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| Delegates chaired the National Assembly discussion session on the afternoon of November 27. |
Through the Law on Water Resources (amended)
Reporting on the explanation, acceptance and revision of the draft Law on Water Resources (amended), Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Science, Technology and Environment Le Quang Huy said that, regarding the content of regulating and distributing water resources (Section 1, Chapter IV), there are opinions suggesting that the State should prioritize investment in the construction of water storage works, combined with artificial replenishment of groundwater in island areas, areas with great economic development potential but in areas with water scarcity, where natural water sources are not sufficient to meet development activities and assign the Government to specify in detail the activities of artificial replenishment of groundwater.
In response to the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the draft Law has been reviewed, supplemented, and revised to provide for priority investment in searching, exploring, exploiting water resources, and storing water; preferential policies for investment projects in exploiting water for daily life and production for people in areas with scarce fresh water, ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, border areas, and islands; and encouraging the implementation of water storage activities.
The Draft Law stipulates the application and development of technology in water storage; prioritizes investment and construction of water storage works combined with artificial groundwater replenishment in islands and water-scarce areas; encourages organizations and individuals to research solutions and implement artificial groundwater replenishment, and assigns the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment to specify the artificial groundwater replenishment.
Regarding the economical and efficient use of water (Section 4, Chapter IV), the Chairman of the Committee on Science, Technology and Environment said that there were opinions suggesting that it is necessary to determine the proportion of water that must be circulated and reused for each specific project to increase the responsibility of project owners when choosing to apply advanced technology in production and wastewater treatment.
The Standing Committee of the National Assembly found that, in order to be consistent with the socio-economic development conditions of Vietnam, Article 59 of the draft Law stipulates the use of circulating water and water reuse at 3 levels: Encouraging water exploitation and use projects with solutions for circulating water use and water reuse; having plans and roadmaps stipulating types of projects that must have plans for circulating water use and water reuse for areas that frequently experience drought and water shortages and corresponding incentives according to the provisions of law; Mandatory application of circulating water use and wastewater reuse for investment projects in production, business and services that exploit, use water and discharge wastewater in areas where water sources are no longer able to withstand the load.
At the same time, Clause 4, Article 59 of the draft Law stipulates that the provincial People's Committee shall have a plan and roadmap to stipulate types of projects that must have water reuse plans for areas that frequently experience droughts and water shortages, and forms of incentives according to the provisions of law. Accordingly, the provincial People's Committee shall consider and decide on the proportion of water that must be circulated and reused for each project. Therefore, please keep it as in the draft Law.
Explaining the proposal to complete the content of the regulations on granting the right to exploit water resources for agricultural production in Article 69 to ensure fairness, reasonableness, and flexibility; considering only collecting fees for granting the right to exploit surface water resources for agricultural production on a business scale, the National Assembly Standing Committee said that Article 69 on fees for granting the right to exploit water resources stipulates cases where fees must be paid; cases of exemption and reduction of fees for granting the right to exploit water resources. Accordingly, the exploitation and use of water for agricultural purposes (large scale) subject to licensing must pay fees for granting the right to exploit water resources to ensure fairness and reasonableness for economic sectors exploiting and using water.
However, the time of granting the right to exploit water resources for this subject will be collected at the same time as the fee for using irrigation products and services when the State does not implement the policy of supporting the fee for using irrigation public products and services according to the provisions of the law on irrigation and the law on prices.
Amendment of the Archives Law is necessary
Also in the afternoon session of November 27, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh said that the National Assembly discussed the draft Law on Archives (amended).
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh stated that last November, the National Assembly Deputies discussed in Groups the draft Law on Archives (amended), with 30 comments. The Secretary General of the National Assembly has sent a full summary report to the National Assembly Deputies.
On November 23, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued Report 6847 on receiving and explaining the opinions of National Assembly deputies at the group discussion session and the opinions of the Law Committee on the review of the draft Law on Archives (amended).
Speaking at the discussion session, delegate Dieu Huynh Sang, National Assembly delegation of Binh Phuoc province, said that amending the Law on Archives is necessary to institutionalize the Party's guidelines and policies, ensure the consistency and unity of the legal system, promptly overcome shortcomings and limitations in current practice of archiving work, meet the requirements of national digital transformation and e-Government construction.
With the goal of developing private archives, the state has policies to recognize, respect, protect, and ensure ownership and intellectual property rights for private archives, create a legal corridor and favorable conditions for organizations and individuals to participate in archival services, and promote the socialization of archival activities. The draft law also stipulates the value of private archives, the responsibility of the state, the rights and obligations of owners in the management and use of private archives, and the establishment, reorganization, and dissolution of private archives.
The delegate suggested that the drafting agency continue to revise and clarify the scope of the draft law on private archival documents, ensuring consistency with the internal provisions of the law, and review and supplement regulations on authority and procedures for bringing private archival documents of working value into the national archives.
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