On June 16, the National Assembly listened to the Government present the draft Law on Railways (amended).
Presenting the (supplementary) report on the draft Law on Railways (amended), Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh stated that the draft has been revised to supplement 23 mechanisms and policies in the draft Resolution of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific and special mechanisms and policies for investment in developing the railway system.
To ensure meeting the requirements on investment progress in railway projects, the Government proposed new additional regulations to the draft law taking effect from July 1, 2025, while the remaining regulations of the Railway Law (amended) taking effect from January 1, 2026.
The draft law has been supplemented with specific mechanisms and policies, especially for investment in developing the railway system, creating a breakthrough legal corridor for railway development.
Specifically, the drafting committee reviewed and limited the scope of specific policies to only apply to investment in the construction of important national railway projects and railway projects decided by the National Assembly; proposed to add regulations on independent supervision in the implementation of specific mechanisms and stipulate the role of state management to ensure strict control over quality, technical standards, and national security for railway projects according to the provisions of the law on investment.
At the same time, remove from the draft law 3 policies on dumping sites, construction materials, and conversion of forest use purposes and propose to include them in the general resolution of the session and the scope of application for the Hanoi - Dong Dang and Hai Phong - Ha Long - Mong Cai railway projects; 2 policies on capital allocation and mobilization because these policies are associated with the requirements and conditions of each specific project, each period and will be considered when deciding on investment policies.
Presenting the review report, Chairman of the Committee on Science, Technology and Environment Le Quang Huy stated that the committee basically agreed to propose the immediate approval of the draft law at this 9th session of the National Assembly according to the procedure at 1 session.
To institutionalize the Party's policies and legalize specific and special mechanisms and policies stipulated in the National Assembly's resolutions on investment in the development of a number of specific railway projects, the committee proposed to study and perfect the following directions: limiting the scope and subjects of application; ensuring the consistency, unity, universality and sustainability of the legal system; strengthening supervision, information disclosure and transparency; having appropriate sanctions; ensuring feasibility, strictness and efficiency.
Many opinions basically agree with the urban development mechanism focusing on the public transport system (TOD) to exploit land funds around the station to create resources for the railway, in line with the direction of innovation.
However, there are suggestions to clarify and study additional regulations clearly defining the limits of local authority when adjusting planning; independent and transparent monitoring mechanisms when adjusting planning; supplementing regulations on criteria on infrastructure capacity and infrastructure upgrade plans before approving TOD, implementation conditions; clearly defining the revenue sharing mechanism; accountability and sanctions; reviewing, amending and supplementing related laws...
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