Attending the meeting were: Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense; Lieutenant General Nguyen Doan Anh, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; Lieutenant General Le Quang Minh, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Major General Pham Truong Son, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army; representatives of leaders and commanders of agencies and units under the Ministry of National Defense who are National Assembly deputies; representatives of a number of functional agencies of the Ministry of National Defense...
According to information from the National Assembly Office, the 5th Session of the 15th National Assembly will hold a preparatory meeting and solemnly open on May 22, and is expected to close on June 23, 2023 in the form of a centralized meeting, with a total working time of 22 days.
The session will be held in two phases: Phase 1 from May 22 to June 10; Phase 2 from June 19 to June 23. From June 11 to June 18, the National Assembly will be on recess so that the National Assembly agencies, the Government and relevant agencies can absorb, revise and finalize draft laws and draft resolutions.
At the session, the National Assembly will consider and pass 8 draft laws, 3 draft resolutions, and give opinions on 9 draft laws, including many contents related to national defense and security such as: Law on Civil Defense; Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on People's Public Security; Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens and the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam; consider the draft Law on Land (amended); Law on Housing (amended); Law on Water Resources (amended); Law on Telecommunications (amended); Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones; Law on Citizen Identification (amended); Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level...
In addition to the above contents, the National Assembly will review and comment on reports on additional assessments of the results of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the State budget in 2022; the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the State budget in the first months of 2023... The National Assembly will also supervise the mobilization, management and use of resources for the prevention and control of the Covid-19 pandemic; the implementation of policies and laws on grassroots health care and preventive medicine; review personnel work and many other important contents...
At the meeting, the Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army provided an overview of outstanding issues regarding the world and regional situation directly related to the Army; the results of military and defense tasks and compliance with discipline and law in the entire army in recent times.
Next, the competent agencies of the Ministry of National Defense reported the results and progress of the draft laws drafted by the Ministry of National Defense, expected to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration, comments and approval in 2023; draft laws that the Ministry of National Defense is expected to submit to the National Assembly for consideration and approval of the proposal documents in 2023, drafted in 2024; draft laws related to military, defense and cryptographic work for National Assembly deputies in the Army to study and comment at the session.
Also at the meeting, representatives of the drafting agencies reported on the relevant contents of the draft Law on Civil Defense to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at the 5th Session; the draft Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and comments at this session. In addition, delegates listened to reports on the draft Law on Land (amended); in which, the focus was on issues related to the management and use of national defense and security land in combination with production activities and economic development, etc.
After listening to the reports and discussion opinions of the delegates, in his concluding remarks at the working session, General Phan Van Giang emphasized the significance and importance of the 5th Session of the 15th National Assembly. Affirming that the session has many important contents directly related to the Army, General Phan Van Giang requested that the National Assembly delegates working in the Army participating in the session should promote the highest sense of responsibility, perform well their roles and powers to participate in giving quality opinions, contributing value to the contents discussed and solicited by the National Assembly.
The Minister of National Defense noted that in order to ensure the quality of opinions, before speaking, each delegate must research and prepare carefully. The content of the discussion must be specific, with clear opinions, in line with the viewpoints of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, especially for draft laws directly related to the Army. During the session and sideline activities, delegates must be exemplary, have standard conduct, strictly comply with the regulations of the National Assembly, properly implement the speaking regulations, ensure military secrets, and contribute to the success of the session.
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