National Assembly deputies propose to consider amending the Law on Commerce

Continuing the 5th session agenda, on the morning of May 23, the National Assembly discussed in the hall the proposed Law and Ordinance Building Program for 2024 and adjustments to the Law and Ordinance Building Program for 2023.

Delegate Le Xuan Than (Khanh Hoa Delegation) agreed with the content of the Report on the Law and Ordinance Development Program for 2024, and the adjustment of the Law and Ordinance Development Program for 2023. However, the delegate reflected on the situation of many years of delay in sending documents and records, and suggested that measures should be taken to resolve this issue, ensuring time for thorough research so that draft laws and Resolutions are of high quality.

In addition, delegates agreed to separate the entire content of the Law on Road Traffic Safety and Order from the Road Law to consider the two laws at the same time, ensuring the quality of legislative work.

Policy - National Assembly deputies propose to consider amending the Commercial Law — National Assembly Delegate Le Xuan Than speaks at the hall.

Concerning the 2005 Commercial Law, the delegate said that the e-commerce sector is currently regulated by 3 Decrees. The Commercial Law was established nearly 20 years ago, and now has many contradictions and is outdated compared to the 2015 Civil Code, unable to keep up with the development of e-commerce.

Delegates proposed to consider amending the Commercial Law to synchronize with the 2015 Civil Code and the Commercial Law as well as resolving disputes in court or out of court with Commercial Arbitration.

Discussing at the conference hall, based on the Orientation Project and Article 52 of the 2013 Constitution, delegate Truong Trong Nghia (Ho Chi Minh City delegation) expressed his agreement with delegate Le Xuan Than's opinion on the urgency of amending and supplementing the Commercial Law.

Since 2005, Vietnam has participated in many international agreements and conventions, digital technology and digital trade have developed strongly in the context of the constantly developing world economy.

Policy - National Assembly deputies propose to consider amending the Law on Commerce (Figure 2). — Delegate Truong Trong Nghia proposed adding the Law on Commerce to the Law and Ordinance Development Program.

Therefore, the 2005 Commercial Law is outdated. Delegate Truong Trong Nghia proposed adding the Commercial Law to the Law and Ordinance Building Program of the 15th National Assembly.

In addition, delegate Truong Trong Nghia proposed adding the Special Urban Law to the Law and Ordinance Building Program and the Orientation Project for the XV term.

The delegate said that it is time for us to develop a Special Urban Law to govern and manage special urban areas with effective legal documents, while up to now, we have only made separate resolutions, of a pilot nature with different forms of piloting. Therefore, the development of a Special Urban Law is necessary, and needs to have medium-term and long-term orientation.

The Law on Special Urban Areas is the orientation for the development of other cities in our country such as Hai Phong, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Can Tho, so the delegation of Ho Chi Minh City also proposed to add the Law on Regional Economic Linkage to the Law and Ordinance Development Program .

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