Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man presided over the NA Standing Committee’s 36th meeting which opened in Hanoi on August 19.

In his opening remarks, the top legislator said a question & answer (Q&A) session will be arranged during the four-day meeting, and law makers will discuss 12 important issues.

Three draft laws will be tabled for consideration for the first time during the meeting, which are the draft revised Electricity Law, a draft law revising and supplementing some articles of the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations, and another on amendments and supplements to the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People’s Army.

The committee will also comment on the revised version of the draft Law on the People’s Air Defence based on the opinions of NA deputies at the recent 7th session.

Besides, the committee will consider the Government’s proposal to add two draft laws to the law and ordinance making programme, including a draft law revising and supplementing some articles of the Law on Health Insurance, and the draft Law on Disease Prevention.

The NA Chairman stressed that the number of draft laws submitted to the National Assembly at the 8th and 9th sessions is very large, so it is necessary to carefully consider the necessity of the draft laws and the supplementation of the law making programme at an appropriate time.

Particularly, the Q&A session will be held in one and a half days and broadcast live on television and radio channels, focusing on the implementation of the resolutions of the NA Standing Committee on thematic supervision and question-and-answer activities from the beginning of the 15th NA to the end of 2023 related to nine fields in socio-economic development, internal affairs.

In addition, the NA Standing Committee will look into the supervisory delegation’s report and approve a resolution on the specialised supervision over the implementation of policies and legislation on reforming the organisation and management system and improving the performance of public non-business units during 2018 – 2023.

The committee will discuss the organisation of an NA forum on supervisory activities, which is an initiative aiming at enhancing the effectiveness of NA's supervision.

Participants will also consider and approve the Prime Minister’s proposal on the appointment of Vietnamese ambassadors; deliberate and make decisions about raising this year’s state budget estimates for the Ministry of Health; and approve the committee’s resolution stipulating some contents related to the NA Standing Committee’s resolutions on the classification of urban areas, the standards and classification of administrative units, and the arrangement of district- and communal-level administrative units in the 2023 - 2030 period to serve the arrangement of urban areas as administrative units in the 2023 - 2025 period.

Man stressed that these are important tasks in 2024 to serve Party congresses at all levels in early 2025 towards the 14th National Party Congress as well as the election of deputies to the 16th NA and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

൲ The NA Chairman requested the Government to direct ministries and sectors to ensure that the preparation of law projects adheres to the required timelines, stressing that relevant agencies must closely monitor the programme, proactively prepare contents, and be ready to report on their respective responsibilities./.