ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES OF VIETNAM
GRADUATE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
KHẢM
LA TRUONG ANH
RESPONSIBILITIES OF SOCIAL
ORGANIZATIONS IN PROTECTING THE
RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF CONSUMERS
UNDER VIETNAM’S LAW
Major: Economic Law
Major Code : 9.38.01.07
SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS IN LAW
PGS.
HANOI, 2020
The Work completed at:
GRADUATE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Academic Supervisor: ASSOC. PROF.DR. BUI NGUYEN KHANH
1st Peer-reviewer: ASSOC. PROF.DR. Tang Van Nghia
2nd Peer-reviewer: ASSOC. PROF.DR. Le Thi Hoai Thu
3rd Peer-reviewer : PROF.DR. Đinh Thị My Loan
The Thesis is defended before the Doctoral Examination Board
at the Academy level at Graduate Academy of Social Sciences
At…. , ……(day)………(month), 2020
The Thesis is kept at:
- The National Library of Vietnam
- Library of the Graduate Academy of Social Sciences
LIST OF PUBLICATION RELATED TO THE THESIS
1. La Truong Anh (2018), “Social orgnizations protecting
consumers in Vietnam”, Journal of Social Sciences Manpower,
No.10/2018.
2. La Truong Anh (2018), “The role of social organizations in
protecting the rights and interests of consumers”, Journal of
Democracy and Law, No.11.2018
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INTRODUCTION
1. Necessity of the Thesis
Currently, deriving from the needs and social significance of social
organizations in protecting the rights and interests of consumers, inadequacies
in the development and application of laws on the responsibilities of social
organizations in protecting the interests of consumers in Vietnam, research
gaps are existing. Therefore, with the desire to research, analyze and
understand more deeply the responsibilities of social organizations in
protecting the rights and interests of consumers, the author chose the topic
“Responsibilities of social organizations in protecting the rights and interests of
consumers under Vietnam’s law” as the title of doctoral thesis so as to respond
to the current requirements of theoretical, legal and practical basis in Vietnam
at present.
2. Objectives of the Thesis
The objectives of the thesis are to clarify theoretical issues about
responsibilities of social organizations in protecting the rights and interests
of consumers; analyze and assess the current status of the law and practice
of responsibilities of social organizations in protecting the rights and
interests of consumers in Vietnam at present; thereby, propose orientation
and solutions to improve the law on responsibilities of social organizations
in protecting the rights and interests of consumers.
3. Research Objects and Scope of the Thesis
The object of the thesis is the legal provisions on responsibilities of social
organizations in protecting consumers’ rights and interests. At the same
time, the author studies the practice of responsibilities of social
organizations in protecting the rights and interests of consumers under
current laws of Vietnam.
Scope of content research: Responsibilities of social organizations in
protecting the rights and interests of consumers are of broad issue, with many
different contents. There are also many social organizations responsible for
protecting the rights and rights of consumers with different scope of
responsibilities. However, within this thesis, the author forces on the
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Vietnam Consumers Protection Association as the social organization
protecting consumers' rights and interests.
Scope of research space and time: Based on applicable practices, the thesis
summarizes and evaluates the responsibilities of the Vietnam Consumers
Protection Association since 2010 (when the Law on the Protection of
Consumers’ Rights was introduced) to date.
4. Methodology of the Thesis
The thesis is conducted on the basis of dialectical materialism and historical
materialism methodology of the Marxism- Leninism, Ho Chi Minh Ideology,
the views of the Party and laws of the State on responsibilities of social
organizations in protecting the rights and interests of consumers.
The thesis uses the following research methods:
- Analysis method
- Synthesis method
- Comparative law method
- Statistic and observation method.
5. New contributions of the Thesis
So far, there have been many domestic and international studies on social
organizations protecting consumers' rights and interests, however, these studies
are mainly general research. In particular, independent research works, surveys
on the responsibilities of social organizations in protecting the interests of
consumers in Vietnam are not available, on the other hand, the regulations on
responsibilities of organizations social organizations in protecting the rights
and interests of consumers were included in the Law on the Protection of
Consumers’ rights without solid grounds. Therefore, this is the first time to
have a comprehensive, specific research with detailed basis, practical activities
on the responsibilities of social organizations in protecting the rights and
interests of consumers. The thesis presents the theoretical basis of
responsibilities of social organizations in protecting the rights and interest of
consumers. This is a scientific basis to propose orientation and solutions to
improve the law and the effectiveness of law enforcement on responsibilities of
social organizations in protecting the rights and interests of consumers. The
thesis also studies the participation of social organizations in protecting
