Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chairs the Government meeting on law making in February 2024

On February 27, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a Government meeting on law-making in February 2024 with 11 important contents.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chairs the Government meeting on law-making in February 2024 - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Also attending the meeting were Deputy Prime Ministers, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, leaders of ministries, branches and agencies.

According to the meeting agenda, the Government will consider giving opinions and resolutions on 11 contents (6 draft laws, 4 proposals for law making and proposals on the Law and Ordinance Making Program).

Specifically, the six draft laws discussed include: Draft Law on People's Air Defense; Draft Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Support Tools (amended); Draft Law on Cultural Heritage (amended); Draft Law on Geology and Minerals; Draft Law on Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations; Draft Law on Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Pharmacy.

4 proposals for law making include: Proposal to make Law on Diplomatic Functions and Levels; Proposal to make Law on Aviation (amended); Proposal to make Law on Railways (amended); Proposal to make Law on Digital Technology Industry.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chairs the Government meeting on law making in February 2024

According to the Prime Minister, the contents of the meeting are all important and difficult, with high requirements, while time and resources are limited - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The Government also reviewed and commented on the proposal on the 2025 Law and Ordinance Development Program and adjusted the 2024 Law and Ordinance Development Program.

In his opening speech, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reiterated that institutional building and improvement is one of the three strategic breakthroughs identified by our Party and State. In 2024, right from the first days of the year, we have been making efforts and urgently implementing synchronously and effectively tasks and solutions, in which institutional breakthroughs continue to be a key task.

In recent times, we have made many efforts and achieved many results in building and perfecting institutions, but there are regulations that have been surpassed by practice; many new developing fields require legal regulations to regulate.

In January 2024, the Government held a thematic session on law-making with 5 contents. The task in February is even more difficult, actively preparing to submit to the National Assembly the Law and Ordinance Development Program for 2025, adjusted in 2024 (must be submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee before March 1, 2024), and deciding on draft laws to serve the 7th Session of the 15th National Assembly (May 2024).

Speaking at the opening session of the meeting, on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 - February 27, 2024), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully sent his thanks, greetings, best wishes and best wishes to the medical staff, officials, civil servants, employees and workers in the health sector.

The Prime Minister hopes that the team of doctors, cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers in the health sector will continue to excellently fulfill their tasks of caring for and protecting people's lives and health with the motto of prevention is better than cure, and well implement President Ho Chi Minh's advice "a doctor is like a kind mother", meeting the expectations of the Party, State and people.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chairs the Government meeting on law making in February 2024

The Prime Minister requested that the presiding and drafting agencies, ministers and heads of agencies must directly direct the development of draft laws, propose the development of laws, and relevant agencies must promptly give their opinions - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

According to the Prime Minister, the contents of the meeting are all important, difficult, with high requirements, while time and resources are limited. To ensure progress and improve quality, the Prime Minister requested that the presiding and drafting agencies, ministers, and heads of agencies must directly direct the development of draft laws, propose the development of laws, and relevant agencies must provide timely comments; arrange competent, qualified, and dedicated officials for the work of building and perfecting institutions; review the regime and policies to ensure suitability for officials doing this work with the view that investment in building institutions is investment in development.

The Prime Minister noted that during the process of drafting laws and proposals for law making, the opinions of relevant ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies will only be sought once. If there are still different opinions, the Deputy Prime Minister in charge will convene a meeting with the ministries and agencies to handle them immediately. At the same time, the Prime Minister requested that agencies prepare and promptly issue guiding documents for implementation immediately after the laws come into effect.

With the spirit of "resolving difficulties wherever there are, and resolving problems at whichever level", the Prime Minister requested that agencies continue to review and propose competent authorities to amend and supplement regulations, ensuring clarity, strictness, transparency, publicity, practicality, ease of understanding, ease of remembering, ease of implementation, ease of inspection, supervision, and evaluation, so that law enforcement and compliance subjects can feel secure in their implementation.

The Prime Minister emphasized that practice shows that if the work of drafting legal documents is well prepared, summarizing practice and forecasting the situation is done well, then the regulations and policies after being issued will immediately come into effect, solving difficulties and problems. However, if the preparation is not thorough or good, they will have to be revised and supplemented as soon as they are completed.

According to VGP News

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