National Assembly to discuss draft, revised laws on land, defense, resources in fall session

By VNA   October 19, 2023 | 07:50 pm PT
National Assembly to discuss draft, revised laws on land, defense, resources in fall session
National Assembly (NA) General Secretary and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong speaks at a press conference in Hanoi, Oct. 19, 2023. Photo by VNA
The National Assembly (NA) will convene in Hanoi for the 6th plenary session from Oct. 23 to Nov. 28, discussing and voting on a series of revised laws.

The session will be held in two stages, with the first lasting until Nov. 10 and the second from Nov. 20 to 28, General Secretary and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong told a press conference Thursday.

The legislature is set to discuss and vote on nine draft laws and revised laws on land, realty business, housing, water natural resources, telecommunications, the management and protection of defense facilities and military zones, grassroots security forces, identity cards, and credit organizations, along with a resolution on piloting a number of mechanisms and policies to tackle regulation hurdles involving laws related to investment in building road facilities.

In addition, the lawmakers will scrutinize eight draft laws, namely the laws on social insurance (amended), archives (amended), defense industry, security and industrial mobilization, road, road traffic safety and order, the capital city (amended), organization of people's courts (amended); and amending and supplementing a number of articles of the law on asset auctions.

The NA will mull over a series of socio-economic issues involving the implementation of the plans for socio-economic development and State budget in 2023 and draft plans for next year, among others.

The legislature will review judicial work reports and decide on adjusting a number of contents of the NA’s Resolution 53/2017/QH14 dated November 24, 2017 on the feasibility study report of land acquisition, compensation, support, and resettlement project serving the construction of the Long Thanh international airport.

Question and answer sessions are also on schedule, focusing on the responsibilities of Government members and sectors' heads in implementing a number of resolutions of the 14th NA.

The NA will supervise the implementation of its resolutions on national target programs on building new rural areas for 2021 – 2025, sustainable poverty reduction for 2021 – 2025, and the development socio-economy of ethnic minority and mountainous areas for 2021 – 2030.

Votes of confidence will be held for the positions voted or appointed by the NA, with results to be announced on the mass media.

Since the beginning of its tenure, the legislature has voted to approve and appointed 50 positions. The list earmarked for the vote of confidence will be submitted to the NA Standing Committee on Oct. 24.

 
 
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