Legal regulations on charity activities in China and some implications for VietNam laws

Abstract

Charity is an activity of mobilizing society’s resources for welfare and non-profit purposes. This is also an activity to show the spirit of solidarity and mutual love in accordance with the tradition of the VietNamese nation. However, charity is also a sensitive issue, creating conflicting opinions in society. Therefore, there is a need for a complete legal framework to regulate this issue. In China, philanthropy is also an activity in line with the traditions of the Chinese nation, but this activity is formal, professional, and charities are highly accountable, than VietNam. This is the result of the institutionalization and building of a complete legal framework for the Charity Act since 2016. This shows that China is one step ahead of VietNam in terms of legislative level in matter of charity. Besides, China is a country with a relatively close legal and cultural tradition to VietNam, so this is a good reference channel for VietNam's legislative issues. Within the scope of the article, the authors introduce the background of the 2016 China Charity Law, on the basis of which there is a comparison with the social context of VietNam today. At the same time, the authors analyze some main and outstanding contents of the 2016 China Charity Law to show the perfection of the legal regulations in this country, besides the authors introduce, analyse the current provisions of VietNamese law on charity and calling out some policy implications for VietNamese law. The authors introduce the background of the 2016 Chinese Charity Law, on the basis of which there is a comparison with the social context of VietNam today. At the same time, the authors analyse some main and outstanding contents of the 2016 China Charity Law to show the perfection of the legal regulations in this country, besides the authors introduce, analyse the current provisions of VietNamese law on charity and calling out some policy implications for VietNamese law. The authors introduce the background of the 2016 Chinese Charity Law, on the basis of which there is a comparison with the social context of VietNam today. At the same time, the authors analyze some main and outstanding contents of the 2016 China Charity Law to show the perfection of the legal regulations in this country, besides the authors introduce, analyse the current provisions of VietNamese law on charity and calling out some policy implications for VietNamese law.