Outline of propaganda of the results of the 5th session, 15th National Assembly

The Central Propaganda Department coordinated with the National Assembly Office to draft the "Outline for disseminating the results of the 5th session of the 15th National Assembly". Propaganda Magazine respectfully introduces the full text of the Outline.

I. BACKGROUND AND CONTENT OF THE MEETING

1. Background

The 5th session of the 15th National Assembly took place after the great success of the mid-term conference of the 13th Party Central Committee. This is a pivotal year to promote socio -economic development, successfully implement the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress in the context of the unpredictable and complicated fluctuations of the world economy, rising inflation, countries tightening spending, reducing consumer demand in the world market, ... but the domestic macro-economy continues to be stable, inflation is controlled, social security, people's lives are guaranteed; the fields of agriculture, trade, tourism, services, ... tend to increase; security and national defense are basically guaranteed, the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity has achieved many important results.

2. Content of the Session

The National Assembly focused on reviewing, commenting and deciding on important contents, such as: passing 08 laws, 17 resolutions, giving second opinions on 01 draft law, giving first opinions on 08 other draft laws; supreme supervision on the topic "mobilization, management and use of resources for COVID-19 prevention and control; implementation of policies and laws on grassroots health and preventive medicine"; conducting questions and answers; reviewing and deciding on issues related to personnel, socio-economics, and state budget; reviewing reports on synthesizing voters' and people's recommendations, reporting on the results of monitoring the settlement of voters' recommendations, and a number of other important contents.

II. RESULTS OF THE MEETING

1. Legislative work

1. 1. Laws and resolutions passed by the National Assembly

- The Law on Consumer Rights Protection is amended to improve the institution on consumer rights protection, ensure stability, unity, synchronization, transparency, feasibility, protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, create motivation for healthy competition and creative development of enterprises, support and encourage the activities of social organizations; at the same time, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management on consumer rights protection, contributing to promoting the economic, cultural and social development of the country. The Law consists of 07 chapters and 80 articles, which supplement and improve the provisions on: protection of vulnerable consumer rights; protection of consumer information; responsibilities of business organizations and individuals towards consumers; standard contracts, general transaction conditions; some specific transactions; social organizations participating in consumer rights protection; dispute resolution between consumers and business organizations and individuals; State management responsibility for protecting consumer rights.

- The Law on Bidding is amended to promptly remove and overcome the limitations and shortcomings of the current Law; ensure the consistency and synchronization of the legal system; contribute to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of bidding activities, contractor selection and strengthening the management and use of state capital and assets; limit loss, waste, negativity and corruption in the bidding field. The Law consists of 10 chapters and 96 articles (of which the number of articles is kept the same as the current Law but the structure is rearranged to reduce 03 chapters), with the following notable new points: (i) Amending regulations on the scope and subjects of application of the law, processes and procedures for selecting contractors and investors; processes and procedures, reducing bidding time, reforming administrative procedures, promoting the application of online bidding; (ii) Amending and supplementing many new regulations on bidding for the procurement of drugs, chemicals and medical supplies to remove difficulties and obstacles in bidding activities; (iii) Specific regulations on prohibited acts, handling of violations and resolution of recommendations in bidding activities; (iv) Clear, transparent and specific regulations on cases of bid designation and bidding in special cases; legalize the contents stipulated in sub-law documents that have been implemented stably; (v) Clearly stipulate the responsibilities of agencies in bidding activities...

- The Law on Prices is amended to improve the legal system on prices, meet the requirements of socio-economic development in the new situation; overcome overlaps and conflicts with specialized laws; limit dispersion, lack of synchronization and unity in the legal system on prices, contributing to strengthening international economic integration. The Law consists of 08 chapters and 75 articles (an increase of 3 chapters and 27 articles compared to the current Law), focusing on 09 policy groups: (i) Rights and obligations of organizations and individuals trading in goods and services, consumers; (ii) Duties and powers of state management agencies on prices and price appraisal; (iii) Regulations on the List and principles for determining goods and services subject to price stabilization; mechanisms for handling situations where goods and services need to be stabilized but are not yet on the list to be applied in urgent cases; (iv) Regulations on the List and criteria for determining goods and services subject to State pricing; Authority and responsibility for price determination; method of price determination; (v) Clearly stipulate the scope of price negotiation; successful and unsuccessful negotiation cases; (vi) Regulate the time of declaration; principles for determining goods and services that must be declared; (vii) Regulate the activities, principles, reports, responsibilities of agencies, units, and funding for the work of synthesizing, analyzing, forecasting market prices and price databases; (viii) Specify regulations on price appraisers and valuation enterprises; (ix) Specify cases requiring State price appraisal; responsibilities and powers of the price appraisal council and members of the price appraisal council to create a legal basis and avoid legal gaps in State price appraisal.

- The Law on Electronic Transactions is amended to institutionalize the Party's policies and guidelines, overcome practical difficulties and shortcomings, and ensure adaptation to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Law consists of 8 chapters and 53 articles (1 article less than the current Law) with some major contents such as: (i) Expanding the scope of application of electronic transactions to all activities of social life, thereby removing the exclusion provisions of the 2005 Law on Electronic Transactions; (ii) Detailed regulations on how to determine the legal value of data messages; (iii) Supplementing regulations on conditions to ensure legal value when converting from paper to data messages and vice versa; regulations on electronic certificates; regulations on other forms of confirmation by electronic means other than electronic signatures; regulations on data management, databases, open data, regulations for state agencies to promote electronic transaction activities; Promote digital transformation, develop digital government, digital economy and digital society...

- The Law on Cooperatives is amended to improve the legal basis, ensure the unity and completeness of the legal system, contribute to promoting the development of the collective economy with many models of cooperation and association on the basis of respecting the nature, values and principles of the collective economy, attracting more and more farmers, households, individuals and organizations to participate; contribute to improving the income and quality of life of members of cooperative groups, cooperatives, and cooperative unions, implementing social progress and justice, promoting rapid and sustainable development of the country, ensuring national defense and security. The Law consists of 12 chapters and 115 articles (an increase of 3 chapters and 51 articles compared to the current Law), focusing on institutionalizing the content of 08 policies in Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022 of the Central Executive Committee; supplementing regulations on cooperative group registration to create favorable conditions for cooperative groups to develop; Regulations related to individuals who are foreign investors and economic organizations with foreign investment capital in establishing and becoming members of cooperatives and cooperative unions; regulations on the organization of administration, assets, finance, and auditing of cooperatives and cooperative unions; regulations on the duties of representative organizations and the state management responsibilities of People's Committees at all levels for cooperative groups, cooperatives, and cooperative unions...

- The Law on Civil Defense was promulgated to create a common legal framework for preventing, combating and overcoming the consequences of war, incidents, disasters, natural disasters and epidemics; meeting the requirements of the task of building and developing the country's economy - society in conjunction with strengthening national defense, security and international integration in the new situation. The Law consists of 7 chapters and 71 articles with 06 policy groups, including: (i) Assessment of the risk level of disasters, incidents, natural disasters and epidemics in civil defense activities; (ii) Division of state management and decentralization in organizing activities of preventing, responding to and overcoming disasters, incidents, natural disasters and epidemics; (iii) Regulations on measures to protect people from disasters, incidents, natural disasters and epidemics and support people suffering losses; (iv) Innovation of the organization of the National Civil Defense Steering Committee; (v) Application of big data technology in prevention, response, and overcoming consequences of disasters, incidents, natural disasters, and epidemics; (vi) Civil defense activities in emergency situations.

- The Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on People's Public Security was promulgated to institutionalize the Party's policies and viewpoints on building the People's Public Security to meet the requirements and tasks in the new situation; overcome a number of difficulties and obstacles in the implementation of the current Law on People's Public Security; ensure consistency and synchronization with regulations on increasing the retirement age of employees. The Law consists of 02 Articles focusing on 03 policies: (i) Increase the maximum service age of officers, non-commissioned officers, and public security workers to ensure consistency and synchronization with the regulations of the Party, the State and practical requirements; (ii) Promote the rank of general ahead of schedule for people's public security officers with outstanding achievements in combat and work; (iii) Supplement and adjust a number of positions and titles of people's public security officers with the highest rank.

- The Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens and the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam was issued to promptly institutionalize the Party's policy on international integration and tourism and service development, creating transparency in procedures and policies to expand e-visas, extend visa validity for foreigners entering Vietnam, create conditions to promote tourism attraction, investment, business cooperation; promote the application of information technology in the implementation of public services. The Law consists of 3 Articles, specifically: (i) Article 1 consists of 15 clauses amending and supplementing 15 articles of the Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens, including: supplementing information on place of birth on exit and entry documents; simplifying procedures for submitting applications for exit and entry documents of Vietnamese citizens and foreigners; Transfer the authority to sign international treaties on the re-admission of Vietnamese citizens who are not allowed to reside abroad from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Public Security; regulate the cancellation of passports after 12 months of notification if citizens do not come to receive them...; (ii) Article 2 consists of 10 clauses, amending and supplementing 10 Articles of the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam, including: increasing the duration of electronic visas from 30 days to 90 days and valid for one or multiple entries; expanding the countries and territories whose citizens are granted electronic visas and international border gates for foreigners to enter and exit with electronic visas; expanding the temporary residence period from 15 days to 45 days for citizens of countries unilaterally exempted from visas by Vietnam and considered for visa issuance, temporary residence extension...; (iii) Article 3 consists of 04 clauses regulating the effective date and transitional provisions.

- The Resolution on taking a vote of confidence and voting for confidence in persons holding positions elected or approved by the National Assembly and People's Councils has been amended to promptly institutionalize Regulation No. 96-QD/TW dated February 2, 2023 of the Politburo on taking a vote of confidence for leadership and management positions in the political system; contributing to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the supervision activities of the National Assembly and People's Councils, promoting the effectiveness of taking a vote of confidence and voting for confidence at the National Assembly and People's Councils, enhancing the responsibility of the heads and the effectiveness of the operations of agencies in the state apparatus. The Resolution consists of 22 articles with amended and supplemented contents focusing on the bases for assessing the level of confidence, the consequences of taking a vote of confidence and adjusting a number of contents on the process and procedures for taking a vote of confidence and voting for confidence to suit practical requirements.

- The Resolution on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Ho Chi Minh City was issued to replace Resolution No. 54/2017/QH14 to create more favorable conditions for Ho Chi Minh City to unlock resources, create momentum for development, and maximize the potential and strengths of the City to develop commensurate with its leading position in the socio-economic development of the Southeast region and the whole country. The Resolution has 12 Articles with many important contents, in which it inherits 07 policy mechanisms in Resolution No. 54/2017/QH14, allowing the implementation of 04 policy mechanisms as other localities have piloted, adding a number of new policy groups such as: (i) Allowing BOT piloting on existing roads; (ii) Implementing BT projects; (iii) Piloting urban development models in the direction of transport development; (iv) Expanding the scope of investment projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) method; (v) Arrange unallocated funds from 2% to 4% of total district budget expenditures to carry out arising tasks; (vi) Mechanism for Ho Chi Minh City State Financial Investment Company (HFIC); (vii) Land price adjustment coefficient (K coefficient); (viii) Financial mechanism to implement greenhouse gas emission reduction measures according to carbon credit exchange and offset mechanisms; (ix) Flexibility in planning social housing arrangements in accordance with reality; (x) Mechanism to encourage investors to increase the conversion of domestic solid waste treatment to domestic solid waste treatment with energy recovery; (xi) Policy to attract strategic investors; (xii) Support for innovation and start-up activities in priority areas of the City; (xiii) Flexibility in the organizational structure of Ho Chi Minh City and Thu Duc City; (xiv) Continue to research and propose mechanisms and policies that have not been stipulated in the Laws and Resolutions of the National Assembly to submit to competent authorities for decision.

- The Resolution on the 2024 Law and Ordinance Development Program, adjusting the 2023 Law and Ordinance Development Program, is built in an open direction, allowing the addition of law projects, ordinances, and draft resolutions during the preparation process that are deemed necessary, urgent, and well-prepared to promptly meet practical requirements; in which the 2023 Law and Ordinance Development Program has been adjusted to add 07 law projects and 01 ordinance project; the 2024 Law and Ordinance Development Program includes 20 law projects and 01 draft resolution of the National Assembly.

1.2. Draft laws that have been commented on by the National Assembly

- The draft Land Law (amended) continues to be completed based on the opinions of National Assembly deputies at the 4th Session, the Conference of full-time National Assembly deputies and the opinions of the People. The National Assembly focused on discussing: the level of institutionalization of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022 of the Central Executive Committee on "continuing to innovate and perfect institutions and policies, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of land management and use, creating momentum to turn our country into a high-income developed country"; the consistency and synchronization of the legal system; some core contents on land use planning; land finance, land prices; land recovery, especially land recovery for national defense, security, socio-economic development purposes for national and public interests; compensation, support, resettlement when the State recovers land; land fund development; Land allocation and lease through land use rights auctions, bidding to select investors to implement projects using land, not auctioning land use rights, not bidding to select investors to implement projects using land, agreements on receiving land use rights or having land use rights; cases of land lease with one-time land rent payment and annual land rent payment; expanding the subjects receiving transfer of agricultural land use rights, including rice-growing land; granting Certificates to households and individuals using land without documents on land use rights; national defense and security land; land used for economic zones; at the same time, requiring the preparation of detailed regulations, implementation instructions and transitional regulations...

- The draft Law on Real Estate Business (amended) is designed to perfect the legal provisions on real estate business, overcome limitations and difficulties in practice; ensure the synchronization and unity of the legal system, contribute to the development of a stable, transparent and healthy real estate market, following the socialist-oriented market mechanism. The National Assembly focused on discussing the contents related to: scope of regulation; synchronization and unity with the draft Law on Land (amended), the Law on Housing (amended) and other relevant laws being considered by the National Assembly; types of real estate put into business; trading in existing and future housing and construction works; transfer of real estate projects; real estate trading floors; real estate brokerage; information system, data on housing and real estate market; regulation of the real estate market;...

- The Housing Law Project (amended) is built to overcome limitations, obstacles, and issues that are not yet suitable to the practice of current laws, supplement newly arising issues; perfect regulations and sanctions to strictly handle violations of housing policies and laws; legalize sub-law regulations that have been confirmed to be suitable in practice to contribute to socio-political stability, meet the requirements of socio-economic development, ensure citizens' right to housing, ensure security, national defense, and social security. The National Assembly focused on discussing the following contents: housing development programs and plans; forms of land use for investment in the construction of commercial housing projects; sale, lease, and lease-purchase of social housing; standards of social housing, resettlement housing; worker accommodation; land fund for housing development for the armed forces; management, operation, renovation, and reconstruction of apartment buildings;...

- The draft Law on Water Resources (amended) was developed to promptly institutionalize the Party's policies and guidelines, overcome shortcomings and inadequacies arising in practice; perfect the legal framework for water security; mechanisms and policies to encourage socialized resources, effective and economical management and exploitation of water resources; valuation of water resources, use and allocation of revenue from water resources. The National Assembly focused on discussing: the name and scope of the Law; protection of water resources and restoration of water resources; regulation, distribution and exploitation and use of water resources; economic instruments, policies and resources for water resources; responsibility for state management of water resources; general planning on exploitation and use of water resources; consultation with the community and related organizations and individuals in the exploitation and use of water resources; operation procedures for reservoirs and inter-reservoirs; artificial rain making; registration for licensing of exploitation and use of water resources; responsibility for water resources management, resolving disputes over water resources;…

- The draft Law on Telecommunications (amended) was developed to promptly meet the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution; implement international commitments; contribute to the development of a socialist-oriented market economy in the telecommunications sector; achieve the goal of building digital infrastructure to meet the requirements of developing a digital economy and digital society... The National Assembly focused on discussing: the scope, subjects of regulation, and content of telecommunications activities; policies, business conditions, and management of new services; the consistency and synchronization of the draft Law with relevant laws, compatibility, and compliance with international treaties; the right to participate in telecommunications activities, the right to ensure telecommunications safety for both service providers and service users; fair competition in telecommunications activities, research and implementation of telecommunications activities; ownership issues in telecommunications service business, telecommunications licensing, licensing authority, licensing period, and extension of telecommunications licenses; management, use of design and installation of telecommunications works, recovery of expired telecommunications works, rights and obligations of telecommunications enterprises, connection and sharing of telecommunications infrastructure, security of personal information, responsibility in collecting, exchanging and providing information related to telecommunications service users, management of junk SIMs, subscriber information and emergency information services...

- The draft Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones was developed to enhance the initiative and effectiveness in the management and protection of national defense works and military zones; consolidate and strengthen national defense strength in the process of national development. The National Assembly focused its discussions on the following contents: the name and scope of the draft Law; the State's policies on management and protection of national defense works and military zones; classification and grouping of national defense works and military zones; use, preservation and maintenance of national defense works and military zones; conversion of the purpose of use of national defense works and military zones; demolition and relocation of national defense works and military zones; determination of the scope of protection of national defense works and military zones; protection regime for restricted areas, protected areas, safety belts of national defense works and military zones; safety belts of ammunition depots, technical safety corridors of military antenna systems, etc.

- The draft Law on Citizen Identification (amended) was developed to overcome the shortcomings and inadequacies arising in practice; promote the application of information technology, build e-Government, handle administrative procedures and provide online public services, contribute to innovating methods of population management, preventing and combating crimes and violations of the law; further ensure human rights and citizens' rights. The National Assembly focused on discussing the following contents: the name of the draft Law; applicable subjects; electronic identification; principles of identification management, the National Population Database and the Identification Database; responsibilities of identification management agencies; rights and obligations regarding identification; the National Population Database and the Identification Database; people granted identification cards; the issuance of identification cards to children under 14 years old; information of citizens in the National Population Database; Subjects whose information is exploited in the National Population Database; information on citizen identification cards; content shown on identity cards; value of use of identity cards; procedures for issuing identity cards; revocation and temporary detention of identity cards...

- The draft Law on Credit Institutions (amended) is built to ensure the unity and synchronization of the legal system and compatibility with Vietnam's international commitments related to the financial and banking sectors; enhance the safety, soundness and stable development of the credit institution system; create a mechanism for handling bad debts and handling collateral of bad debts of credit institutions. The National Assembly focused on discussing many important contents on: policy banks; share ownership ratio; credit limits; organization, governance, management and operation of credit institutions; finance, accounting, reporting; early intervention, special control of credit institutions; handling bad debts and collateral of bad debts; state management in the banking sector...

- The draft Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level was developed to institutionalize the contents of the documents of the 13th National Congress of Delegates, resolutions, directives and conclusions of the Party, ensuring the legal basis for the implementation of tasks and powers of forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level. The National Assembly focused on discussing the following contents: the necessity of promulgating the Law; the name and scope of the Law; its conformity with the Party's policies and guidelines; its constitutionality and consistency with the legal system; the feasibility of the draft Law; the position, functions and tasks of forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level; standards, processes and procedures for deciding who participates in the forces protecting security and order at the grassroots level; regimes, policies and ensuring operating conditions of forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level...

2. Decide on important issues

2.1. The National Assembly considered and decided to dismiss Mr. Nguyen Phu Cuong from the position of Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee, and to stop performing the duties of a National Assembly deputy of the 15th tenure; approved the proposal to dismiss Mr. Tran Hong Ha from the position of Minister of Natural Resources and Environment for the 2021-2026 term; elected Mr. Le Quang Manh from the position of Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee for the 15th tenure; approved the proposal to appoint Mr. Dang Quoc Khanh as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment for the 2021-2026 term; approved the proposal to appoint Mr. Nguyen Hong Nam as Judge of the Supreme People's Court. Personnel work was carried out carefully and promptly, ensuring procedures were in accordance with Party regulations and State laws.

2.2. The National Assembly has reviewed and approved the Resolution on capital allocation for the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program; allocation and adjustment of the medium-term investment plan for the central budget capital for the 2021-2025 period and allocation of the central budget capital investment plan for 2023 of the National Target Programs. This is an important Resolution to help continue implementing tasks and projects using public investment capital, capital of the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program that have been fully prepared with procedures and qualified for assignment, and a number of urgent projects requiring ensuring foreign affairs, social security, etc. Therefore, the National Assembly has approved the Resolution with a number of main contents, as follows: (i) Allocate the remaining capital of the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program to ministries, central agencies and localities to implement projects that have completed investment procedures according to regulations; (ii) Assign the Government to allocate VND 88,359,227 billion of the central budget capital investment plan for the period of 2021 - 2025 for tasks and projects that have met the conditions prescribed in Article 52 of the Law on Public Investment and the principles and criteria for capital allocation prescribed in the Law on Public Investment, Resolution No. 29/2021/QH15; (iii) Allocate the remaining capital of the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2021-2025 of the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas; allocate the remaining central budget capital in 2023 of the national target programs for ministries, central agencies and localities to implement; (iv) Adjust the increase/decrease accordingly for a number of specific projects according to the provisions of the Law on Public Investment...

2.3. The National Assembly passed a Resolution approving the 2021 state budget settlement, of which the total state budget revenue is VND 2,387,906 billion; the total state budget expenditure is VND 2,484,439 billion; the state budget deficit is VND 214,053 billion, equal to 2.52% of the gross domestic product (GDP). The National Assembly requested the Government to strengthen financial discipline and order; strictly manage transferred expenditures; cancel and recover to the state budget improperly transferred expenditures; thoroughly handle cases of advances that have exceeded the prescribed time limit for many years; continue to control state budget deficit and public debt to ensure national financial security and macroeconomic stability; Direct to continue reviewing and completing the dossier for handling tax debt settlement, debt cancellation of late payment fines, late payment fees until June 30, 2023 to ensure the right subjects and right authority...

2.4. The National Assembly reviewed and approved the Resolution on the investment policy of the Road Project from National Highway 27C to Provincial Road DT.656 of Khanh Hoa Province - connecting with Lam Dong Province and Ninh Thuan Province to concretize the development goals of Khanh Hoa Province according to Resolution No. 09-NQ/TW dated January 28, 2022 of the Politburo; creating conditions for socio-economic development of the two mountainous districts of Khanh Son and Khanh Vinh in particular and Khanh Hoa province in general, increasing the ability to connect traffic and transport goods between regions with Ninh Thuan and Lam Dong provinces, strengthening national defense and security in the region... In particular, the National Assembly agreed to the policy of changing the purpose of forest land use and changing the purpose of forest use of about 75.58 hectares (including: forest land, upstream protection forest about 27.07 hectares; forest land, special-use forest about 32.88 hectares; and forest land, production forest about 15.63 hectares) to implement the Project with a total preliminary investment capital of about 1,930 billion VND; implementation period from 2023 to the end of 2027...

2.5. The National Assembly reviewed and approved the Resolution of the 5th session of the 15th National Assembly with many important contents, including: (i) Approving the investment policy to supplement the charter capital for the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in the 2021-2023 period corresponding to the remaining profit actually paid to the state budget in the 2021-2023 period of the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, up to a maximum of VND 17,100 billion; (ii) Implementing the policy of reducing 2% of value added tax as prescribed in Section a, Point 1.1, Clause 1, Article 3 of Resolution No. 43/2022/QH15 on fiscal and monetary policies to support the Socio-economic Recovery and Development Program from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023; (iii) Adjusting some contents of Resolution No. 93/2019/QH14 on investment policy of Ka Pet Reservoir Project, Ham Thuan Nam District, Binh Thuan Province; in which, the land use area of the Project is 697.73 hectares; implementation period is from 2019 to the end of 2025 with a total investment of VND 874,089 billion.

3. Supreme supervision

3.1. After reviewing the supplementary assessment reports on the results of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the state budget in 2022; the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the state budget in the first months of 2023, the National Assembly highly appreciated the direction and drastic implementation of the tasks and solutions of the Government, the Prime Minister, all levels, sectors and localities; commended the efforts of the business community and people of all walks of life in implementing the resolutions of the National Assembly, thereby contributing to stabilizing the macro-economy, controlling inflation, ensuring major balances, increasing trade and services; attention was paid to social security, social welfare and people's lives; the fields of culture, sports, tourism, information and propaganda continued to be promoted; national defense and security were basically ensured; foreign affairs and international integration were expanded and strengthened; The work of Party building and rectification, and the prevention and fight against corruption and negativity has achieved many important results.... The National Assembly has also frankly pointed out the limitations and weaknesses in various sectors and fields, especially the situation of pushing, avoiding, and lacking responsibility in performing public duties, leading to stagnation in solving work, causing frustration in society... The National Assembly has resolved many main directions, tasks and solutions[1] for the Government, all levels and sectors to continue to resolutely implement in order to complete the set goals, targets, tasks and solutions; at the same time, it requires the Government and agencies to implement and have specific, suitable and feasible solutions to resolve existing problems and limitations in order to best complete the goals and targets according to the resolutions of the National Assembly.

3.2. During 2.5 days, the National Assembly questioned 03 Ministers and the Minister, Chairman of the Ethnic Committee on the fields of: labor, war invalids and social affairs, science and technology, transportation, and ethnicity. The issues selected by the National Assembly were necessary, meeting the practical needs and wishes of the People and voters. The question and answer session took place seriously, democratically, responsibly, and highly constructively. The National Assembly deputies raised questions that were close to the actual developments in life and the wishes of voters, demonstrating a high sense of responsibility towards voters and the People, with concise, specific, clear content, with little overlap, with dialogue, frank debate, and constructiveness, making the most effective use of time to question and clarify issues that voters and the People are interested in. The Ministers of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Science and Technology, Transport and the Minister and Chairman of the Ethnic Committee all demonstrated their mettle, grasped the current situation of the sectors and fields under their charge, were straightforward, did not beat around the bush, and did not avoid difficult and complicated issues. With a high sense of responsibility, the Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers and Heads of other sectors participated in serious explanations, helping to clarify many issues of concern to the National Assembly deputies. At the end of the question-and-answer session, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, on behalf of the Government, reported to clarify issues under the Government's common responsibility and directly answered questions from the National Assembly deputies; The National Assembly passed a Resolution on questioning activities at the 5th Session, in which it requested the Government, the Prime Minister, Ministers and Heads of sectors to focus on implementing solutions and commitments, promptly overcoming shortcomings and limitations, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of state management in the questioned areas, effectively implementing the goals, programs and strategies in the resolutions, conclusions and directives of the Party, and legal regulations, meeting the legitimate requirements and aspirations of the people and voters nationwide. This is also the basis for the National Assembly to conduct re-supervision and consider taking a vote of confidence at the 6th Session.

3.3. Based on the results of thematic supervision, the National Assembly issued a Resolution on thematic supervision of the mobilization, management and use of resources for COVID-19 prevention and control; the implementation of policies and laws on grassroots health care and preventive medicine; in which it acknowledged the support and assistance of countries, agencies and organizations at home and abroad, and the consensus of the people nationwide; honored individuals and collectives that have contributed to the fight against the epidemic, especially the frontline forces of the health sector, the armed forces and forces directly performing tasks at the grassroots level in the prevention and control of the epidemic. The National Assembly requested the early completion of institutions related to the fields of grassroots health care, preventive medicine, civil defense and emergency situations; urgently review, synthesize and classify to handle the backlog and difficulties in the management and use of resources for COVID-19 prevention and control; Strengthen the capacity to provide primary health care services, preventive medicine, improve the capacity to prevent and control epidemics associated with training, improve the quality of human resources in the health sector, especially in the production of vaccines and domestic treatment drugs; have solutions to complete the goal of all people being monitored and comprehensively managed for their health according to the roadmap determined in Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 of the Central Executive Committee; have a roadmap to increase health insurance premiums, at the same time expand the list of medical examination and treatment services, the list of drugs and medical supplies at primary health care facilities paid by the health insurance fund; thoroughly resolve difficulties in payment and settlement of medical examination and treatment costs under health insurance....

3.4. The National Assembly discussed and approved the Resolution on the National Assembly's Supervision Program in 2024, the Resolution on the establishment of the 2024 Thematic Supervision Team "Implementation of Resolution No. 43/2022/QH15 dated January 11, 2022 of the National Assembly on fiscal and monetary policies to support the Socio-economic Recovery and Development Program and the National Assembly's resolutions on a number of important national projects until the end of 2023" and "Implementation of policies and laws on real estate market management and social housing development from 2015 to the end of 2023". At the same time, the National Assembly Standing Committee is assigned to organize supervision in 2024 on 02 topics: "Implementation of policies and laws on innovation of the organization and management system, improving the quality and efficiency of operations of public service units in the period of 2018 - 2023" and "Implementation of policies and laws on ensuring traffic order and safety from 2009 to the end of 2023".

3.5 . After reviewing the report on the results of implementing thrift practice and waste prevention in 2022, the National Assembly highly appreciated the initiative and determination of the Government, ministries, branches and localities in organizing the implementation of the Thrift Practice and Waste Prevention Program in 2022 in the context of many difficulties and challenges internationally and domestically. At the same time, it proposed: (i) Urgently review, amend and supplement regulations on norms, standards and unit prices that are lacking and not suitable to reality; (ii) Focus on completing accounting standards, statistical methods, information on infrastructure assets, by 2025, basically complete accounting standards and publicize State Financial Reports; (iii) Implement the plan to complete the tasks and solutions prescribed in Resolution No. 74/2022/QH15 dated November 15, 2022 on promoting the implementation of policies and laws on practicing thrift and combating waste; (iv) Immediately overcome the situation of slow allocation, capital allocation, and disbursement of public investment capital; ensure the quality and progress of important national projects, 03 National Target Programs, and the Economic Recovery and Development Program according to Resolution No. 43/2022/QH15 dated January 11, 2022; (v) Have strong solutions in equitization, divestment, and restructuring of state-owned enterprises, improving the efficiency of production and business activities, preserving and developing state capital invested in production and business activities at enterprises, etc.

3.6 . Regarding the Report on the synthesis of opinions and recommendations of voters and people sent to the 5th session of the 15th National Assembly; Report on the results of the supervision of the settlement of voters' recommendations sent to the 4th session of the 15th National Assembly. The National Assembly believes that the opinions and recommendations of voters and people nationwide have been promptly and fully synthesized by the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and sent to the National Assembly. At this session, for the first time, the National Assembly discussed separately the results of the supervision of the settlement of voters' recommendations sent to the 4th session, thereby continuing to demonstrate the spirit of innovation in the National Assembly's people's petition work, enhancing the National Assembly's supervisory role in settling voters' and people's recommendations. The National Assembly highly appreciated the supervision work of the National Assembly Standing Committee, acknowledged the proactive and timely response of the Government, ministries and branches in responding to and resolving voters' petitions, ensuring the legitimate rights of the people as well as improving the efficiency of state management activities, contributing to effectively removing many difficulties and obstacles at the grassroots level, promoting socio-economic development, stabilizing social order and security, improving people's lives, creating trust among voters and people nationwide.

The National Assembly requested the Government, ministries, branches and relevant agencies to respond to and resolve the recommendations in the Report synthesizing opinions and recommendations of voters and people sent to the 5th Session of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; focus on overcoming limitations and implementing the recommendations stated by the National Assembly Standing Committee in the Report on the results of monitoring the settlement and response to voters' recommendations sent to the 4th Session; urgently review and thoroughly resolve a number of recommendations that voters have repeatedly made, and outstanding issues that affect the legitimate and legal rights and interests of the people.

III. ORIENTATION OF PROPAGANDA WORK

1. Propagating the success of the 5th session of the 15th National Assembly, innovation, creativity and response to the practical situation of the country, such as: for the first time, the National Assembly conducted a separate discussion on the results of supervising the settlement of voters' petitions sent from the 4th session of the 15th tenure; there were many important contents on legislative work, especially providing timely solutions to remove difficulties, promote the country's economic development, support people and businesses (reducing 2% value added tax until the end of 2023, promoting the domestic market, accelerating the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital, etc.).

2. Focus on disseminating draft laws and resolutions passed by the National Assembly, providing comments, especially the Resolution on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Ho Chi Minh City, clarifying the significance of passing the Resolution to create new motivation and resources for Ho Chi Minh City to develop; promoting the potential and advantages for the Southeast region to develop socio-economy as well as Ho Chi Minh City as the economic locomotive of the whole country, in order to concretize Resolution No. 31-NQ/TW dated December 30, 2022 of the Politburo on the direction and tasks of developing Ho Chi Minh City to 2030, with a vision to 2045; Resolution on taking a vote of confidence, voting for confidence in people holding positions elected or approved by the National Assembly, People's Council,... analysis of this session, the National Assembly has many important decisions to promote economic and social recovery and development such as deciding and adjusting investment policies for a number of important projects under the authority of the National Assembly; investing additional charter capital for the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development; fundamentally amending and supplementing procedures and regulations on entry and exit of Vietnamese citizens and foreigners in Vietnam,...

3. Encourage and motivate the entire Party, people and army to make efforts and determination to overcome difficulties and challenges, seize opportunities, and successfully carry out socio-economic development tasks in 2023 and the 2021-2025 period, contributing to the successful implementation of the goals and tasks of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.

CENTRAL PROPAGANDA COMMITTEE – OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

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