On April 11, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a Government meeting on law-making in April 2024.
Concluding the meeting, the Prime Minister highly appreciated the Ministry of Finance for its efforts and active preparation and submission of the above contents; seriously receiving and explaining the opinions of the Government Standing Committee and Government members for revision and completion.
Regarding the draft Law on Value Added Tax (amended), the Prime Minister noted the requirement to closely follow the Party's policies and guidelines, closely follow reality, and solve problems arising from reality.
Tax tools need to protect domestic production, encourage priority sectors, but be reasonable, appropriate, and flexible; harmonize the interests of the State, businesses, and people; promote digital transformation, non-cash payments, and prevent corruption, negativity, loss, and smuggling.
The Prime Minister said that it is necessary to encourage innovation, technology transfer, and investment in emerging areas such as digital transformation, green transformation, and export promotion; with essential goods that affect macroeconomic stability such as energy, food, and foodstuffs, careful calculations must be made.
Government meeting on law making in April 2024 (Photo: VGP).
Regarding the plan to use increased revenue and save expenditure in 2023, the Prime Minister noted that it is necessary to properly implement the Budget Law, with priority order, ensuring publicity, transparency, harmony, rationality, and balance between regions and fields, but with focus, key points, and concentration on implementing the tasks and goals set out in the Resolution of the 13th National Congress, projects that have completed procedures, priority areas, such as strategic infrastructure, transportation, including urgent projects, such as some expressway sections that currently have only 2 lanes...
Along with the specific contents of the meeting, the Prime Minister emphasized 3 key groups of tasks on the work of building and perfecting institutions in the coming time.
Firstly, the Prime Minister requested active preparation for the 7th session of the 15th National Assembly.
The number of draft laws submitted by the Government to the National Assembly at this session is very large (about 18 draft laws), the task is very heavy. The Prime Minister requested ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies to focus resources, lead and direct the completion of draft laws in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents; take responsibility for the content and quality of draft laws, and not allow the insertion of provisions that favor group interests or local interests.
Second, the Prime Minister requested to urgently draft, submit, and promulgate documents detailing and guiding the implementation of laws and ordinances passed by the National Assembly.
Ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies focus on leading and directing the acceleration of the drafting, submission and promulgation of documents detailing laws and ordinances that have come into effect since January 1, 2024 (5 decrees and 2 decisions of the Prime Minister); urgently complete and submit to the Government and the Prime Minister for consideration and promulgation of documents detailing the Land Law, the Law on Credit Institutions, the Housing Law and the Law on Real Estate Business (before May 15, 2024).
The Minister of Justice shall monitor, urge and inspect the issuance of detailed regulations by ministries and ministerial-level agencies; report and recommend to the Prime Minister to consider and handle responsibilities in cases of delay or debt in issuing detailed regulations.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh concluded the meeting (Photo: VGP).
Third, the Prime Minister requested continued investment in building and perfecting institutions, removing bottlenecks, and mobilizing all resources to serve socio-economic development.
Accordingly, promoting the role of leaders, leaders of ministries, branches and localities directly lead the work of building and perfecting institutions.
Focus resources, arrange qualified, capable and dedicated staff for the work of building and perfecting institutions; invest in facilities, favorable working conditions and have appropriate policies and regimes for staff doing this work.
Further shorten the process of amending and supplementing legal documents to meet practical requirements; prevent and combat group interests and policy corruption in the process of developing and promulgating legal documents; and strictly handle violations.
Strengthen policy response capacity, promptly amend to immediately remove difficulties, obstacles and shortcomings, especially in the fields of production and business.
Promote decentralization and delegation of power along with appropriate resource allocation, improve the implementation capacity of subordinates and strengthen supervision and inspection; reform, cut down and simplify administrative procedures and business conditions, reduce compliance costs for people and businesses right in the process of building laws and ordinances; unleash all resources for socio-economic development.
The Prime Minister requested to strengthen coordination between ministries and agencies in the process of building, receiving and perfecting draft laws and ordinances; clearly expressing political opinions and strictly implementing the Government's working regulations.
Listen to the opinions of experts, scientists, practical activists, and affected subjects; absorb the opinions of businesses and people; promote the spirit of "3 together" (listen and understand together; share vision for action together; work together, enjoy together, win together, and develop together) .
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