Draft amended Land Law likely to be approved next week: official
The National Assembly (NA) will consider the approval of the draft amended Land Law and the draft amended Law on Credit Institutions – the two extremely important bills – at its fifth extraordinary session scheduled to take place next week.
The National Assembly Standing Committee's 29th session. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly (NA) will consider the approvalof the draft amended Land Law and the draft amended Law on Credit Institutions –the two extremely important bills – at its fifth extraordinary session scheduledto take place next week.
The information was revealed on January 8by Bui Van Cuong, NA General Secretary and Chairman of the NA Office, at the NAStanding Committee’s ongoing 29th session.
Cuong said that at the fifth extraordinarysession, the legislature will also consider adopting a draft resolution on anumber of specific mechanisms and policies to remove difficulties and obstaclesin, and accelerate the implementation of the national target programmes, and discussand decide on several urgent financial and state budget issues.
This session is scheduled to open onJanuary 15 and wrap up on January 18. Deputies will have a day off on January 17, soagencies can acquire ideas contributed by legislators to perfect the draft laws and resolution to submit to the legislature for approval at the closing session, the official stated.
The outcomes of the extraordinary sessionwill be publicised, he added.
With 12 million comments from voters andbeing discussed at three NA sessions, the draft amended Land Law still has anumber of issues that need to be considered thoroughly. Meanwhile, despitebeing scrutinised in two plenums, the draft amended Law on Credit Institutions contains some issues with different ideas. Therefore, at its sixthplenary session held in late 2023, the legislature decided not to pass thesetwo draft laws, because the difficult laws are involved in many fields and havegreat impacts on the economy and people's lives. Therefore, it is necessary toapply a special and unprecedented process to thoroughly consider all aspects./.
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The National Assembly Standing Committee's 29th session. (Photo: VNA) 
