NA Standing Committee opens 25th session
HAØ NOÄI The National Assembly Standing Committee began its 25th session yesterday with discussions on contentious points in the draft law on the Vieät Nam Coast Guard.
The version tabled for discussion this time has been revised after debates at the fifth session of the 14th National Assembly.
Concluding the discussions, NA Vice Chairman Ñoã Baù Tî said most members of the NA Standing Committee agreed to classify the coast guard as part of the armed forces.
The Standing Committee required further clarification about the tasks and power of the force to prevent overlapping. The relations between the coast guard and other forces such as the navy and the border guard also need to be clarified.
Also yesterday morning, the Standing Committee gave opinions on debatable matters in the draft law on protecting state secrets.
The 25th session of the NA Standing Committee will last three days, during which three bills the draft law on the Vieät Nam Coast Guard, the draft law on prevention and fight against corruption (revised) and the draft law on protecting state secrets will be tabled for discussion.
The committee will look into the plans on allocating and using the unused medium-term investment capital from the State budget in 2016-20, and on allocating medium-term public investment capital for the national target programme on the East Sea and islands.
Other items on the working agenda include a draft resolution of the NA Standing Committee on the environmental tax list, and a draft decree stipulating some specific mechanisms on investment, finance, budget and decentralised administration for the Mekong Delta city of Caàn Thô.
At this session, the NA Standing Committee is also scheduled to consider the implementation of a number of stipulations in the Investment Law, the Public Investment Law and the Law on Environmental Protection related to environmental impact assessment of investment projects.
The committee will consider the appointment of ambassadors for the 2018-21 tenure. VNS
New townships established in Bình Döông, Haø Tónh
HAØ NOÄI The National Assembly Standing Committee approved the establishment of two townships in southern Bình Döông Province and another in central Haø Tónh Province yesterday, the opening day of the committees 25th session.
Members of the committee passed a resolution on the establishment of Lai Uyeân Township in Baøu Baøng District and Taân Thanh Township in Baéc Taân Uyeân District, both in Bình Döông. They also approved the formation of Ñoàng Loäc Township in Can Loäc District, in Haø Tónh.
Lai Uyeân Township covers nearly 88.36 sq.km and has a population of more than 32,000 from the former Lai Uyeân Commune, while Taân Thanh Township covers 26.88 sq.km and has a population of nearly 8,600 from the former Taân Thanh Commune.
With the establishment of these townships, Bình Döông Province now has nine administrative units at the district level (one city, four towns, and four districts) and 91 others at the communal level (46 communes, 41 wards, and four townships).
Meanwhile, Ñoàng Loäc Township is set up on 18.69 sq.km with some 6,000 people from the former Ñoàng Loäc Commune.
As a result, Haø Tónh Province now has 13 administrative units at the district level (10 districts, two towns, and one city) and 262 others at the communal level (229 communes, 21 wards, and 12 townships).
At the meeting, the National Assembly Standing Committee also approved resolutions on the formation of the Peoples Court and the Peoples Procuracy of Phuù Myõ Town, in the southern province of Baø RòaVuõng Taøu. VNS