In the morning, lawmakers listened to a report collecting feedback on the draft revised Law on Militia and Self-Defence Forces by Chairman of theNA’s Committee on National Defence and Security Vo Trong Viet.
Fifteen lawmakers presented their opinions on the draft, mostlyin favour of the need to amend and supplement the law.
Also in the morning, Deputy Prime Minister and ForeignMinister Pham Binh Minh reported on the State’s external activities 2019.
In the afternoon, Viet delivered another report on feedbackon the Law on immigration by Vietnamese citizens
Eighteen legislators expressed their views on procedures forthe issuance of popular, official and diplomatic passports, immigrationmanagement, among others.
Minister of Public Security To Lam later clarified issues ofdeputies’ concern.
Concluding discussions, NA Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty, whomanaged the day, said the NA Standing Committee will direct agencies concernedto fine-tune draft laws before submitting them to the legislature for approval.
On October 29, the NA will have a plenary meeting to hear areport on the draft amendments of and supplements to a number of articles ofthe Law on the Organization of the National Assembly, among others./.