Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Discussing the draft of the revised Law on Management and Use of StateAssets, many opinions pointed to the fact that a number of State agencies and organisationsreceive and use assets presented or given by organisations and individuals inviolation of regulations, especially cars or other assets for individual use, leadingto public concern.
On the other hand, even when the gifts are legal, the use of them by anindividual will raise doubt about that individual’s impartiality when dealingwith issues related to the givers.
Therefore, the verifying board and the compiling board agreed to add to Article10 on banned activities that individuals are prohibited from using vehicles andother assets that are presented or donated by organisations or individuals.
Regarding the definition and classification of public assets, the NAStanding Committee also asked the law’s compiling board to add to Article 1,Clause 1 of Article 3 and Clause 5 of Article 4 the category of “money of theState budget, extra-budgetary State financial funds and State foreign currency reserves”.
Some participants proposed that “lucky” telephone numbers and vehicleregistration numbers, along with intellectual property, database, the airspaceand territorial waters, among others, should be included in Article 4 onclassification of public assets.
In response to the proposals, the committee instructed the compilingboard to add “the other stocks of numbers serving State management according tolaw” to Clause 6 of Article 4, while noting that other groups such as IP rights,database, intangible assets, cultural and historical values, and airspace andterritorial waters have been classified in other groups of assets.
The committee also asked the compiling board to include in the law theGovernment’s power in regulating the exploitation of the stocks of numbersserving State management.-VNA
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