Draft laws on urban and rural planning, notarisation to be scrutinised

National Assembly (NA) deputies will listen to a report on the explanation, acquirement, and revision of the draft Urban and Rural Planning Law, and discuss the bill at the hall in the legislature’s ongoing eighth session on October 25 morning.

An overview of National Assembly's eighth session (Photo: VNA)
An overview of National Assembly's eighth session (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) deputies will listen to a report on the explanation, acquirement, and revision of the draft Urban and Rural Planning Law, and discuss the bill at the hall in the legislature’s ongoing eighth session on October 25 morning.

At the end of the morning session, the National Assembly will hold a close-door discussion on personnel work. This topic will continue at the beginning of the afternoon session.

After that, the draft Law on Notarisation (amended) will be tabled, after law-makers listen to a report on the explanation, acquirement, and revision of this bill.

The 8th session is taking place in two phases, of which the first is from October 21 to November 13 and the second from November 20 to November 30 morning, with 29.5 working days.

The parliament is scheduled to spend most of the time on building laws, exercising the supreme supervisory power, and making decisions about socio-economic issues and some other important affairs./.

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