On the afternoon of July 21, in Hanoi, Politburo Member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man chaired the Conference of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly Party Committee and the Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee on the draft Law on Urban Development.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that recently, the Politburo has agreed to rename the draft Law on Special Urban Areas to the draft Law on Urban Development.
At the same time, basically agreeing on the content of decentralizing power to special urban areas in building institutions, ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Constitution, laws and the consistency of the legal system.
The Politburo also assigned the Government Party Committee to coordinate with the National Assembly Party Committee and relevant agencies to absorb the Politburo's opinions to supplement and complete relevant submissions and documents on the organizational model, mechanisms and policies for special economic zones, ensuring proactiveness and flexibility in the direction and administration of the Government but must be in accordance with the Constitution to report to the Politburo.
The National Assembly Chairwoman stated clearly that this is the first time building the Urban Development Law. This law not only removes today's bottlenecks but must create a development space for many decades to come, not only applicable to Ho Chi Minh City but also to other cities.
Regarding mechanisms and policies in the draft Law, it has basically closely followed the major orientations of the Politburo, especially Resolution No. 09-NQ/TW on building and developing Ho Chi Minh City in the new era and strategic resolutions on national development issued by the Politburo in the past time.
This Urban Development Law Project has an important shift in legal thinking from pilot mechanisms to building a stable and long-term legal framework.
Therefore, contents that are ripe, clear, and have been practically tested and proven should be boldly legalized; contents that are not sufficiently grounded should continue to be researched and completed, not because of progress requirements that affect the quality of the draft Law.
In addition, the National Assembly Chairwoman requested the drafting agency to continue to comprehensively review each group of policies and each mechanism from the perspective of both removing legal bottlenecks and creating new development room and sufficient capacity to organize implementation in practice. The spirit is that the Law must keep up with development requirements but at the same time must go one step ahead to lead development.
Regarding the relationship between the draft Law and the National Assembly's Resolutions on specific mechanisms and policies for Ho Chi Minh City such as Resolution 98, Resolution 260..., the National Assembly Chairman noted that the draft Law on Urban Development must inherit, elevate, and legalize specific mechanisms that have been practically tested.
The Urban Development Law Project must ensure that Ho Chi Minh City and other cities break through and move forward, to achieve double-digit growth targets. This is a very important issue" - the National Assembly Chairwoman emphasized.
In addition, the draft Law on Urban Development is not a prolongation of Resolution No. 98 or Resolution 260, nor is it just a law specifically for Ho Chi Minh City. The Politburo affirmed that this time, on the basis of Ho Chi Minh City, based on theory and practice, cities will also be applied.
