Perfecting the law, improving the effectiveness of state management

Discussing at group 7 (National Assembly delegation of Nghe An and Lam Dong provinces) on the afternoon of November 3, the National Assembly deputies highly agreed on the necessity of amending and supplementing the Laws: Statistics, E-commerce and Price Law. Opinions focused on perfecting the mechanism, enhancing the effectiveness of State management, meeting the requirements of digital transformation and international integration.

Supplementing data access rights, perfecting the statistical system

Expressing his agreement with the amendment of the Law on Statistics, delegate Duong Khac Mai (Lam Dong) commented that the draft has been revised to focus on and specify many contents related to the organization of state statistics. The amendment is to comply with the requirements of restructuring the apparatus in the context of digital transformation, international integration and digital economic development.

National Assembly Delegate Duong Khac Mai ( Lam Dong ) speaks. Photo: Pham Thang

Delegates said that replacing specialized inspection activities with specialized statistical inspections carried out by the national statistical agency and provincial and municipal statistical agencies is suitable for practice. This regulation ensures feasibility in the two-level government model, while meeting the requirements of centralized and unified management.

Regarding the centralized statistical organization system, the draft stipulates that the Minister of Finance shall prescribe the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of this system. However, delegates suggested that it is necessary to clarify whether the centralized statistical system will be under the Ministry of Finance or local administrative agencies, because this is an important issue related to organizational and management decentralization.

In particular, delegate Duong Khac Mai also emphasized the need to supplement regulations on the right to access statistical information of the people, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations and enterprises. The publicity and transparency of statistical data helps organizations promote their role in monitoring and social criticism, improving the efficiency of State operations.

National Assembly Delegate Nguyen Truong Giang (Lam Dong) speaks. Photo: Pham Thang

In addition, delegates proposed updating and supplementing national statistical indicators to meet new development requirements, especially in the fields of digital economy, energy transition, and environment. At the same time, it is necessary to specify the time of data publication and independent inspection mechanism to increase the reliability of statistics.

Delegate Tran Thi Thu Hang (Lam Dong) said that the draft needs to be technically revised in Article 22 and Article 42B to ensure clear and consistent expression. Specifically, the phrase “update, manage and exploit for statistical purposes” should be rearranged to help express more concisely and accurately within the scope of the law.

Regarding the system of statistical indicators at the provincial and communal levels, delegates proposed that it is necessary to clearly define the scope, content and functions of each system, clearly distinguishing between provincial and communal indicators and national indicators. The system of provincial indicators must be linked to local databases, serving the planning and socio-economic development on the spot. Delegates proposed to stipulate in the direction that "the system of statistical indicators at the provincial level is a set of statistical indicators formed in the provincial statistical information system, and at the same time is a part of the statistical information system of ministries, branches and the country".

National Assembly Delegate Tran Thi Thu Hang speaks. Photo: Pham Thang

Regarding the statistical reporting regime at the provincial and communal levels, there are suggestions that it is necessary to clearly stipulate the mechanism for coordination, sharing and verification of data between the central government, ministries and localities, ensuring consistent and reliable data, avoiding the situation of "one indicator - many data".

Clarifying concepts and responsibilities in e-commerce

Regarding the draft Law on E-commerce, some delegates assessed that the concept in the draft on the function of livestreaming sales is still narrow, only mentioning the case of online ordering integrated on the network platform. In reality, livestreaming sales activities also take place for the purpose of promoting products, while buying and selling is done through other channels such as Zalo or e-commerce platforms. Therefore, it is necessary to expand the concept to cover all forms of livestreaming serving commercial activities.

Regarding the concept of foreign organizations and individuals (Article 3, Clause 18), delegate Tran Hong Nguyen (Lam Dong) stated that it is necessary to ensure consistency with the Enterprise Law and current legal documents. Specifically, a foreign individual is a person holding documents identifying foreign nationality, while a foreign organization is an organization established abroad under the laws of that country. The re-regulation in the Law on E-commerce needs to be carefully considered to avoid overlap.

National Assembly Deputy Tran Hong Nguyen (Lam Dong) speaks. Photo: Pham Thang

Regarding the responsibility of the owner of the intermediary e-commerce platform, the delegate agreed with the requirement that the platform must have a tool to automatically censor information about goods and services before displaying them to prevent counterfeit goods, banned goods, and goods that violate intellectual property rights. However, the delegate noted that this is a new requirement, and if applied immediately, it will create a technical burden and large costs for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Therefore, there needs to be an implementation roadmap that is appropriate to the technological capacity and scale of the enterprise; at the same time, the drafting agency needs to assess the ability to connect and share data of industries and fields to ensure feasibility in implementing automatic censorship.

Increase decentralization, ensure transparency and feasibility

Regarding the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Prices, delegates highly agreed on the need to perfect the decentralization mechanism and strongly delegate power to local authorities and ministries and branches in price management.

Delegate Nguyen Tao (Lam Dong) commented that re-regulating specialized inspection and examination activities is necessary to ensure consistency with current laws, and at the same time legalize regulations guiding the implementation of the 2023 Law on Prices.

National Assembly Delegate Nguyen Tao (Lam Dong) speaks. Photo: Pham Thang

Regarding the responsibility for price stabilization, the draft clearly defines the roles of the Government, ministries and provincial authorities. In particular, in emergency situations or unusual price fluctuations, the provincial People's Committee has the authority to decide on price stabilization measures. The draft also transfers the responsibility for implementing price stabilization from the district level to the commune level, ensuring consistency with the two-level government model.

Delegates expressed concerns about two key areas that need clear adjustments in pricing policies: (1) prices for urban solid waste collection and treatment services; (2) prices for construction materials and public investment disbursement.

Regarding the price of urban solid waste collection and treatment services, delegates suggested that there should be a clear pricing mechanism, linked to decentralization of management from district to commune level, while overcoming legal loopholes in the treatment of plant protection packaging in urban agriculture - a field that requires close coordination between the agricultural and construction sectors.

Overview of the discussion session. Photo: Pham Thang

Regarding construction material prices, delegates also said that it is necessary to adjust the price management mechanism to suit the actual situation, especially in the context of a sharp increase in public investment volume in the 2026-2030 period. Removing bottlenecks in material sources and mineral exploitation procedures needs to be done through synchronous amendments to the Law on Mineral Exploitation and the Law on Prices, in order to ensure supply and stabilize prices for key public investment projects.

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