Perfecting the legal framework, removing obstacles, and unlocking development resources

On September 14, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Government's special meeting on law-making in September 2024 to continue perfecting the legal framework, overcoming limitations, removing obstacles, and unleashing all resources for development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chairs the Government's special meeting on law making in September 2024 (Photo: Tran Hai).

Before the session, in the face of the storms, landslides, and floods that have caused serious damage to people and property, the Government observed a minute of silence to commemorate the victims who lost their lives due to storms and floods.

Opening the meeting, the Prime Minister said, Storm No. 3 (Yagi) with particularly high intensity, directly landed in our country and the circulation after the storm caused heavy rain over a large area, causing floods in many localities in the northern region, causing great damage to both life and property; seriously affecting production and people's lives.

In recent days, the entire political system, all classes of people, especially the armed forces in the provinces and cities have focused their efforts, join hands to support people in the affected areas. In times of trouble, the spirit of solidarity, "mutual love", "helping each other", love for fellow countrymen, and the strength of the nation have contributed to minimizing the damage of the storm.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting (Photo: TRAN HAI)

The Government and the Prime Minister deeply understand and offer condolences to the families of the victims, especially those whose relatives died or sacrificed in the storm and flood; acknowledge, appreciate and commend the efforts of Party committees, authorities at all levels, armed forces and people nationwide, including many noble gestures that deeply demonstrate "national love and compatriotism".

The Prime Minister requested that members of the Government "each work as two", continue to well implement the directions of the Politburo, the Secretariat; General Secretary, President To Lam and 8 Official Dispatches of the Prime Minister on responding to and overcoming the consequences of storm No. 3, floods, landslides, and inundation in order to urgently stabilize life and production, especially creating jobs, creating livelihoods, promoting production and business, and effectively implementing the set socio-development goals.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh speaks at the meeting (Photo: TRAN HAI).

In that spirit, the Prime Minister requested that in this Law-making Session, Government members demonstrate their spirit, responsibility, and intelligence, discuss and contribute ideas to perfect the legal framework, overcome limitations, remove obstacles, and unlock resources for development.

The Prime Minister pointed out that building and perfecting institutions is a breakthrough of breakthroughs; it is the driving force and resource for development. In particular, promptly removing difficulties, obstacles and bottlenecks in institutions, unleashing all potentials and unlocking all resources for socio-economic development, is the top priority of the Government and the Prime Minister in leadership, direction and administration.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung speaks at the meeting (Photo: TRAN HAI).

The September thematic session on law-making is also the 9th session of 2024 to review, comment on and approve 05 proposals and draft laws (including: Draft Law on Public Investment (amended); Draft Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Planning, Law on Investment, Law on Investment under the public-private partnership model and Law on Bidding; Draft Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Securities, Law on Accounting, Law on Independent Audit, Law on State Budget, Law on Management and Use of Public Assets, Law on Tax Administration, Law on National Reserves); proposal to develop the Law on Press (amended) and proposal to develop the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents (amended). The Prime Minister said that amending and supplementing these 05 Laws is very necessary.

Government members attending the meeting (Photo: TRAN HAI).

In particular, amending and supplementing a number of laws in the fields of investment planning and finance aims to immediately handle inadequacies and legal problems arising in practice, hindering development, thereby unlocking resources and promoting growth.

The amendment of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents helps to change the mindset, way of thinking, and way of doing in law-making, simplify the way of doing, increase decentralization, decentralization, speed up the progress, and improve the quality of law-making work. The amendment of the Press Law aims to build a professional, humane, and modern press and media.

The meeting time is limited, the requirements are high, the scope is wide, the content is difficult and complicated, the Prime Minister requested the members of the Government to focus their intelligence, continue the spirit of innovation; present reports and opinions concisely, clearly, and straight to the point; focus on discussing important issues, with different opinions that need to be discussed, and seek the Government's opinion; ensure the progress and quality of the meeting.

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