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NA Standing Committee opens 25th session

The National Assembly Standing Committee began its 25th session on July 11 with discussions on contentious points in the draft law on the Vietnam Coast Guard.
NA Standing Committee opens 25th session ảnh 1National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan speaks at the session (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly Standing Committee beganits 25th session on July 11 with discussions on contentious pointsin the draft law on the Vietnam Coast Guard.

The version tabled for discussion this time has been revised afterdebates at the fifth session of the 14th National Assembly.

Concluding the discussions, NA Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty said most opinionsof the NA Standing Committee agreed to classify the coast guard as part of thearmed forces.

The Standing Committee required further clarification about the tasksand power of the force to prevent overlapping. The relations between the coastguard and other forces such as the navy and the border guard also need to beclarified.

Also in the morning of July 11, the Standing Committee gave opinions ondebatable matters in the draft law on protecting state secrets.

The 25th session of the NA Standing Committee will last threedays, during which three bills – the draft law on the Vietnam Coast Guard, thedraft law on prevention and fight corruption (revised) and the draft law onprotecting state secrets - will be tabled for discussion.

The committee will look into the plans on allocating and using theunused medium-term investment capital from the State budget in 2016-2020, andon allocating medium-term public investment capital to the national target programmeon the East Sea and islands.

Other items on the working agenda include a draft resolution of the NAStanding Committee on the environmental tax list, and a draft decreestipulating some specific mechanisms on investment, finance, budget and decentralizedadministration for the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

At this session, the NA Standing Committee is also scheduled to considerthe implementation of a number of stipulations in the Investment Law, thePublic Investment Law and the Law on Environmental Protection related toenvironment impact assessment of investment projects.

The committee will consider and decide on the organisation and apparatusof a number of administrative units in Binh Duong, Ha Tinh and Ba Ria-Vung Tauprovinces; and the appointment of ambassadors for the 2018-2021 tenure.-VNA
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