Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly Standing Committeeoffered opinions on the draft revised Law on Water Resources during their 21st meeting in Hanoi on March 15.
The bill comprises 88 articles and 10 chapters.
Head of the NA's Committee on Science, Technologyand Environment Le Quang Huy said full-time deputies of the committee agreed onthe need to issue the revised Law on Water Resources to institutionalise the Resolutionon the protection of environment, natural resources, climate change adaptation,disaster prevention and mitigation adopted by the 13th NationalParty Congress.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue proposed adding theimportant function of water resources in disaster prevention and mitigation,such as flood drainage, storage, regulation, flooding prevention, protectioncorridors, and supplementing the concept of flood drainage corridors.
He alsosuggested reviewing regulations on the calculation of water resources taxes inline with regulations on taxes and prices./.
