The National Assembly today (June 20) voted to pass 3 Laws and 1 Resolution.

Today (June 20) the National Assembly is expected to vote to pass the Law on Cooperatives (amended), the Law on Civil Defense, the Law on Consumer Rights Protection (amended)...

National Assembly deputies meeting in the hall on June 19.

It is expected that in the morning , the National Assembly will hold a plenary session in the hall, voting to pass: Law on Cooperatives (amended); Resolution on deciding on investment policy for the traffic project from National Highway 27C to Provincial Road DT.656 in Khanh Hoa province - connecting with Lam Dong and Ninh Thuan; Law on Civil Defense.

National Assembly deputies will listen to Minister of Public Security To Lam, authorized by the Prime Minister, present the Report on the draft Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level; and listen to Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on National Defense and Security Le Tan Toi present the Report on the review of the draft Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level.

After that, the National Assembly discussed in groups the draft Law on Forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level.

In the afternoon , the National Assembly held a plenary session in the hall and voted to pass the Law on Consumer Rights Protection (amended).

Then, discuss the draft Law on Water Resources (amended).

Regarding the draft Law on Cooperatives (amended), on May 25, the National Assembly met in the hall to discuss a number of contents of the draft Law that still have different opinions.

Speaking at the meeting, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung, on behalf of the drafting agency, thanked the National Assembly deputies for their dedicated, responsible, and profound opinions, and thanked the Economic Committee for closely coordinating with the drafting agency to complete the draft law to be submitted to the National Assembly at this session.

The Minister of Planning and Investment said that the development and promulgation of this law is expected to remove obstacles and shortcomings so that this economic model can develop to meet practical requirements. After the 5th Session, the drafting agency has closely coordinated with the reviewing agency, organized many conferences and seminars, listened to the opinions of affected subjects, experts, researchers, and absorbed the maximum opinions of National Assembly deputies to complete the draft law.

Explaining and clarifying some issues of concern to delegates, the Minister of Planning and Investment said that, regarding the capital contributions of cooperative members, through studying opinions, the Government submitted to the National Assembly according to option 1, to ensure the freedom and legitimate and legal interests of the people, ensuring the principle of openness in participating in and withdrawing from cooperatives as per international practice, avoiding the situation where members contribute land and factories when withdrawing, it affects the operation and existence of the entire cooperative.

To avoid distorting the nature of the cooperative model, the draft has stipulated the maximum capital contribution ratio of members, members must also respect the principles and comply with the cooperative's charter. Regarding cases that may lead to domination and takeover of cooperatives, the Minister said that the drafting agency will continue to research and review to design additional provisions to prevent this case. With strict regulations and careful research, the Government recommends that National Assembly deputies agree with option 1.

Regarding the participation of foreigners in cooperatives, the Minister said that the draft law has strict regulations to attract the participation of foreign investors, take advantage of resources but still effectively prevent domination and takeover. The Minister said that this is an open mechanism, which needs to ensure transparency and convenience for foreign investors in the issue of cooperative economic development.

Regarding implementation, to quickly bring the law's policies into life, the Minister said that the drafting agency has prepared the contents of the decree, and in the coming time, he hopes that National Assembly deputies will continue to accompany him so that these legal documents are strict and feasible. Regarding the development of a comprehensive program for collective economic development and a number of other issues, the Government is directing relevant agencies to implement and will report to the National Assembly.

Regarding the draft Law on Civil Defense , on May 24, the National Assembly discussed in the Hall a number of contents of the draft Law that still had different opinions. One of the contents that received the attention of the National Assembly Deputies was the issue of deploying civil defense appropriate to each level to respond to and overcome incidents and disasters. This is the basis for assigning and defining responsibilities to authorities at all levels, agencies, organizations and individuals in implementing civil defense.

On behalf of the examining and explaining agency for receiving and revising the draft Law on Civil Defense, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on National Defense and Security Le Tan Toi emphasized: The classification of civil defense levels is to regulate the general activities of all levels of government, forces participating in civil defense and people in responding to and overcoming incidents and disasters. Currently, regulations on levels for different types of incidents are stipulated differently in relevant specialized laws, associated with the characteristics and specificities of each type of incident.

Therefore, the draft Law on Civil Defense only stipulates the most general levels, associated with the roles and responsibilities of authorities at all levels to apply appropriate response measures. Based on Clause 2, Article 7, authorities at all levels assess and compare with the ability to respond to and overcome the consequences of incidents and disasters of the authorities and civil defense forces in the locality to determine and promulgate the civil defense level in the management area; thereby applying appropriate response and remedial measures. Thus, the local authorities promulgating the civil defense level in the management area does not overlap with current regulations on announcing risks of natural disasters, dangerous epidemics or other risks.

Regarding the authority to promulgate and abolish civil defense levels, according to the Chairman of the National Assembly's Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi, the draft Law has specifically stipulated the authority and decentralization of responsibilities between government levels; consistent with relevant legal provisions. At the same time, this is an issue related to processes and procedures, so the draft Law has assigned the Government to specify in detail, avoiding many administrative procedures in the Law.

Also at the discussion session, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang affirmed that the Civil Defense Law Project, after being submitted to the National Assembly for discussion at the session, will thoroughly absorb all comments and contributions, and be completed for submission to the National Assembly for consideration and approval. The determination of the district, provincial and central levels in a state of emergency or in a state of war will all address the issue of civil defense.

With the above reasoning, according to Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang, civil defense work must have early and far-reaching resource preparation to be able to meet urgent requirements that need to be resolved immediately in the country.

Regarding the draft Law on Consumer Rights Protection (amended), on the morning of June 13, at the National Assembly House, the National Assembly Standing Committee held a meeting between the two sessions of the 5th Session of the 15th National Assembly, giving opinions on a number of major issues to explain, absorb, revise and perfect the draft Law. Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue chaired the meeting.

Chairman of the Committee for Science, Technology and Environment Le Quang Huy reported on a number of issues for the National Assembly Standing Committee's comments. Accordingly, a number of major issues of the draft Law on Consumer Rights Protection (amended) include provisions related to: Civil cases on consumer rights protection; court fees for civil cases on consumer rights protection; disclosure of information on civil cases on consumer rights protection initiated by social organizations participating in consumer rights protection...

At the meeting, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue highly appreciated the efforts of the Committee on Science, Technology and Environment and the Ministry of Industry and Trade; at the same time, he requested that the report explaining and accepting the draft Law on Consumer Rights Protection (amended) must cover the issues raised by National Assembly deputies.

Along with receiving the opinions of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the contents requested for comments, the National Assembly Chairman requested the examining agency and the drafting agency to continue reviewing the chapter on state management, implementation provisions, as well as transitional provisions, to avoid conflicts during the implementation process or entanglement with other legal provisions.

The National Assembly Chairman stated that, regarding the provisions on simplified procedures for resolving civil cases on consumer rights protection, the Civil Procedure Code has clearly stipulated the conditions for trial and the procedural order. The Law on Consumer Rights Protection (amended) only stipulates additional special cases (with transactions valued under VND 100 million), so the simplified procedures and the procedures according to the Civil Procedure Code should still be applied.

The examining agency and the drafting agency discussed with the Supreme People's Court to reach an agreement and not set additional conditions for this case.

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