Parliament to discuss amended oil & gas law, anti-money laundering bill

The National Assembly, Vietnam’s parliament, is scheduled to pass seven draft and amended laws at its October-November session, including an amended oil & gas law and one on money laundering.

The biannual meeting, the fourth in the NA’s current tenure, is scheduled to take place offline in Hanoi from October 20-November 18.

Other draft and amended laws that legislators are set to discuss and pass cover domestic violence, inspections, grassroots democracy, radio frequency and health checks and treatment.

The legislative body will also discuss seven draft and amended laws on land, consumer protection, bidding, pricing, digital transaction, cooperatives, and civil defense.

Notably, the government has delayed submission of the draft land law four times. Approval of a law normally takes three meetings, including two for discussion and one for a vote, Hoang Thanh Tung, head of the NA Legal Affairs Committee, had said at the NA’s third meeting in May.

Other key topics of the NA meeting include socioeconomic situations, state budget estimations, public investment plans 2022, socioeconomic development plans 2023, and solutions to problems at road tollbooths invested under build-operate-transfer (BOT) format.

Besides, the parliament is set to pass resolutions on biddings for automobile plates and special mechanism for Buon Ma Thuot town of Dak Lak province.

The NA will also conduct a question & answer session about economics and wastefulness in the 2016-2021 period and consider some personnel affairs, among others.