The National Assembly strongly promotes its role as the highest state power body.

The draft report on the work of the 15th National Assembly was presented by National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man at the opening session of the 10th meeting held at the National Assembly House on the morning of October 20.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man presents a draft report on the work of the 15th National Assembly term on the morning of October 20. Photo: QUANG PHUC

In his general assessment, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man stated that the 15th tenure is a special one. The country faces many challenges; complex global pandemics; severe natural disasters and climate change; and unpredictable changes in the world political and economic situation. The workload has increased many times compared to previous terms, with many important issues, new, complex and unprecedented content.

"The National Assembly has affirmed its role as the highest State power body, the highest representative body of the people, demonstrating its mettle, intelligence, innovation, enhancing professionalism, publicity, transparency, democracy, and efficiency, performing well the functions of constitution-making, legislation, supreme supervision, deciding on important issues of the country, as well as parliamentary diplomatic activities, leaving many outstanding marks," affirmed National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

Firstly, the National Assembly has strongly promoted its role in perfecting institutions and laws; the amendment and supplementation of a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution has promptly institutionalized the Party's major policies, especially on the arrangement of the State apparatus in the direction of "streamlining, effectiveness, efficiency, closeness to the people, closeness to the people, closeness to reality".

Second, legislative activities have strong innovations in thinking, construction processes, proactive, creative, active, and prepared early from afar; especially, to promote the role of "being one step ahead in terms of institutions", promptly responding to new situations, meeting practical requirements, policies always take people and businesses as the center, actively removing difficulties and obstacles to contribute to liberating production capacity, mobilizing and effectively using all resources for the cause of national development.

“For the first time, the National Assembly submitted to the Politburo for consideration and approval the orientation of the law-making program for the entire term. The work of reviewing legal documents was actively implemented, detecting and promptly handling many contradictory, overlapping and inappropriate regulations, ensuring the unity, synchronization and feasibility of the legal system,” said comrade Tran Thanh Man.

Third, monitoring activities are enhanced, focused, substantial and have many practical innovations; focusing on areas and issues of current importance, with profound impacts on socio-economic development and people's lives.

Fourth, the decision-making on important national issues has been fundamentally reformed. The National Assembly has accompanied and closely coordinated with the Government and relevant agencies to decide on many important and strategic issues, promptly responding to reality, serving rapid socio-economic development; and has decided on revolutionary issues regarding the organization of the State apparatus and provincial administrative units.

Fifth, the National Assembly's foreign affairs activities have been promoted on both bilateral and multilateral levels, in depth, implemented at many levels, achieved many good results, created a strong impression, contributing to raising the level of Vietnam's foreign affairs activities along with the general successes of the Party's foreign affairs and State diplomacy.

Sixth, the way of organizing National Assembly sessions has many improvements, innovations, and flexibility to adapt to the reality. The XV term has the largest number of sessions ever and is the first term in the history of its operation that the National Assembly organized 19 sessions, including 9 extraordinary sessions to promptly consider and decide on important and urgent contents to meet the requirements set by reality.

Seventh, the National Assembly has been exemplary in arranging the organizational apparatus, and at the same time, proactively implementing assigned tasks to work with the entire political system to resolutely put the 2-level local government model into operation from July 1, 2025, which has been recognized and highly appreciated by the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat.

Eighth, actively deploy the application of science and technology, innovation and national digital transformation; promote the application of artificial intelligence, digital transformation, build digital infrastructure, develop specialized platforms and systems, initially contributing to modernizing and improving the efficiency of the National Assembly's operations.

Ninth, the organization of the 80th anniversary of the first General Election to elect the Vietnamese National Assembly was prepared early, with many meaningful and practical activities implemented; and was very successful.

View of Dien Hong hall on the morning of October 20. Photo: QUANG PHUC

Based on the assessment that the 16th National Assembly term is an important milestone on the country's new development path, with the meaning of orienting the future, entering a new era of the Vietnamese nation, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man suggested that the 16th National Assembly and the following terms continue to innovate their thinking, perform well the three most important functions: legislation, supreme supervision, and deciding on important issues of the country.

The Chairman of the 15th National Assembly emphasized: “Supervisory activities need to focus on issues such as land management, resources, environment, anti-corruption, waste prevention, protection of human rights, civil rights... Activities to decide on important issues of the country need to ensure objectivity and impartiality, all decisions need to truly put the interests of the nation, the people, and the interests of the people above all, first of all, resolutely prevent and eliminate all domination by group interests and negative impacts from outside”.

MR. PHUONG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/quoc-hoi-phat-huy-manh-me-vai-tro-la-co-quan-quyen-luc-nha-naoc-cao-nhat-post818986.html