Simplify procedures and facilitate the issuance of entry and exit documents.

Continuing the program of the 5th Session of the 15th National Assembly, on the morning of May 27, presenting the Report on the draft 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, General To Lam - Minister of Public Security said: In the past time, the 13th Party Central Committee and the Politburo have issued many resolutions and directives to request state agencies to proactively apply and develop information technology to meet the requirements of sustainable development and proactively participate in the fourth industrial revolution with the goal of "Strive to complete the construction of a digital government by 2030, ranking among the top 50 countries in the world and ranking third in the ASEAN region in e-government and digital economy". At the same time, the Politburo issued Resolution No. 08-NQ/TW dated January 16, 2017 on developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector.

General To Lam - Minister of Public Security presented the report.

However, through reviewing the provisions of the Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens and the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam, they have not met the Party's policies and guidelines, so it is necessary to study and amend them to promptly institutionalize these policies and guidelines.

Through review, the provisions of the 2019 Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens and the 2014 Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam (amended and supplemented in 2019) have not met political, legal and practical requirements. Therefore, the drafting of the Law aims to institutionalize the Party's guidelines and policies, meet the requirements of the National Assembly and the process of administrative procedure reform and digital transformation of the Government...

On the morning of May 27, the National Assembly heard the Report on the draft 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.

Minister of Public Security To Lam stated that the development of the Law aims to contribute to simplifying procedures, promoting the implementation of administrative procedures in the electronic environment, continuing to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese citizens in issuing entry and exit documents and foreigners entering, exiting, transiting and residing in Vietnam; contributing to socio-economic development; both protecting national security and ensuring social order and safety. Completing the legal basis, ensuring synchronization, unity and improving the effectiveness of state management of entry, exit, transit and residence of foreigners in Vietnam, contributing to making tourism a spearhead economic sector, creating conditions for investors to explore the market and invest.

Delegates attending the meeting.

During the process of drafting the Law, the Ministry of Public Security sent comments to ministries, ministerial-level agencies and People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities; posted the draft dossier on the Government's Electronic Information Portal and the Ministry of Public Security's Electronic Information Portal to collect public opinions. Based on the comments, the Ministry of Public Security has compiled comments and revised the draft dossier of the Law project...

The draft Law has 3 articles. Specifically, Article 1 amends 13 articles and clauses of the 2019 Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens; focusing on 2 groups of contents: Group of contents to reform administrative procedures, perfect regulations on the implementation of administrative procedures in the field of exit and entry management in the electronic environment; Group of amended contents to facilitate citizens in applying for visas to enter foreign countries, issuing ordinary passports according to simplified procedures, improving the effectiveness of state management in the field of exit and entry of Vietnamese citizens and synchronization and unity of the legal system.

Overview of the morning meeting on May 27.

Article 2 amends 7 articles and clauses of the 2014 Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam (amended and supplemented in 2019), focusing on 2 groups of contents: Group of contents amending the provisions of the Law to continue to create more favorable conditions for foreigners to enter and exit Vietnam; Group of contents amending to manage the residence of foreigners in Vietnam, contributing to protecting national security and ensuring social order and safety.

Article 3 of the draft Law stipulates the effective date.

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