly.[2]
The MOJ is a governmental agency that performs the function of state management in the fields of legal development and implementation, legal normative document review, administrative procedure control, legal dissemination and education; state management in the enforcement of civil and administrative judgments, administrative justice, judicial support services, state compensation in administrative management and judgment enforcement, and other judicial tasks nationwide. It also oversees the enforcement of laws regarding administrative violations and manages public services in the areas under its jurisdiction.[3]
Units
- Department of General Affairs on Legislative Development
- Department of Economic and Civil Legislation
- Department of Criminal and Administrative Legislation
- Department of International Law
- Department of Legal Dissemination and Education
- Department of Planning and Finance
- Department of International Cooperation
- Department of Organisation and Personnel
- Ministry's Inspectorate
- Ministry's Office
- General Bureau of Civil Judgement Execution
- Bureau of Legal Normative Documents Post-Review
- Bureau of Administrative Procedure Control
- Bureau of Civil Status, Nationality, Authentication
- Bureau of Child Adoption
- Bureau of Legal Aid
- Bureau of National Registry of Secured Transactions
- Bureau of State Compensation
- Bureau of Judicial Affairs Support
- Bureau of Information Technology
- Institute of Legal Science
- Academy of Justice
- Hanoi University of Law
- Judicial Publishing House
- Vietnam Law Newspaper
- Democracy and Law Journal
