The 9th session of the 15th National Assembly considers amending the Constitution and merging provincial-level administrative units.

At the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly, the National Assembly will consider and approve the Resolution on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution and the Resolution on merging provincial-level administrative units.

Secretary General of the National Assembly and Head of the National Assembly Office Le Quang Tung chaired the press conference. (Photo: DUY LINH)

On the afternoon of May 4, at the National Assembly House, Party Central Committee member, Secretary General of the National Assembly, and Head of the National Assembly Office Le Quang Tung chaired a press conference on the expected Program. 9th Session, 15th National Assembly.

The 9th session of the 15th National Assembly will solemnly open on May 5, 2025, and is expected to close on June 30, in the form of a concentrated meeting at the National Assembly House, Hanoi. The session will be held in 2 phases: Phase 1: from 5/5 to 29/5/2025; Phase 2: from June 11 and is expected to close on June 30. The total working time of the National Assembly is expected to be 37 days.

This is a meeting with many important contents, implementing the Resolution of the 11th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee - a historic conference, discussing historic decisions in the new revolutionary period of our country, bringing the country into a new era, era of growth of the nation.

Deputy Head of the National Assembly Office Vu Minh Tuan reports on the expected program of the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly. (Photo: DUY LINH)

At this Session, the National Assembly will consider and decide 54 Contents of constitutional and legislative work, including 3 resolution on constitutional work and 51 laws and resolutions of legislative work; 14 group of contents on socio-economics, state budget, supervision and other important issues; and at the same time 8 The group of agencies sends reports for National Assembly deputies to study, as a basis for exercising the right to supervise and review the contents according to regulations.

Accordingly, regarding constitutional and legislative work, the National Assembly will consider and decide on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution; consider and pass 34 laws, 11 resolutions, and give opinions on 6 other draft laws.

Laws considered and passed by the National Assembly include: (1) Penal Code (amended); (2) Law on Personal Data Protection (if eligible, consider and approve at the 9th Session); (3) Law on Cadres and Civil Servants (amended); (4) Law on Digital Technology Industry; (5) Law on Chemicals (amended); (6 ) Law on Science, Technology and Innovation; (7 ) Law on Atomic Energy (amended); (8) Law on Teachers; (9) State Budget Law (amended); (10) Law on Management and Investment of State Capital in Enterprises; (11) Law on Special Consumption Tax (amended); (12) Law on Corporate Income Tax (amended); (13 ) Law on Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Forces (in case of good preparation and sufficient conditions, it will be considered and approved at the 9th Session); (14) Law on Inspection (amended); (15) Law on Organization of Local Government (amended); (16) Law on Employment (amended); (17) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Civil Procedure Code, the Administrative Procedure Law, the Juvenile Justice Law, the Bankruptcy Law and the Law on Mediation and Dialogue at Court; (18) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Criminal Procedure Code; (19) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents; (20) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Election of Deputies to the National Assembly and People's Councils; (21) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Credit Institutions; (22) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Product and Goods Quality; (23 ) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Enterprises; (24) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Bidding; Law on Investment under the public-private partnership model; Law on Customs; Law on Export Tax and Import Tax; Law on Investment; Law on Public Investment; Law on Management and Use of Public Assets; (25) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Advertising; (26) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality; (27) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Planning; (28 ) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Law on Trade Unions, the Law on Youth and the Law on Implementing Democracy at Grassroots Level; (29) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy; (30) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations; (31) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Organization of People's Courts; (32) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Organization of People's Procuracy; (33) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations; (34) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of laws in the field of national defense and security.

Panorama of the press conference. (Photo: DUY LINH)

Resolutions considered and approved by the National Assembly include: (1) Resolution of the National Assembly on mechanisms and policies private economic development; (2) Resolution of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific and special mechanisms and policies to invest in developing the railway system; (3) Resolution of the National Assembly on piloting a number of special mechanism and policy social housing development; (4) Resolution of the National Assembly on exemption and support of tuition fees for preschool children, high school students, and students of general education programs at educational institutions in the national education system; (5) Resolution of the National Assembly on a number of special mechanisms and policies, creating breakthroughs in law making and enforcement; (6) Resolution of the National Assembly on universalizing preschool education for preschool children from 3 to 5 years old; (7) The National Assembly's Resolution on extending the period of exemption from agricultural land use tax is stipulated in Resolution No. 55/2010/QH12 of the National Assembly on exemption and reduction of agricultural land use tax, which has been amended and supplemented by a number of articles under Resolution No. 28/2016/QH14 and Resolution No. 107/2020/QH14; (8) Resolution of the National Assembly amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Internal Regulations of the National Assembly session issued together with Resolution No. 71/2022/QH15 of the National Assembly; (9) Resolution of the National Assembly on piloting the People's Procuracy in initiating civil lawsuits to protect the civil rights of vulnerable groups or to protect public interests; (10) Resolution of the National Assembly replaces Resolution No. 35/2021/QH15 dated November 13, 2021 of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Hai Phong city; (11) Resolution of the National Assembly on VAT reduction.

Also at the Session, the National Assembly will give opinions on 6 draft laws, including: (1) Law on Transfer of Persons Serving Prison Sentences; (2) Extradition Law; (3) Railway Law (amended); (4) Emergency Law; (5) Law on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil Matters; (6) Law on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters.

Notably, the National Assembly will consider and pass the National Assembly Resolution on Merging provincial-level administrative units. Considering and deciding on the establishment of the National Election Council and the election of the Chairman of the National Election Council; approving the proposal of the Chairman of the National Election Council on the list of Vice Chairmen of the National Election Council and members of the National Election Council. Considering and deciding on shortening the term of the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term. Considering and deciding on the election date of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Law and Justice Nguyen Phuong Thuy talks to reporters at a press conference. (Photo: DUY LINH)

In addition, the National Assembly also considered and decided on socio-economic and state budget issues, including the Supplementary Assessment Report on the results of state budget implementation in 2024 and the first months of 2025. (including adjusting the 2025 budget estimate to allocate at least 3% of the budget for science, technology, innovation, digital transformation development and continuing to increase to 2% of GDP in the next 5 years and implementing tasks arising in 2025 associated with apparatus arrangement, tuition exemption and reduction...)...

Vietnam Television (VTV1) and Voice of Vietnam (VOV1) will organize live television and radio broadcasts of the opening and closing sessions of the Session; and discussions in the hall on: (i) socio-economic; state budget; (ii) Draft Resolution of the National Assembly amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution; (iii) Draft Law on Organization of Local Government (amended); (iv) Draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Law on Trade Unions, the Law on Youth and the Law on Implementing Democracy at Grassroots Level; (v) Results of monitoring the settlement of voters' petitions sent to the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly; question and answer sessions of National Assembly deputies; voting sessions to approve: (i) Resolution of the National Assembly amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution; (ii) Law on Organization of Local Government (amended); (iii ) Law on Cadres and Civil Servants (amended); (iv) Resolution of the National Assembly on merging provincial administrative units; (v) Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Election of Deputies to the National Assembly and People's Councils.

At the press conference, representatives of the National Assembly Office and the National Assembly Committees discussed and answered reporters about a number of contents related to the planned agenda of the Session such as organizing the collection of public opinions on amending and supplementing the 2013 Constitution; removing institutional bottlenecks at the 9th Session; the issue of merging provincial-level administrative units; shortening the term of the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term...

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