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KEY ISSUES IN THE 2005 CIVIL CODE 345 INTRODUCTION To diíĩíỉeminatc the kcy issucs of cnnctcd important codes a n d taivs. such as the Civil C(XỈc, the Invcstnieỉìt Lcau, the Ixnv on IntcỊỊcctuol Propcrty a n d thc Enterprise Law to the husincss community, Victnamcsc a n d [oreigìi rcodcrs, the Jucliciaỉ Pithlishiniĩ Housc, in ựoordiuation ivith the International Latc Department, the Ministrỵ ofJiisticc, piỉbỉishcs sonw books lìì both Victnanìcsc a n d English to iniroduce thc code a n d loivs s a id ahocc. ỉt is our hopc th at íhc pubtications of the ổudicial Publishing ỉỉouíic Lvill bí' usefuỉ for Ihosc domcsỉic an d [ordgn in dividuals and o rg a m z a tio n s Luho are intercstcd in le aniing ahouí the Victnamesc laivs. Wc,' also hope th a t thcse books ivilỉ contribute to ensuring transparency o f the Vietìiamesc ỉegal system - one o f the rcquircments for this country to hecome a mcmher o f the Worỉd Trade Orga n iza t ion (WTO). We, therefore, have the honor to introduce this book to readcrs! Janiiaiy 2007 TH E JU D IC IA L PƯ BLISHING HOƯSE 317 Partl INTRODUCTION TO THE 2005 CIVIL CODE 349 Part I. Introduction to the 2005 Civìl Code I. sTRllC I URK ()F THK 2005 C I\ IL CODK The 2 0 0 5 Civil Codc comprises o f 36 Chapters, 777 Artỉcỉes ivhivh a re d i v i d c d in to th e fo l l o w i n g 7 Parts: P a r t One: G en eral p ro v ỉsio n s coniprises of 9 C h ap ters Chaptcr /: Tasks and effect of the Civil Code (Articles 1-3) Chapter II: Basic principles (Articles 4-13) Chapter ///: Indivicluaỉs (Articles 14-83) comprises of 5 Sections: Scction 1: Civil law capacity and civil actcapacitv of individuals (Articles 14-23) Section 2: Personal rights (Articlcs 24-51) Section 3: Place of residence (Articles 52-57) Section 4: G uardianship (Articlcs 58-73) Section 5: Notice of search for persons who are absent from their places of residence, declaration of missing persons and declaration of death (Articles 74-83) Chapter rV\ Legal persons (Articles 84-105) comprises of 2 Sections: Section 1: General provisions on legal persons (Articles 84-99) Section 2: Types of legal person (Articles 100-105) C h apter V: Pamily households and cooperative groups (Articles 106-120) comprises of 2 Sections: Section 1: Pamily households (Articles 106-110) Section 2: Cooperative groups (Articles 111-120) Chapter VI: Civil transactions (Articles 121-138) Chapter VII: R epresentation (Articles 139-148) 351 Key issues in the 2005 Civil Code Chaptcr VIII: Time limits (Articles 149-153) Chapter IX: Statute of limitations (Articles 154-162) Part Two: Property and ovvnership rights comprises of 7 Chapters; Chapter X: General provisions (Articles 163-173) Chapter XI: Types of property (Articles 174-181) Chapter XỈI: Contents of ovvnership rights (Articles 182-199) comprises of 3 Sections: Section 1: The right to possession (Articles 182-191) Section 2: The right to use (Articles 192*194) Section 3: The right to disposition (Articles 19Õ-199) Chapter Xlll: Forms of ovvnership (Articles 200-232) comprises of 6 Sections; Section 1: State ovvnership (Articles 200-207) Section 2: Collective ownership (Articles 208-210) Section 3: Private ovvnership (Articles 211-213) Section 4: Common ownership (Articles 214-226) Section 5: Ovvnership by political organizations, socio-political organizations (Articles 227-229) Seclion 6: Ownership by socio-political-professional organizations, social organizations, socio*professional organizations (Articles 230-232) Chapter x rv: Establishm ent and term ination of ovvnership rights (Articles 233-254) comprises of 2 Sections: Section 1: Establishment of ovvnership rights (Articles 233-247) Section 2: Term ination of ovvnership rights (Articles 248-254) Chapter XV: Protection of ownership rights (Articles 255-261) 352 Part I. Introduction to the 2005 Civíl Code C h a p te r XVI: Other provisions on ovvnership rights (Articles 262-279) Part Three: Civil obligations and civil contracts comprises of 5 Chapters C h a p te r XVII: General provisions (Articles 280-427) compris- es of 7 Sections: Section 1: Civil obligations (Articles 280-282) Section 2: Performance of civil obhgations (Articles 283-301) Section 3: Civil liability (Articỉes 302-308) Section 4: Transfer of the right to demand and transíer of civil obligations (Articles 309-317) Section 5: Security for the performance of civil obligations (Articles 318-373) Section 6: Term ination of civil obligations (Articles 374-387) Section 7: Civil contracts (Articles 388-427) Chapter XVIII: Commonly used civil contracts (Articles 428­ 593) comprises of 13 Sections: Section 1: Contracts for property sale and purchase (Articles 428-462) Section 2: Contracts for property exchange (Articles 463-464) Section 3: Contracts for the donation of property (Articles 465-470) Section 4; Contracts for property loan (Articles 471-479) Section 5: Contracts for property lease (Articles 480-511) Section 6: Contracts for property borrovving (Articles 512-517) Section 7: Service contracts (Articles 518-526) 353 Key issues in the 2005 Civil Code Section 8: Contracts for transportation (Articles 527-Õ46) Section 9: Processing contracts (Articles 547-5Õ8) Section 10: Contracts for the bailmentoí propertv (Articles Õ59-566) Section 11: Insurance contracts (Articles 567-580) Section 12; M andate contracts (Articles 581-589) Section 13: Promise of reward and competition for prizes (Articles Õ90-593) Chapter XỈX: Performance of tasks vvithout m andate (Articles 594-598) Chapter XX: Obligation to return the property possessed, used, benefits enjoyed thereừom vvithout a legal basis (Articles 599-603) Chapter XXI: Liability to compensate for dam age ơutside contract (Articles 604-630) comprises of 3 Sections: Section 1: General provisions (Articles 604-607) Section 2: Determination of damage (Articles 608-612) Section 3: Compensation for damage in a num ber of speciric cases (Articles 613-630) Part Four: Inheritance comprises of 3 Chapters Chapter XXII: General provisions (Articles 631-645) Chapter XXIIỈ: Testam entary inheritance (Articles 646-673) Chapter XXIV: Inheritance at law (Articles 674-680) Chapter XXV: Paym ent and division of inheritable estate (Articles 681-687) Part Five: Provisions on the transter o f land use rights com- prises of 8 Chapters Chapter XXVI: General provisions (Articles 688-692) 354