Opening of the Government's special session on law-making in September

On September 14, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Government's special meeting on law-making in September 2024, aiming to continue perfecting the legal framework, overcoming limitations, removing obstacles, and paving the way for development.

Attending the meeting were Deputy Prime Ministers Nguyen Hoa Binh, Tran Hong Ha, Le Thanh Long, Bui Thanh Son, Ho Duc Phoc; Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies; leaders of relevant ministries, branches and agencies.

Before the session, in the face of the storms, landslides and floods that caused serious consequences to people and property in the northern provinces, the Government observed a minute of silence to commemorate the victims who died due to storms and floods.

Opening the meeting, the Prime Minister said that storm No. 3 (Yagi) with extremely high intensity made landfall directly into our country and circulated after the storm with heavy rain over a wide area, causing floods in many localities in the Northern region, causing huge damage to both life and property; seriously affecting production and people's lives.

In recent days, the entire political system, all walks of life, especially the armed forces in provinces and cities have joined forces to support people in affected areas.

In times of trouble, the spirit of solidarity, "mutual love", "helping each other", love for fellow countrymen, and the strength of the nation have contributed to minimizing the damage of the storm.

The Government and the Prime Minister deeply understand and offer condolences to the families of the victims, especially those whose relatives died or sacrificed in the storm and flood; acknowledge, appreciate and commend the efforts of Party committees, authorities at all levels, armed forces and people nationwide, including many noble gestures that deeply demonstrate "national love and compatriotism".

The Prime Minister requested that members of the Government "each work as two", continue to well implement the directions of the Politburo, the Secretariat; General Secretary, President To Lam and 8 Official Dispatches of the Prime Minister on responding to and overcoming the consequences of storm No. 3, floods, landslides, and inundation in order to urgently stabilize life and production, especially creating jobs, creating livelihoods, promoting production and business, and effectively implementing the set socio-development goals.

With that same spirit, the Prime Minister requested that in this Session, Government members demonstrate their spirit, responsibility, and intelligence, discuss and contribute ideas to perfect the legal framework, overcome limitations, remove obstacles, and pave the way for development.

The Head of Government pointed out that building and perfecting institutions is a breakthrough of breakthroughs; it is the driving force and resource for development. Among them, promptly removing difficulties, obstacles and bottlenecks in institutions, unleashing all potentials, and unlocking all resources for socio-economic development is the top priority of the Government and the Prime Minister in leadership, direction and administration.

Informing that the September Special Session on Law Making is also the 9th session of 2024 to review, comment on and approve 5 proposals and draft laws (including: draft Law on Public Investment (amended); draft Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Planning, Law on Investment, Law on Investment under the public-private partnership model and Law on Bidding; draft Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Securities, Law on Accounting, Law on Independent Audit, Law on State Budget, Law on Management and Use of Public Assets, Law on Tax Management, Law on National Reserves; proposal to develop the Law on Press (amended); proposal to develop the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents (amended)), the Prime Minister said that the amendment and supplementation of these 5 Laws is very necessary.

Among them, amending and supplementing a number of Laws in the fields of investment planning and finance aims to immediately handle inadequacies and legal problems arising in practice, hindering development, thereby unlocking resources and promoting growth.

The amendment of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents helps to change the mindset, way of thinking, and way of doing in law-making, simplify the way of doing, increase decentralization, decentralization, speed up the progress, and improve the quality of law-making work. The amendment of the Press Law aims to build a professional, humane, and modern press and media.