Press conference to announce the results of the 5th Session, 15th National Assembly

Secretary General of the National Assembly Bui Van Cuong said that after 23 days of working with the spirit of innovation, solidarity, democracy, intelligence, urgency and high responsibility, the 5th Session of the 15th National Assembly has completed the entire program with the following results: passing 08 laws, 17 resolutions, giving second opinions on 01 draft law, giving first opinions on 08 other draft laws; supreme supervision of the topic "Mobilization, management and use of resources for COVID-19 prevention and control; implementation of policies and laws on grassroots health care and preventive medicine"; conducting questions and answers; considering and deciding on issues related to personnel, socio- economics , state budget; reviewing reports on voters' petitions and resolving voters' petitions, along with a number of other important contents.

Secretary General of the National Assembly , Head of the National Assembly Office Bui Van Cuong speaks at the press conference

Among the draft laws that the National Assembly has commented on, 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 comments from the People.

The National Assembly focused on discussing: The level of institutionalization of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW 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 unity and synchronization of the legal system; requirements for detailed regulations and implementation instructions and transitional regulations; some core contents on land use planning; land finance, land prices; land recovery, land requisition, especially land recovery for national defense and security purposes; socio-economic development for national and public interests; compensation, support, resettlement when the State recovers land; land fund development; Land allocation, land lease through auction of land use rights, 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...

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, price water resources, use and allocate revenue, effectively manage and save 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, exploitation and use of water resources; economic tools, 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; procedures for operating reservoirs and inter-reservoirs; artificial rain making; registration for licensing of exploitation and use of water resources; responsibility for water resources management, settlement of disputes over water resources;...

Reporters from press agencies asked questions at the press conference.

Regarding decisions on important issues, the National Assembly considered and decided on the dismissal of 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 the termination of his duties as a deputy of the 15th National Assembly; 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 National Assembly; approved the proposal to appoint Mr. Dang Quoc Khanh as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment for the 2021-2026 term; and approved the proposal to appoint 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.

The National Assembly reviewed and approved the Resolution on the allocation of the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program; supplementing and adjusting the medium-term investment plan of the central budget for the 2021-2025 period and allocating the central budget investment plan in 2023 of the National Target Program; Resolution approving the 2021 state budget settlement; Resolution on the investment policy of the traffic road project from National Highway 27C to Provincial Road DT.656 in Khanh Hoa province - connecting with Lam Dong province and Ninh Thuan province; Resolution of the 5th session of the 15th National Assembly.

In particular, the Resolution of the 5th session of the 15th National Assembly has many important contents, such as the resolution on Approval of the investment policy to supplement the charter capital for the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in the period of 2021-2023 corresponding to the remaining profit actually paid to the state budget in the period of 2021-2023 of the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, up to a maximum of VND 17,100 billion; 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; 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 scale of land use area of the Project is 697.73 hectares; Project implementation period from 2019 to the end of 2025 with total investment and total investment capital of the project is 874,089 billion VND....

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