The National Assembly will meet in two sessions.

Presenting the Report on the preparation for the 5th Session of the 15th National Assembly , Secretary General of the National Assembly, Head of the Office of the National Assembly Bui Van Cuong said that, implementing the direction of the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Secretary General of the National Assembly has revised the proposed program of the 5th Session of the 15th National Assembly and sent it to National Assembly deputies for their opinions; sent a document requesting relevant agencies to complete the documents of the 5th Session to send to National Assembly deputies within the prescribed time.

To date, the Secretary General of the National Assembly has received comments from 63 National Assembly delegations and a number of National Assembly deputies; the comments basically agree with the proposed program, and at the same time suggest a number of specific issues.

Agree with the program plan

The Government also continues to propose to add some contents to the proposed program of the 5th Session. These are the draft Resolution of the National Assembly on piloting some specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Ho Chi Minh City; the continued allocation of medium-term public investment capital and capital of the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program; the reduction of value-added tax; and the adjustment and addition of charter capital for the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Notably, the 3 draft laws including: Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level; Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety; Law on Roads were commented by the National Assembly Standing Committee at the thematic session in April 2023 and found that the basic documents were in accordance with regulations and qualified to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and decision to add to the 2024 Law and Ordinance Making Program, and adjust the 2023 Law and Ordinance Making Program.

However, this content is awaiting the Politburo's opinion. Based on the Politburo's opinion, the National Assembly Standing Committee will submit it to the National Assembly for consideration and decision; if the National Assembly agrees to add it to the 2023 Law and Ordinance Development Program (at the 5th Session), the National Assembly Standing Committee will add it to the session agenda to submit to the National Assembly for consideration and discussion.

Therefore, the proposed agenda for the session submitted to the National Assembly for approval at the preparatory session does not include these three draft laws.

Increase reporting time of revised Land Law

On the other hand, based on the study of comments, the actual situation, consideration of the time and method of conducting the session and specific requirements for some contents, Secretary General of the National Assembly, Head of the National Assembly Office Bui Van Cuong plans to absorb and adjust the order, time and duration of reviewing some contents accordingly.

In particular, increasing the time for presenting the Report on explanation, reception and revision of the draft Law on Land (amended); arranging live broadcasting on National Assembly Television of 3 contents on the expected Law and Ordinance Building Program in 2024, adjusting the Law and Ordinance Building Program in 2023; expected National Assembly Supervision Program in 2024; Results of supervision of the settlement of voters' petitions sent to the 3rd and 4th Sessions of the National Assembly...

According to the Secretary General of the National Assembly, the session is arranged into two sessions, in which the time of the first session (ending on June 10) is set to basically finish discussing the contents and the National Assembly agencies and relevant agencies have time to absorb, revise and complete the draft law and draft resolution during the 1-week break between the two sessions; at the same time, it also creates conditions for the National Assembly deputies to handle work in ministries, branches and localities. In case the first session ends on June 3, it will not be possible to finish discussing the contents submitted to the National Assembly for approval.

"The National Assembly will meet at the National Assembly House because the epidemic is now well controlled, and at the same time to ensure conditions for conducting meetings on personnel and voting on the contents of the session," Secretary General of the National Assembly and Head of the National Assembly Office Bui Van Cuong stated.

Thus, the total working time of the National Assembly is expected to be 22 days; opening on May 22, 2023 and expected to close on June 23, 2023. The National Assembly will meet at the National Assembly House.

The session will be held in two phases, with the National Assembly working on two Saturdays in the first phase.

Specifically: Phase 1 is 17 days: From May 22 to June 10, 2023; Phase 2 is 5 days: From June 19 to June 23, 2023.

In case the three draft laws, namely the Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level; the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety; and the Road Law, are submitted to the National Assembly, the duration of the 5th Session will be extended.

Closing of the 23rd Session of the National Assembly Standing Committee

The 23rd session of the National Assembly Standing Committee also closed on the same day. Concluding the session, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue stated that after 4.5 working days, the National Assembly Standing Committee not only completed the 17 planned contents but also resolved 2 additional contents. Each content has specific conclusions, and requested the Secretary General of the National Assembly to review and soon issue a notice of the conclusions of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

Up to now, the National Assembly Standing Committee has basically commented on the contents expected to be submitted to the National Assembly at the 5th Session of the 15th National Assembly. In addition, there are still some contents that need to be further completed in the dossier for official examination. Therefore, it is recommended that the Nationalities Council and the National Assembly committees review and officially examine the contents, ensuring the completion of the dossier and documents to be sent to the National Assembly deputies.

The National Assembly Chairman suggested that immediately after this session, the Secretary General of the National Assembly review and issue a written notice of any outstanding work and clearly state the deadline for assigning work to relevant agencies, both the submitting agency and the verifying agency.

The National Assembly Chairman made it clear that the principle is not to consider or include in the session agenda contents that are past the deadline or do not meet the conditions to ensure discipline in implementing legal provisions.

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