The 5th session of the 15th National Assembly opened on May 22. The National Assembly is expected to work for 22 days in a centralized manner, divided into 2 phases. The National Assembly is expected to consider and pass 8 laws, 3 legal resolutions and give opinions on 9 other draft laws; at the same time, consider and decide on personnel matters at the beginning of the session.
Along with that, the National Assembly will also consider 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; approve the 2021 state budget settlement; consider reports of a number of agencies; consider and decide on investment policies for a number of important national projects.
The National Assembly conducts supreme supervision over the mobilization, management and use of resources for Covid-19 prevention and control, the implementation of policies and laws on grassroots health and preventive medicine; conducts questions and answers; decides on the National Assembly's Supervision Program for 2024 and considers and decides on a number of other important issues.
Speaking at the conference, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that the workload of the Fifth Session is very heavy, both in terms of legislation, supervision and decision on important national issues, with the National Assembly expected to consider and pass more than 20 laws and resolutions. Among them, there are many large, difficult and sensitive contents such as the contents of the draft Land Law (amended), the draft Housing Law (amended), the draft Real Estate Business Law (amended), the draft Law on Electronic Transactions (amended)...
Along with that, some contents will be submitted to the National Assembly for approval to include in the program or not. If the National Assembly agrees, it is expected that the contents submitted to the National Assembly will be more, and the session will be longer. Therefore, the National Assembly Chairman emphasized that the preparation for the session must be very thorough. The National Assembly Standing Committee also reported to the National Assembly to organize the session in 2 phases so that agencies have time to absorb, edit and complete the contents submitted to the National Assembly.
Note that some contents were sent late to the examining agency and the National Assembly Standing Committee, which affected the implementation of the next procedures; some important contents submitted to the National Assembly have not yet been agreed upon by the ministries. The National Assembly Chairman suggested that for major and difficult issues with different opinions, the submitting agency, ministries and branches must discuss thoroughly and reach an agreement with each other in order to convince the National Assembly.
Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that this conference continued to demonstrate the close and harmonious coordination between the National Assembly Party Delegation and the Government Party Committee.
The Prime Minister said that the Government acknowledged its shortcomings and hoped to receive the National Assembly's understanding on some of the documents and reports that were sent late. The reason is that these are all very difficult contents, the Government must ensure progress but at the same time ensure quality, many contents must be discussed and commented on many times to reach consensus.
The Prime Minister affirmed that the Government is making great efforts to improve the quality of draft laws, resolutions and documents submitted to the National Assembly. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also suggested that during the law-making process, the agencies of the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee should promptly discuss with the Government if they discover any content that could lead to negativity or group interests because the submitting agency may not have fully envisioned it when drafting.
Regarding economic growth, the Prime Minister pointed out that currently, the budget deficit is still under control below the threshold allowed by the National Assembly, we still have room to exploit, contributing to promoting growth in all three drivers of consumption, public investment and export. However, the export driver is facing many difficulties due to the decrease in global aggregate demand. This leads to businesses losing many contracts and workers having no jobs. In that context, many localities have proposed to invest in public works with much-needed local traffic works using local budgets. The Prime Minister also proposed separating site clearance from investment projects to clear congestion and free up resources.
Regarding improving the investment and business environment, it is said that some policies need to be changed, but the Prime Minister also pointed out the reality that in the current context, because countries are implementing a common policy of collecting money to fight inflation, investment in all countries has decreased, not just in Vietnam.
Regarding the design of a policy to adapt to the global minimum tax, the Prime Minister said that he has assigned the Ministry of Finance to implement it with a resolute spirit. Last April, the Ministry of Finance organized an international workshop on this content.
Concluding the conference, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that in the spirit of concentration, frankness, openness, and exchange, the conference reached consensus on many issues, and so far, the basic contents of the session have been completed. The National Assembly Chairman requested the Government and National Assembly agencies to continue to coordinate closely to ensure the successful organization of this important session.
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