NA, People’s Councils to no longer directly establish thematic supervision missions: draft law

Under the draft revised rules, the NA and People’s Councils will no longer directly establish thematic supervision missions. Instead, the NA will select annual supervision themes and assign their implementation to the NA Standing Committee or specialised committees, which will then report findings for parliamentary discussion and resolution.

NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at the 48th session of the NA's Standing Committee. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committee discussed revisions to the Law on amending and supplementing several articles of the Law on supervisory activities of the National Assembly and People's Councils at its 48th session on August 12.

The event was chaired by Vice NA Chairman Tran Quang Phuong.

Presenting the key points of the revised legislation, Chairman of the Committee for People’s Aspirations and Supervision Duong Thanh Binh said the document had undergone a comprehensive revision, now structured into five chapters with 44 articles, 47 fewer than the current law. The revision includes the removal of 55 articles, retention and amendment of 36, and the addition of eight new ones.

At the 48th session of the NA's Standing Committee (Photo: VNA)

Under the proposed changes, the NA and People’s Councils will no longer directly establish thematic supervision missions. Instead, the NA will select annual supervision themes and assign their implementation to the NA Standing Committee or specialised committees, which will then report findings for parliamentary discussion and resolution. A similar approach should be applied at the People’s Council level.

NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man held that this is a bold step to concretise the Party’s policy on building and perfecting the socialist rule-of-law state in the new era. Supervision, he noted, must serve to refine laws, uphold discipline, and enhance the effectiveness of state governance.

He underscored clear separation of supervision mandates between the NA and People’s Councils and between provincial and grassroots councils, as well as proper division of responsibilities among the NA, its Standing Committee, the NA Council for Ethnic Affairs, and specialised committees.

Concluding the session, Vice NA Chairman Phuong urged a thorough review of the law’s scope and definitions to fully reflect reforms in oversight and legislative processes, reinforce decentralisation, and enhance supervision effectiveness. He called for a clear, unified understanding of the nature and objectives of supervisory activities, and urged the Committee for People’s Aspirations and Supervision to refine the draft before presenting it at a meeting of full-time deputies./.

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