Continuing the 9th session, on the morning of May 23, the National Assembly will discuss in the group on some contents, such as supplementing the results of the implementation of the socio -economic development plan, the State budget in 2024; The implementation of the socio -economic development plan and the state budget in the first months of 2025;
Approving state budget settlement in 2023; Supplementing the regular expenditure budget (non-foreign aid source) in 2025; Practicing thrift and combating waste in 2024; Results of implementing national goals on gender equality in 2024.
Notably, the transition to applying a number of specific mechanisms and policies that have been allowed by the National Assembly to be implemented in some localities after implementing the restructuring of the apparatus and expanding administrative boundaries according to the policies of the Party and State was also discussed.
Previously, on May 19, Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang, authorized by the Prime Minister, presented a report on the above content.
According to Minister Nguyen Van Thang, up to now, the whole country has 10 localities (including provinces and cities: Hanoi, Hai Phong, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Hue, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Buon Ma Thuot in Dak Lak, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho provinces) that are applying specific mechanisms and policies according to separate Laws and Resolutions of the National Assembly.
The merger of provincial administrative units (ADUs) and the end of the operation of district-level ADUs will lead to changes in geographical boundaries, management scope, legal status, population size, socio-economic development situation, etc. of localities.
This raises an urgent need for transitional regulations on continuing to apply specific mechanisms and policies being implemented in localities subject to reorganization to ensure the continuity and stability of legal regulations, in management, operation and socio-economic development in these localities...
In the submission, the Government proposed that the National Assembly allow localities after the merger of provincial-level administrative units (including provinces and cities: Hai Phong, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho) to continue implementing specific mechanisms and policies that the National Assembly had allowed to be implemented correspondingly in localities before the merger of provincial-level administrative units.
Allowing new communes and wards in Buon Ma Thuot city of Dak Lak province, after implementing the arrangement of commune-level administrative units, to apply specific mechanisms and policies that the National Assembly has allowed.
By the afternoon of May 23, the National Assembly will discuss in the hall on the Law on the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Bidding Law; Law on Investment by the method of public -private partnership; Customs Law; Law on Export and Import Tax; Investment Law; Law on Public Investment; Law on management and use of public assets.
At the end of the discussion, the Minister of Finance explained and clarified a number of issues raised by National Assembly deputies.
