Draft laws, resolution sail through legislature

Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly (NA) adopted
two laws and a resolution in the morning of June 16, the last day of its third sitting in
Hanoi.
A total of 469 out of the 474 deputies casting their ballots
agreed to pass the revised Law on Insurance Business, which will come into
force on January 1, 2023.
The lawmakers also passed the amendments to the Law on
Intellectual Property with 95.58 percent of votes in favour. The revised law
will start to take effect on January 1, 2023.
The NA voted on a draft resolution on piloting vocational
training outside prisons for inmates, with 93.78 percent of deputies saying
“yes”.
The resolution will come into force on September 1 and the
pilot will be carried out in five years.
It stipulates the pilot model of organising
labour activities, job orientations and vocational training outside prisons for inmates under the Ministry of Public Security, with prisons allowed to pilot
cooperation with domestic organisations for such activities./.