At the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) –The National Assembly Standing Committee considered the principles, criteriaand norms for the allocation of regular State expenditure estimates for 2022 during its second sessionin Hanoi on August 17.
Participants at the event said many existing criteria and norms have become outdated while many new policies and mechanisms have been issued, thus requiring new criteriaand norms.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Huesaid the Party Central Committee’s resolution has set July 1, 2022 as the date forsalary reform. Accordingly, all special mechanisms in this regard must be removed, he said, adding that the NA Standing Committee must review and require the ensuring of resources to carry out salary reforms.
The committee agreed thatpopulation is a major criterion for the allocation of budget to localities, andsuggested the Government review other criteria to cover all specific characteristics of each and every area and region.
They suggested theGovernment pay attention to the health sector in budget allocation, in accordance with the Party's policy that considers preventivemedicine the key and grassroots health care the foundation.
In the afternoon the sameday, the NA Standing Committee mulled over the NA Ethnic Council’s suggestion regarding how to classify mountainous and highland areas.
The committee also decided on the establishmentof its thematic supervision delegation on the enforcement of laws on reception of citizens and settlement of complaintsand denunciations from July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2021 and the implementation of theNA Standing Committee’s resolutions on the arrangement of district andcommunal-level administrative units during the 2019-2021 period./.
