On behalf of the National Assembly Standing Committee, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has just signed and issued 3 Resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee on environmental protection tax rates for gasoline, oil, and grease; the allocation of estimated operating expenses of National Assembly delegations in 2025 and targeted supplementation from the central budget in 2024 for localities.
Accordingly, in Resolution No. 60/2024/UBTVQH15 on environmental protection tax rates for gasoline, oil, and grease, the National Assembly Standing Committee resolved on environmental protection tax rates for gasoline, oil, and grease from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
In particular, the tax rate for gasoline (except ethanol) is 2,000 VND/liter; jet fuel is 1,000 VND/liter; diesel is 1,000 VND/liter; kerosene is 600 VND/liter; fuel oil is 1,000 VND/liter; lubricants are 1,000 VND/liter; grease is 1,000 VND/kg...
According to Resolution No. 1337/NQ-UBTVQH15, the National Assembly Standing Committee resolved to allocate the estimated operating budget for 2025 for National Assembly delegations (operating expenses of state agencies, parties, and organizations - non-autonomous expenses) of VND 189,964 million.
The National Assembly Standing Committee assigned the Chief of the National Assembly Office to issue a Decision on assigning the 2025 budget estimates of the National Assembly Delegations to the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the People's Councils of the provinces and centrally run cities; consider and decide on adjusting the budget estimates for the National Assembly Delegation for tasks that have not been allocated budget estimates and tasks assigned to be supplemented and adjusted in 2025.
The National Assembly Standing Committee also assigned the National Assembly Office to review and ensure the accuracy of the content, information, and data in the plan for allocating the estimated operating expenses of the National Assembly Delegations in 2025; comply with the standards, norms, spending regimes, and conditions for supplementing, adjusting, and allocating the estimated budget in accordance with the provisions of law.
Thereby, managing, using and settling allocated funds in accordance with the provisions of the State Budget Law and relevant laws; ensuring timely, effective and appropriate implementation, avoiding loss, corruption, waste and negativity.
According to Resolution No. 1338/NQ-UBTVQH15, the National Assembly Standing Committee resolved to supplement the central budget to localities with a target of more than VND 5,834 billion to implement social security policies for the years 2023 - 2024 and support payment of benefits for the number of additional teacher positions for the school year 2022 - 2023 and the school year 2023 - 2024 in accordance with the content and data in Submission No. 845/TTr-CP dated December 10, 2024 of the Government.
Targeted supplement from the central budget to localities in the amount of 600,000 million VND to implement the Project to strengthen management of land with capital from state-owned farms and forestry farms for 19 localities in accordance with the content and data in Document No. 858/TTr-CP dated December 18, 2024 of the Government.
The Resolution clearly states that the Government is responsible for the legal basis of the proposed contents, the accuracy of the data, the completeness, compliance with standards, norms, spending regimes and conditions for supplementing the budget estimate, and assigning the budget estimate in accordance with the provisions of law.
Manage, use and settle allocated funds in accordance with the provisions of the State Budget Law and relevant laws; ensure timely, effective and appropriate implementation, without loss, waste or negativity; report to the National Assembly on implementation results at the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly.
Along with that, the Government directed ministries, branches and localities to learn from experience in building budget estimates, minimizing unallocated budgeted expenses from the beginning of the year...
