Comprehensive, synchronous and deep international integration
Discussing at Group 9 (including the National Assembly delegations of Hung Yen and Hai Phong provinces) this morning, October 31, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh stated that the draft Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on International Treaties was amended and supplemented in the context of Vietnam's deep international integration, the scale of our country's economy this year with an estimated GDP growth of 8%; average income per capita exceeding 5,000 USD; trade turnover of about 880 billion USD, ranking in the top 20 leading countries in the world.
The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly also said that Vietnam currently has diplomatic relations with 194 countries; has relations and partnership frameworks with 38 countries (including Comprehensive Partners, Strategic Partners, Comprehensive Strategic Partners), and is a member of over 70 regional and international organizations.
With the goal of international integration in the new situation, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly emphasized that the draft Law must institutionalize the requirements in Resolution No. 59-NQ/TW of the Politburo that international cooperation and international integration in the coming period must be comprehensive, synchronous, and extensive in terms of economy, culture, society, national defense and security, foreign affairs, environment, education, etc. And, international integration is the cause of all people, of the entire political system, under the leadership of the Party.
Informing that in the coming time, the Government will submit a resolution on specific mechanisms and policies to concretize Resolution 59 of the Politburo, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly noted that the regulations in the draft Law also need to be studied to ensure consistency with the resolution the Government is about to submit.
Shorten the time but must ensure full responsibility for inspection and assessment
Regarding the deadline for responding to comments on inspection and appraisal, the draft Law amends and supplements Clause 1, Article 20 of the current Law. Accordingly, the Ministry of Justice is responsible for appraising international treaties within 10 days from the date of receiving the complete dossier specified in Article 21 or within 20 days in case of establishing an Appraisal Council. Point b, Clause 2, Article 72 stipulates that the consulted agency and the inspection agency and the appraisal agency of the international treaty are responsible for responding in writing within 5 working days from the date of receiving the dossier for comments on the request for inspection and appraisal.
With these provisions, National Assembly Deputy Nguyen Van Huy (Hung Yen) suggested that the drafting agency review and unify the provisions in the entire draft Law from "day" to "working day" which would be more reasonable.
In addition, shortening the time limit as stipulated in the draft Law will help speed up the process of signing international treaties. However, it is necessary to consider and ensure that the shortened time is still sufficient for specialized agencies, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, to fully perform their responsibilities of in-depth inspection and assessment, avoiding errors.
Regarding the mechanism for simultaneously proposing the signing and approval or ratification of an international treaty, the draft Law stipulates that it will be applied in cases where the proposing agency determines that the treaty can be ratified immediately after signing, is clear enough, detailed enough to be implemented, and has fully collected the necessary documents in the dossier proposing the ratification of the international treaty.
Delegate Nguyen Van Huy said that this is a very important addition, shortening the time for international treaties to be implemented, demonstrating flexibility in foreign affairs. However, the delegate also suggested that there should be "clear enough" and "detailed enough" evaluation criteria to avoid abusing this mechanism for complex international treaties.
The draft Law stipulates that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall carry out the procedure for foreign notification of approval or ratification within 10 days from the date of receipt of the original copy of the international treaty. There are opinions suggesting that it be clearly stipulated that the official copy of the international treaty can only be received after it is signed; the procedure for foreign notification should be carried out after the decision on official approval or ratification by the competent authority, not just after signing, to ensure legality.
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