NA Standing Committee convenes 18th session

Speaking at the session, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said, the committee will consider and give opinions on an ordinance amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Ordinance on Order of, and Procedures for, Considering and Deciding on the Application of Administrative-Handling Measures at People's Courts; consider and make a decision on the collection of people's opinions on the drafted revised Land Law, and consider and approve the operation programme for 2023 of the committee.

Deputies will consider the results of the implementation of external affairs and international cooperation in 2022, approve a programme for its external activities in 2023; and give opinions on external activities and international cooperation programmes of the NA Council for Ethnic Affairs, committees of the legislature, friendship parliamentary groups, agencies of the NA Standing Committee, the State Audit Office and the NA Office.

The committee will also assess and approve a resolution promulgating the regulation on fostering the knowledge and professional skills of NA deputies; as well as consider adding non-refundable foreign aid in 2021, to the State budget estimate and decide on additional funding for the purchase of rice for national reserves and a proposal by the Prime Minister on the appointment and dismissal of ambassadors.

Legislators will also give comments on preparations for the second extraordinary session of the 15th legislature, focusing on giving opinions on the national masterplan, in line with the Law on Planning and the revision of the draft amended Law on Medical Examination and Treatment, reviewing the implementation of Resolution 30/2021/QH15 of the first session of the 15th NA, and proposing several mechanisms and policies on health care.

During the session, the NASC will look into financial and budget issues, including the adjustment of the unused operating estimates in 2021 of the General Department of Taxation and the General Department of Customs, and solutions to fix shortcomings at toll stations, and transport infrastructure investment projects under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model.

(Source: NDO)