The National Assembly Delegation of Thanh Hoa province agreed with the investment policy of the National Target Program on Drug Prevention and Control until 2030.

Continuing the working program at the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly, on the afternoon of November 8, Group 18, consisting of 3 delegations: the National Assembly Delegation of Thanh Hoa Province, the National Assembly Delegation of Ha Nam Province and the National Assembly Delegation of Tra Vinh Province, discussed in groups the investment policy of the National Target Program on Drug Prevention and Control until 2030; the draft Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Advertising; the draft Law on Chemicals (amended).

Overview of the discussion in the group.

Participating in giving opinions, the National Assembly deputies basically agreed on the investment policy of the National Target Program on Drug Prevention and Control until 2030. At the same time, they said that the general goal of the Program is to promote the combined strength of the political system and the entire population to control, prevent and repel drug crimes and evils; aiming to reduce supply, reduce demand, and reduce the harmful effects of drugs. Organize the prevention and fight against drug crimes early and from afar; do not let Vietnam become a place for drug production, transit and consumption; promote the application of science - technology, advanced equipment in the fight against drug crimes.

National Assembly Delegate Cao Thi Xuan participated in giving her opinion.

Participating in giving opinions, National Assembly Delegate Cao Thi Xuan (Thanh Hoa Province Delegation), Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council, highly agreed with the necessity of issuing an investment policy for the National Target Program on Drug Prevention and Control until 2030. At the same time, she said that voters and people always support the work of preventing, combating and handling drug-related crimes; the number of drug addicts in the current management records is more than 200,000 people, but in reality this number is much larger. In particular, drug abuse continues to persist with long-term consequences related to addicts that cannot be completely resolved in a short time. Therefore, the investment policy for the Program needs to evaluate and emphasize the work of preventing and combating drugs; the harmful effects of drugs on social life.

The decision on investment policy for the National Target Program on Drug Prevention and Control needs to identify the key program on major bottlenecks in infrastructure, equipment, and minimum necessary conditions for drug prevention and control and drug addiction treatment. In particular, the key objective is to focus on handling and upgrading equipment for drug addiction treatment centers in all provinces and cities nationwide; at the same time, focus on building information technology equipment and software to serve the state management of drug prevention and control and drug addicts. Supplement necessary equipment for specialized forces for drug crime prevention and control and medical facilities to determine addiction status.

Participating in giving opinions on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Advertising and the draft Law on Chemicals (amended), the National Assembly deputies highly agreed on the necessity of promulgating the draft laws; at the same time, they gave opinions and added some contents to ensure that the law is built tightly and closely following reality to facilitate the implementation process when the law is promulgated and takes effect.

National Assembly member Mai Van Hai participated in giving comments.

Participating in giving comments on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Advertising, National Assembly Deputy Mai Van Hai, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, suggested clarifying the necessity of establishing an advertising appraisal council. At the same time, clarifying the functions and tasks of the appraisal council. It is necessary to stipulate the common responsibilities of ministries, branches, and ministerial-level agencies in performing the state management function in areas related to advertising products. It is necessary to specify the responsibilities of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, district and commune-level authorities in advertising activities. Advertising content must be correct and ensure the rights of consumers; there should be specific regulations on outdoor advertising, which must be consistent with the 2017 Planning Law...

National Assembly Delegate Pham Thi Xuan participated in giving her opinion.

Participating in giving comments, National Assembly member Pham Thi Xuan, a civil servant of Quan Hoa District Party Committee (Thanh Hoa National Assembly Delegation) agreed with the necessity of amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Advertising Law. At the same time, she said that at point b, clause 1, article 1 stipulates the addition of clause 15 after clause 14, article 2 of the Advertising Law. However, article 2 of the current Advertising Law only includes 13 clauses, so it is necessary to consider adjusting this content.

Clause 3, Article 15a stipulates the rights and obligations of the person transmitting advertising products, stating that when advertising on social networks together with other activities, they must provide signs or use features provided by social networks to distinguish advertising content from information content shared and posted normally. At the same time, Clause 11, Article 1 on amending and supplementing Article 23 at Point d, Clause 2, Article 23 stipulates that on online advertising, social network users must make a statement or use features provided by social networks to distinguish information content shared and posted normally from content with advertising purposes or sponsored. However, according to the above regulations, the regulations on the rights and obligations of the person transmitting advertising products and the regulations on online advertising have relatively overlapping content, so it is proposed to consider and adjust these clauses in the direction of omitting or citing, applying and implementing; At the same time, it provides unified regulations on self-issuance of signs or declarations for advertising on social networks to facilitate the implementation process...

Quoc Huong

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