On September 28, the 37th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee closed after completing the entire agenda with a spirit of active, urgent, innovative and responsible work. This is the session with the largest workload since the beginning of the year.
Speaking at the closing session, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man stated that at this session, the National Assembly Standing Committee reviewed and discussed 25 contents, focusing on preparations for the 8th session of the 15th National Assembly.
The National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on 8 draft laws and 2 draft resolutions. Of these, 8 draft laws were submitted to the National Assembly, including: Law on Chemicals (amended); Law on Corporate Income Tax (amended); Law on Special Consumption Tax (amended); Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Advertising; Law on Employment (amended); Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance; Law on Teachers; Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army.
At the same time, the National Assembly Standing Committee reviewed and decided to adjust the Law and Ordinance Development Program: adding 3 draft laws and 1 draft resolution to submit to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at the 8th session according to the 1-session process.
In addition, the National Assembly Standing Committee considers, comments, and decides according to its authority on 6 other contents.
The National Assembly Chairman highly appreciated the presenting agencies and the agencies in charge of the review for their effective coordination, spending a lot of time, being receptive, listening, and investing effort and intelligence to complete the dossiers and documents of the contents presented at the meeting.
Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee and representatives of relevant agencies attended the meeting in full, actively discussed and analyzed issues, and clarified many important issues.
There is not much time left until the 8th session. The National Assembly Standing Committee only has the regular meeting in October 2024 as the last meeting to review and consider all remaining contents before submitting to the National Assembly.
Mr. Tran Thanh Man said that, as expected, the volume and content to be considered at this session will be relatively large, including 7 draft laws, 2 draft resolutions of the National Assembly, socio-economic and financial budget reports.
The National Assembly Chairman requested that agencies focus highly and urgently complete documents and send them to members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on time, ensuring time for research and preparation of speeches.
Regarding the contents that the National Assembly Standing Committee commented on at the previous session, the National Assembly Chairman requested that agencies urgently receive and complete documents to send to National Assembly deputies on time, no later than October 1.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man emphasized the need to prepare carefully and thoroughly, from personnel work to the content of the 8th session.
In the context that the whole country is in the process of overcoming the consequences of storm No. 3, the National Assembly Chairman pointed out that many issues need to be focused on to ensure accelerated socio-economic development, stabilize the country, and strive to complete the 5-year socio-economic plan.
