The Government will submit 11 bills to the National Assembly at the October session.
Báo Thanh niên•25/08/2024
On August 24, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a special Government meeting on law- making in August.
Regarding the proposal to develop the Law on Public Investment (amended), many opinions are interested in policies to cut administrative procedures, unlock resources, promote the role of public investment; decentralization and delegation of authority in the field of public investment; mechanisms and tools to evaluate efficiency and monitor, inspect and urge the implementation of public investment...
Prime Minister chairs legal session on August 24
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With this content, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed that it is necessary to really remove difficulties and obstacles to free up public investment resources, promote the highest efficiency, avoid waste, avoid the situation of "having money but not being able to spend it", avoid prolonged projects. Resolutely cut unnecessary cumbersome procedures, eliminate the mechanism of asking for permission that causes trouble, harassment, congestion, creating an unhealthy environment; have a mechanism to handle urgent, unexpected issues and situations, things that need to be done immediately; use increased revenue sources, save expenses for flexibility and efficiency. Regarding the proposal to develop a law to amend and supplement a number of articles of the Law on Planning, the Law on Investment, the Law on Investment under the Public-Private Partnership method and the Law on Bidding, delegates discussed 9 groups of policies in the proposal. Accordingly, there are contents such as regulations on planning adjustment; expansion, diversification of fields, forms, and methods of implementing public-private partnership projects; handling difficulties and obstacles for transitional BOT and BT projects; decentralization, delegation of authority, reform of administrative procedures and requirements for preventing and combating corruption and negativity... The Prime Minister noted that currently, the implementation of public-private partnership projects has many obstacles, it is necessary to study policies to remove, unblock, and mobilize all social resources for development; expand public-private partnership areas; encourage investment in areas such as green economy, digital economy, circular economy... At the meeting, the Government also discussed the proposal to develop a law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the State Budget Law, the Law on Management and Use of Public Assets, the Law on National Reserves, the Law on Accounting, the Law on Independent Auditing, the Law on Securities, the Law on Tax Administration, in order to handle legal obstacles, contributing to removing difficulties for enterprises in production and business activities, promoting economic growth. With the draft law on Special Consumption Tax (amended), the Government unanimously proposed to add a number of groups of goods subject to special consumption tax; amend and supplement a number of regulations on taxpayers; time of tax determination; tax price; tax rate; tax bases; regulations on tax refunds, tax deductions, tax reductions... The Prime Minister noted to carefully review taxable items to harmonize the goals of promoting production and business, socio-economic development and the goals of limiting negative aspects from the consumption of taxable items, protecting people's health, and protecting the environment. Research and evaluate fully to regulate tax adjustments for a number of goods and services to ensure that they are suitable for socio-economic development conditions and that people's living standards are improved... With the draft law on Corporate Income Tax (amended), the Prime Minister emphasized the viewpoint of "harmonized benefits, shared risks" between the State, people and enterprises; promoting production and business, creating jobs and livelihoods for people; meet the requirements of international economic integration and enhance international cooperation on tax... At the upcoming 8th session of the 15th National Assembly, the Government will submit to the National Assembly for comments on 11 laws; consider and approve 14 laws. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh pointed out that the task is very heavy, requiring ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies to focus resources, directly lead and direct the completion of draft laws in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents.
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