At the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The 14th National Assembly adoptedthe amended Law on Residency during its ongoing 10th session inHanoi on November 13.
Of the 455 deputies present, 449 voted in favour, reaching 93.15 percent.
With seven chapters and 38 articles, the law will take effect on July 1,2021. It stipulates the right of Vietnamese citizens to freedom of residency in the Vietnamese territory, theregistration and management of residency, and the rights and responsibilitiesof citizens and agencies in this regard.
Household registration and temporary residence books will be valid untilDecember 31, 2022 and updated in the national residency archive.
Amendments and supplements to several articles of the Law on theHandling of Administrative Violations were also approved at the meeting, with446 votes in favour, or 92.53 percent of lawmakers.
The law comprises three articles and will come into force on January 1,2022.
With 450 votes in favour or 93.36 percent of those present, the revised Law on Vietnamese Guest Workersunder Contract was adopted.
Effective from January 1, 2022, it has eight chapters and 74 articlesregulating the rights, obligations, and responsibilities of Vietnamese guestworkers under contract, relevant individuals and organisations, and Statemanagement in the field.
Of 458 lawmakers present, 456 voted for the Law on International Agreements, or94.61 percent.
With seven chapters and 52 articles, the law stipulates principles,authority and procedures for amending, supplementing, extending, and ending thevalidity of international agreements, as well as the responsibilities ofagencies for signing and implementing them.
It will take effect on July 1, 2021./.
