Continuing the program of the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly, on the morning of May 9, Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang, authorized by the Prime Minister, presented the Draft Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Planning Law.
According to the Minister, the Draft Law consists of 2 articles, in which 33 articles and clauses of the Planning Law are amended and supplemented with the main content and new points, including:
Completing the planning system;
Simplifying planning content;
Supplementing regulations on the order and procedures for adjusting the planning for the period 2021 - 2030 to meet the requirements of rearranging provincial-level administrative units in the direction of simplification and promoting decentralization and delegation of authority;
Strengthen decentralization and delegation of authority in state management of planning;
Supplementing regulations on the order and procedures for adjusting the planning for the period 2021 - 2030 to meet the requirements of rearranging provincial-level administrative units in the direction of simplification and promoting decentralization and delegation of authority;
Strengthen decentralization and delegation of authority in state management of planning;
Complete regulations on the order and procedures of planning activities and the responsibilities of agencies in state management of planning;
Supplement transitional regulations for national planning, regional planning, provincial planning for the period 2021-2030, planning with technical and specialized characteristics.
Presenting the report of the Law on the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Planning Law, the Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic and Finance Committee, the draft law has added the principle of handling conflicts between plannings and assigning the Government in detail to remove difficulties and obstacles in practice over the past time.
However, the draft Law only stipulates the principle of handling conflicts for planning that is not decided and approved by the same authority. Therefore, it is recommended that the Drafting Agency study and supplement and clarify the conflict handling plan in the draft Law for plans decided and approved by the same authority.
Regarding decentralization of decision-making authority and approval of planning adjustments, some opinions suggested that the National Assembly's authority in deciding on national land use planning and national marine spatial planning should not be decentralized to the Government, especially in the case of newly establishing these plans because this content has not been carefully reviewed and evaluated, which could lead to unsynchronization and uniformity in the legal system.
Therefore, it is necessary to continue researching and evaluating practical reviews when comprehensive amendments to the Planning Law; In case the Government needs to decide to decide the new national land use planning, the national marine space planning, it is necessary to review and research to integrate some important contents of these two plans into the content of the National Master Plan, ensuring the supreme supervision rights of the National Assembly according to the Constitution for special resources, with national importance.
Mr. Mai said that the Economic and Finance Committee agreed with the amendment and supplementation of the content of the planning at all levels in the direction of only general regulations, orientation and assigning the Government detailed regulations to ensure flexibility in the implementation process. However, it is recommended to clarify the role of these plans, based on the assessment of the suitability of investment projects with plannings when approving investment policies and implementing projects.
Some opinions suggest reviewing the plans listed in Appendices I and II of the Law on Planning to assess and remove unnecessary, unimplemented or no longer suitable plans for practice. In addition, there are opinions suggesting considering not including a list of technical and specialized planning in the Planning Law but should stipulate the criteria and levels that need to be planned and determined in the national sectoral planning.
The Economic and Finance Committee requests the drafting agency to carefully study the verification opinions that have been shown in the full report to absorb, explain and complete the Draft Law; Continuing to perform the steps according to the process of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents in 2025 before submitting to the National Assembly for consideration and approval in the order and procedures for shortened.
