Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on September 29 convened the eighth conference of full-time deputies to discuss several issues to be submitted to the 10th sitting of the 15th National Assembly.
Running from September 29 to October 1, the event will deliberate and provide opinions on 21 draft laws.
According to NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man, the conference has been renovated to organise discussions into key areas: economy and finance, culture and society, national defence and security, foreign affairs, supervision, and law and judiciary. This new structure will provide greater flexibility, allowing deputies more time to address issues of concern, while also preventing the agenda from being altered for topics that may receive little debate.
He urged deputies to thoroughly analyse new provisions still subject to differing opinions in each draft law, and to assess whether the bills have been built on the latest orientations of the Party Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat, and Party General Secretary in lawmaking, particularly those set out in seven Politburo resolutions issued over the past nine months.
Deputies should also examine whether specific articles ensure constitutionality, legality, and consistency within each draft law as well as with recently enacted legislation and the broader legal system. They also need to establish whether the bills regulate matters under the NA’s authority, and whether they advance decentralisation of power in line with orientations on legislative reform and the organisation of two-tier local administrations.
The NA Chairman asked deputies to clearly express their views on whether each draft law or resolution is ready for submission to the legislature at its next sitting. He urged them to conduct an in-depth study and prepare concise and persuasive comments, with concrete proposals on issues requiring opinions within the draft laws.
The top legislator also requested that drafting and verifying agencies provide additional reports clarifying issues raised by deputies. Immediately after the conference, relevant agencies are to coordinate in absorbing feedback, finalising dossiers and documents, and delivering them to deputies at the earliest time./.
