Prime Minister: Maintain strict discipline, order, improve the quality of law-making

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed Official Dispatch No. 199/CD-TTg dated October 17, 2025 on maintaining strict discipline and order, and improving the quality of law-making in the coming time.

To continue strengthening the law-making work in the coming time and best prepare draft laws and resolutions to be submitted to the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee at the 10th Session of the 15th National Assembly, the Prime Minister requests Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, according to their functions, tasks and authority, to focus on directing the serious and effective implementation of the following tasks:

On strengthening law-making work

Ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies assigned to preside over the drafting of projects and draft legal documents are directly responsible for, directing and taking full responsibility for the quality and progress of project and draft development.

Thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the spirit of "6 enhancements," clarify the "6 stars" and ensure the "6 musts" in law-making work according to Resolution No. 278/NQ-CP dated September 13, 2025 of the Government on the Special Session on Law-making in September 2025.

Focus on improving the quality of documents from the policy-making stage to document drafting; only apply simplified procedures when absolutely necessary and in accordance with regulations; proactively organize consultations on issues directly related to the scope of management, functions and tasks of other agencies and organizations; study, absorb and fully explain comments, consultations and opinions of the National Assembly Standing Committee, National Assembly deputies and ministries, branches and localities; strengthen responsibility and proactively work with National Assembly agencies and relevant agencies during the process of the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee reviewing and approving draft laws, ordinances and resolutions.

Ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies shall direct full participation in appraisal meetings; seriously and fully receive and explain appraisal opinions. Do not add content that is not included in the policies approved by the Government; report on the content of receiving opinions from the National Assembly Standing Committee and National Assembly agencies that are different from the content submitted by the Government.

Ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies shall direct the review of the content of detailed regulations during the drafting process; proactively organize the early drafting of detailed regulations to ensure they take effect at the same time as laws, ordinances and resolutions.

The appraisal agencies shall clearly conclude whether the project or draft is qualified or not; clearly state the requirements and contents that need to be completed; and strengthen monitoring of the reception of appraisal opinions. Resolutely not to approve projects or drafts that are not qualified, "not to ignore quality for the sake of progress." Timely report to the Government and the Prime Minister on outstanding issues and shortcomings at Government meetings or during the process of collecting opinions from Government members.

The agencies participating in the appraisal should enhance their initiative and responsibility in sending specialized staff to participate in the appraisal, fully express their opinions, and represent the ministries and branches managing the industry and field.

The Government Office closely coordinates with the drafting agency and the appraisal agency in the process of handling documents at the stage of submission to the Government and Prime Minister; proactively reports and proposes that the Deputy Prime Minister in charge organize meetings to give opinions on contents with different opinions before submitting them to the Government and Prime Minister.

On submitting draft laws and resolutions to the National Assembly at the 10th Session

Ministers of the Ministries of Finance, Science and Technology, Industry and Trade, and Justice chaired the drafting of 6 draft laws and resolutions that have not been considered by the Government and submitted to the National Assembly (including the drafts: Law on National Reserves (amended); Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Ho Chi Minh City; Law on Artificial Intelligence; Law on Key Industries; Resolution of the National Assembly on mechanisms and policies to remove difficulties in national energy development in the 2026-2030 period; Resolution of the National Assembly on piloting the public lawyer institution) to urgently direct the completion and submission to the Government for consideration and approval in time to submit to the National Assembly at the 10th Session.

The Ministry of Justice urgently organizes the appraisal of draft laws and resolutions submitted to the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee; and continues to perform well the task of the agency in charge of technical review of documents submitted by the Government before the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee consider and approve them.

Deputy Prime Ministers in their assigned fields directly direct Ministers and Heads of ministerial-level agencies in the work of drafting and submitting draft laws and resolutions, ensuring quality and progress according to regulations./.

(Vietnam+)

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