Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong speaks. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army Thai Dai Ngoc presented the Proposal for the Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on National Defense; Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army; Law on Professional Soldiers, Workers and National Defense Officials; Law on Military Service; Law on Vietnam Border Guard; Law on People's Air Defense; Law on Reserve Forces; Law on Civil Defense; Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones; Law on Militia and Self-Defense Forces; Law on National Defense and Security Education.

The promulgation of the Law aims to promptly and fully institutionalize the policies and orientations in the Party's Documents and Resolutions, the Conclusions of the Politburo and Secretariat, the provisions of the Constitution, and the Law on Organization of Local Government (amended) related to the arrangement and reorganization of two-level administrative units.

Presenting the Report on the review of the draft Law, Chairman of the Committee on National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs Le Tan Toi stated that the Committee on National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs agrees with the necessity of promulgating the Law with the political, legal and practical bases stated in the Government's Submission.

Assessing that the draft Law on Basic Law meets the requirements of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents 2025, the Committee also agreed to submit it to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at the 9th Session according to the simplified process and procedures.

Regarding the amendment and supplementation of a number of articles of the Law on National Defense, the Committee on National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs basically agreed on the amendment and supplementation in Clause 1, Article 9, Clause 3, Article 21, Points b and c, Clause 3, Article 22 of the Law on National Defense as in the draft Law, ensuring consistency with the conclusions of the Politburo on the organization of two-level local governments.

There are suggestions to clarify the differences in content, position, function, tasks, authority and direction and command between "defense area" and "regional defense" to avoid overlap, unify understanding and facilitate implementation; clarify the position, function, tasks and authority of the "Regional Defense Command" after the organization of the 2-level local government.

At the meeting, the National Assembly Standing Committee agreed with the necessity of promulgating the law and the contents of amending and supplementing 11 laws. The content of the draft law is basically consistent with the Party's policies and guidelines, consistent with the Constitution and ensures consistency in the legal system, feasibility surrounding the arrangement of the apparatus and organization of two-level local governments.

The National Assembly Standing Committee proposed to continue reviewing laws in the field of national defense and laws related to the field of national defense for amendment and supplementation, in order to ensure consistency and synchronization in the legal system.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong proposed to amend the name of the Law to the Draft Law amending and supplementing 11 laws in the military and defense fields; at the same time, assign the drafting agency and the appraisal agency to unify the content in accordance with the Conclusion of the competent authority on the Project on organizing the military and defense forces, in accordance with the organizational arrangement of the apparatus.

According to baotintuc.vn

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