The 8th session of the 15th National Assembly will work for 28.5 days.

Continuing the 38th session, on the morning of October 14, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on the preparation for the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

As planned, the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly will work for 28.5 days, opening on October 21 and closing on November 30. The session will be held in two phases, with the first phase from October 21 to November 13 and the second phase from November 20 to November 30.

After listening to the report of the Secretary General of the National Assembly and Head of the National Assembly Office Bui Van Cuong on the preparation for the 8th Session, the members of the National Assembly Standing Committee highly appreciated the preparation work for the session; at the same time, they gave some comments on the organization and arrangement of time to receive and revise the draft law.

Regarding the preparation of dossiers and documents, Minister and Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son said that the Prime Minister has issued 15 documents urging ministries and branches to promptly prepare dossiers and documents to submit to the National Assembly at the 8th Session.

In addition, there are a number of documents related to draft laws and investment projects already included in the Law and Ordinance Development Program. The Prime Minister is directing relevant agencies to urgently complete the submissions and drafts to soon submit to the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Assembly.

Speaking at the meeting, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man assessed that the document preparation work has made many progresses so far; the number of documents received is 120/150 documents, showing the efforts of relevant agencies.

The National Assembly Chairman also directed some contents related to the addition to the proposed agenda of the 8th Session, with the spirit that only well-prepared draft laws will be included in the proposed agenda. The Government and agencies, according to their functions and tasks, must urgently complete documents and strictly implement the meeting regulations.

The National Assembly Chairman assigned the Delegation Affairs Committee to carefully prepare personnel work; the People's Aspirations Committee to coordinate with agencies to effectively perform the work of receiving citizens and handling petitions and complaints during the session.

The Secretary General of the National Assembly is assigned to urgently coordinate with the Nationalities Council and the National Assembly Committees to advise the National Assembly Standing Committee to consider and decide on the group of questions; receive opinions, complete the proposed meeting agenda, and for necessary content, seek opinions at the meeting of the National Assembly Party Delegation with the Government.

“The 8th session will work in the spirit of innovation in law-making thinking, not legalizing decrees and circulars, to gradually improve the professionalism and quality of law-making work,” National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man emphasized.