Hanoi (VNA) – The 15th National Assembly (NA) approved the revised Law on the Organisation of the Government, with 463 out of 465 participating deputies voting in favour, at the 9th extraordinary session on February 18.
The newly approved legislation, consisting of five chapters and 32 articles, will take effect from March 1 this year. The adoption follows discussions held on February 13 and 14.
A key focus during deliberations was ensuring the law's consistency within Vietnam's broader legal framework. Several legislators emphasised the need to carefully review provisions on decentralisation and power delegation to maintain alignment with the Constitution and other existing laws. They also stressed that decentralisation must be coupled with power control mechanisms to prevent abuse of authority.
Responding to these concerns, the NA Standing Committee conducted a review to guarantee the draft's constitutional compliance and coherence with related legislation. Provisions on power control in decentralised responsibilities are addressed in the document, detailing the specific responsibilities of the Government, Prime Minister, ministers, and heads of the ministerial-level agencies.
The revised law also clarifies the concepts of power delegation, decentralisation, and authorisation in response to deputies' requests, while outlining the scope, subjects, responsibilities, principles, conditions, and circumstances under which such transfers of authority may occur.
Regarding decentralisation, the Standing Committee ordered consistency by clearly defining delegating and receiving entities, and their respective responsibilities, along with implementation procedures. The law establishes fundamental principles while allowing specialised legal documents to determine specific matters that cannot be decentralised.
Concerning authorisation, the provisions in the draft law have been designed in harmony with regulations in the draft law on organisation of local administration (revised). They also detail the methods, content, scope, time limits for authorisation, and the fundamental conditions for implementing such authorisation./.
