NA Standing Committee brings eight draft laws under scrutiny

The 14th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is set to approve two resolutions and discuss eight draft laws during its sixth session, opened at the parliament’s headquarters in Hanoi on January 9.
NA Standing Committee brings eight draft laws under scrutiny ảnh 1Overview of the session (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 14th NationalAssembly (NA) Standing Committee is set to approve two resolutions and discusseight draft laws during its sixth session, opened at the parliament’sheadquarters in Hanoi on January 9.

Giving details about the agenda, NA ChairwomanNguyen Thi Kim Ngan said on three days of working, the Standing Committee plansto consider and approve a resolution that stipulates the order and procedures forcarrying out some contents relating to supervisory activities of the NA, the NAStanding Committee and delegations of NA deputies.

The committee will also consider approvinganother resolution specifying regulations on the coordination in military courtmanagement between the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court and theDefence Minister.

Participants will give opinions about debatableissues in eight draft laws, namely the revised law on State compensationliability; the revised law on legal aid; the law on foreign trade management;the law on support for small and medium enterprises; the law on planning; therevised law on state property management and use; the law on the management anduse of weapons, explosive materials and support tools; and the law on the guardforce.

Chairwoman Ngan added the Standing Committeewill also comment on a list of projects and capital allocated to each projectincluded in the mid-term public investment plan for 2016-2020. It willscrutinise a draft resolution of the Committee on the punishment of retiredofficials and civil servants.

On January 9 morning, the draft amended law onState compensation liability came under discussion. It stipulates the State’scompensation liability towards people and organisations suffering from damagecaused by persons performing administrative management, legal procedures andverdict enforcement duties.

Regarding the draft amended law on legal aid,most of the participants agreed on the revisions. NA Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luuasked relevant agencies to make final adjustments to submit the draft to theparliament in the next session.-VNA
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