Opinions to draft Law on Special Administrative and Economic Units
Many opinions have been gathered to complete the draft Law on Special Administrative and Economic Units, such as land rent duration and investment attraction policies.
A view of Cai Bau island, a central island of Van Don (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –Many opinions have been gathered to complete the draft Law on SpecialAdministrative and Economic Units, such as land rent duration and investmentattraction policies.
According to NguyenKhac Dinh, Chairman of the National Assembly Law Committee, the name of the billshould be changed to Law on Special Administrative and Economic Units of Van Don,Bac Van Phong and Phu Quoc to suite its scale.
Dinh said that afteradjusted, the draft law comprises six chapters, 88 articles and six appendixes.Regulations on setting up control mechanisms for each unit have been added withthe formation of an advisory committee.
The number ofconditional business sectors stated in the bill is 131, up 23 sectors comparedto the list submitted by the Government.
On the budget matter,the special administrative and economic units will be considered a district todefine sources of budget collection, spending and balance. All budget-related activitiesof the units will be made in line with the State Budget Law and this bill, saidDinh.
Meanwhile, DeputyMinister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung said that the power of theadvisory committee is quite big because the heads of the unit have to ask forapproval from the committee when giving a decision.
There are many regulationson inspecting and monitoring the Chairman of the People’s Committee of theunits, he said. According to Trung, it is unnecessary to set up the advisorycommittee.
Bui Van Phuong, arepresentative of Ninh Binh province, asserted that the models of the People’sCouncil and People’s Committee are not suitable to the units.
He explained that thespecial administrative-economic units should have special government organisationwith outstanding authority and operation mechanisms to ensure smoothdevelopment of the areas.-VNA
The People’s Council of the central province of Khanh Hoa adopted a resolution approving a project establishing Bac Van Phong (Northern Van Phong) special administrative-economic unit during its fifth session on December 7.
The northern province of Quang Ninh has decided to choose Arcadis & Callison RTKL from Hong Kong (China) to become its consultant for the development of Van Don special administrative-economic zone.
The Van Don Economic Zone Authority has asked the People’s Committee of Van Don district and investors to stop establishing new projects, adjusting project plans and applying for investment pending the approval of master plans for the future special administrative-economic zone.
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A view of Cai Bau island, a central island of Van Don (Photo: VNA) 
