Hanoi(VNA) – The 8th meeting of the National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committeeopened on March 14 with an agenda full of important contents for the thirdsession of the 14th NA.
Opening the meeting,NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan stressed that the NA Standing Committee will giveopinions on five draft laws: the Bill on Tourism (revised), the Railway Bill(revised), the Bill on Technology Transfer (revised), the Bill on Planning, andthe Bill on Foreign Trade Management.
All those billswere debated at the second session of the 14th NA.
The StandingCommittee will also consider for the first time four draft laws on fishery(revised), forest development and protection (revised), public debt management(revised), and denunciation (revised).
These bills willbe submitted to the NA’s third session for first-time review.
Other items onthe NA Standing Committee meeting’s agenda are several draft resolutions, amongothers.
Chairwoman NguyenThi Kim Ngan said the original agenda of the NA Standing Committee’s eighthmeeting included several question-and-answer sessions for NA deputies but theywill be moved to the committee’s April meeting.
Following theopening ceremony, the bill on denunciations (revised) was tabled fordiscussions.
The NAChairwoman shared the majority viewpoint that the law on denunciations needs tobe revised to create more favourable conditions for citizens to exercise theirrights in this field while clarifying responsibilities of competent agenciesand organisations in dealing with denunciations, protecting whistle-blowers andensuring fair handling of such cases.
The bill ondenunciation (revised) contains major adjustments, with only 14 articles theoriginal law to be kept unchanged while 36 articles are revised and 14 newarticles are added.-VNA
