On June 12, the National Assembly discussed the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents.
Delegate Nguyen Thi Viet Nga (Hai Duong Delegation) said that the draft law stipulates that the People's Committees at the commune level issue decisions to regulate issues assigned by law and resolutions of the National Assembly; decentralization and implementation of decentralized tasks and powers.
Thus, decentralization at the commune level is implemented according to the 2-level local government model according to this draft law, which level and to which unit.
According to the delegate, it is necessary to carefully consider giving decentralization to the People's Committee at the commune level to avoid the case where the new commune-level government becomes an intermediate level.
Concerned about this content, delegate Vu Hong Luyen (Hung Yen delegation) suggested that studying and considering the authority to decentralize to the People's Committees at the commune level for specialized agencies and administrative organizations is unreasonable.
Because the commune-level government, when performing its tasks, must always be close to the people, so it needs to be directly implemented and take primary responsibility for that implementation, ensuring its correct authority.
Delegate Pham Van Hoa (Dong Thap Delegation) said that in order for the commune-level People's Committee government to operate effectively in the coming time, it will receive more tasks and powers, and it is necessary to flexibly assign the tasks of the Chairman of the Commune-level People's Committee to a number of specialized departments and offices on behalf of the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee to perform specific tasks.
Regarding the content of transitional regulations at the commune and provincial levels when local authorities at both levels come into operation, the delegate analyzed that the legal documents of the People's Committee of Commune A after merging with the People's Committee of Commune B can be considered for implementation or can be issued other documents to continue implementation.
According to the delegate, this is a huge issue that needs attention to be implemented appropriately between localities after the merger.
Delegate Nguyen Phuong Thuy (Hanoi Delegation) recommended that it is necessary to clearly identify which documents have not been abolished or have not been fully published, then they will still be applied normally.
The competent authorities issuing documents need to focus on doing a good job of reviewing and systematizing legal documents, to promptly abolish and publish documents that have expired.
This makes the legal system transparent, helping state agencies, people and businesses more convenient in managing and applying the law in real life.
The delegate said that, according to the report of the Government Party Committee on May 29, 2025, the Government and ministries and branches are urgently reviewing to issue decrees on decentralization, delegation of authority, and division of authority between the central and local governments and between local government levels.
Accordingly, out of a total of 1,248 tasks and powers of the People's Council, People's Committee, and Chairman of the District People's Committee, 1,060 tasks and powers will be transferred to the commune level; nearly 200 other tasks and powers will be transferred to the provincial level.
Delegate Nguyen Phuong Thuy also suggested that it is necessary to consider adding in the law regulations on the mechanism for controlling the number of legal documents in the legal system, to ensure the goal of building a synchronous, public, transparent and accessible legal system.
This is to overcome the overlapping, cumbersome, lack of transparency and inaccessible legal system.
