Continue to strongly innovate thinking in building and perfecting laws

Thematic session on law making in March 2025 - Photo: VGP-Nhat Bac

The Government is determined to continue to strongly innovate thinking in building and perfecting laws, focusing on directing the strict implementation of the following key contents:

Thoroughly grasp and strictly implement regulations in the development of Law and Ordinance projects, request the drafting agency and relevant agencies to prepare documents and present the Submission in a scientific manner, in which the basic contents are fully, concisely and clearly explained as a basis for the appraisal and verification agency to approach, research, evaluate and advise competent authorities to consider and decide, specifically as follows:

For draft laws and ordinances that are amended or supplemented, it is necessary to clarify: (1) What provisions are inherited or omitted, and why? (2) What are the specific amended or improved provisions, and why? (3) What are the new additional provisions, and why? (4) How much is the reduction and simplification of administrative procedures, and why? (5) What are the specific decentralization and delegation of powers, and for whom, and why? (6) Issues that still have different opinions or need to be reported to the Government Standing Committee, the Government, and the Prime Minister for consideration and direction.

For new Law and Ordinance projects, it is necessary to clarify the following contents: (1) How are the Party's guidelines and policies specified? (2) What are the practical issues that the law has not yet regulated? (3) What issues have been regulated by the law but are not suitable? (4) What are the problems that need to be resolved? (5) How to simplify and reduce administrative procedures? (6) How to decentralize and allocate authority? (7) Issues with different opinions need to be reported to the Government and the Prime Minister.

The development of the Law requires focusing resources, taking advantage of scientific and technological advances, digital transformation, virtual assistant tools, supporting databases, etc.; at the same time, continuing to perfect mechanisms, regimes, and policies worthy of the team of cadres and civil servants working on the law to meet the increasingly high requirements in the work of developing legal documents in terms of both quality and progress. The Government assigned the Ministry of Justice to prepare to submit to the Government in April 2025 regulations on ensuring resources for the work of developing laws.

The Government discussed and commented on 4 draft laws, proposing to build a Law

At the meeting on March 19, 2025, the Government discussed and commented on the draft laws and proposed to develop the following laws: (1) Law on Atomic Energy (amended); (2) Law on Science, Technology and Innovation; (3) Proposal to develop a Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Enterprises; (4) Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy. At the request of the Minister of Construction at the meeting, the Government agreed not to consider and comment on the draft Law on Water Supply and Drainage and the Law on Urban Management and Development.

1. Regarding the draft Law on Science, Technology and Innovation

The Government highly appreciates the Ministry of Science and Technology for actively and promptly coordinating with relevant ministries and agencies to develop and complete the draft Law on Science, Technology and Innovation. The Ministry of Science and Technology fully accepts the opinions of Government members to complete the draft Law in the following direction:

Continue to research and review closely following the Resolutions of the Central Committee and the Politburo related to science and technology, especially Resolution 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo, inheriting the policies in Resolution 193/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly to pilot a number of special mechanisms and policies to create breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation, ensuring full institutionalization of policies and guidelines in the field of science and technology.

Building mechanisms and policies of the Law towards scientific research and innovation requires creating open research and innovation space for scientists, accepting innovation, risks, delays in scientific research and intellectual property protection.

The Government assigned the Minister of Science and Technology to continue to coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies and directly work with specialized ministries to review and complete mechanisms and policies, report to the Government Standing Committee; authorized by the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Government, to sign the Submission to the National Assembly for consideration, comments and approval of this Law project at the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung directed the development of this Law project.

2. Regarding the draft Law on Atomic Energy (amended)

The Government basically agrees with the content of the draft Law on Atomic Energy (amended) and highly appreciates the Ministry of Science and Technology's active and proactive coordination with ministries, agencies and localities in developing the Law project. Requests the Ministry of Science and Technology to maximally absorb the opinions of Government members and relevant agencies, and complete the Law project dossier to meet the following requirements:

The content of the draft Law must be within the authority of the National Assembly, in line with the policy on innovation in law-making, and consistent with practice; supplement the content that in cases where there are different legal regulations on the same issue related to the field of atomic energy, priority should be given to applying this Law to facilitate the implementation of nuclear power plants in Vietnam; the regulations must be concise, specific, easy to understand, easy to implement, easy to inspect and monitor; ensure stability, longevity, transparency and feasibility in implementation so that businesses and investors can apply them with confidence.

Continue to review and study a number of specific issues: (i) Clauses, articles, chapters, and sections of the draft Law, ensuring logic, no contradictions, clearly stipulating in the Law which provisions will take effect immediately; supplementing regulations on ensuring safety and security of nuclear facilities such as nuclear power plants, research reactors, regulations on nuclear regulatory agencies and specifically explaining the necessity; (ii) regulations related to human rights and civil rights to clearly stipulate in the draft Law; (iii) experience and laws of developed countries in the field of atomic energy, recommendations of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to legalize contents suitable to the development needs and characteristics of Vietnam, ensuring compliance with international treaties to which Vietnam has signed.

Assign the Minister of Science and Technology, authorized by the Prime Minister, to sign on behalf of the Government the Submission to the National Assembly for consideration and approval of this Law project at the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung directed the development of this Law project.

3. Regarding the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on economical and efficient use of energy

The Government highly appreciates the Ministry of Industry and Trade for presiding over and coordinating with relevant ministries and agencies to complete the dossier of the Draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade studies and absorbs the opinions of Government members and relevant agencies to complete the Draft Law dossier to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents and clearly presents in the Government's Submission the 06 requirements that need to be clarified as stated in this Resolution. In the process of completing the draft Law, please note the following additional contents:

Using energy economically and efficiently has a wide scope and scope, and needs to be implemented in all stages: electricity production, electricity transmission, electricity distribution and electricity use (including production, business and consumption). Therefore, the draft Law needs to be reviewed, carefully studied and fully regulated for the subjects in the above stages to ensure that using energy economically and efficiently is implemented synchronously.

The Minister of Industry and Trade is authorized by the Prime Minister to sign, on behalf of the Government, the Submission to the National Assembly for consideration and approval of this Law project at the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son directed the development of this Law project.

4. On the proposal to develop a Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Enterprise Law

The Government agreed on the necessity of amending and supplementing the Enterprise Law to fully institutionalize the Party's orientations and viewpoints and the State's policies and laws; promptly remove difficulties and obstacles in implementing the provisions of the Enterprise Law, in accordance with reality; and properly implement Vietnam's commitments to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

The Ministry of Finance studies and absorbs opinions from Government members, relevant ministries and agencies, perfects the policies of the draft Law, and meets the following requirements:

Cut down and simplify administrative procedures, remove unreasonable regulations; design policies that are open and create conditions for business development, ensure an increase in the number of businesses, improve quality, increase participation in the global supply chain, be proactive and pioneer in research, transfer of science and technology, innovation, and promote the rapid, strong and sustainable development of our country's economy.

In management work, it is necessary to strongly shift from "pre-control" to "post-control" associated with strengthening inspection and supervision.

The Ministry of Finance shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to proactively draft the content of the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Enterprises, report to the Government and the Prime Minister before April 5, 2025 to promptly report to the National Assembly Standing Committee to submit to the National Assembly for promulgation according to the simplified procedures prescribed in the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents 2025 at the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung directed the development of this Law project.

Lan Phuong

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