Vietnam parliament expected to approve 9 bills

Vietnam's National Assembly, the country's highest-level legislative body, convened its last meeting of this year on Monday morning, with nine draft laws expected to be passed over 22 working days.

The meeting will last from October 23 to November 10 and from November 20-28, according to the National Assembly Office.

During this session, the parliament will approve nine bills, including the amended Land Law; the amended Law on Real Estate Business; the amended Housing Law; the amended Law on Water Resources; the amended Law on Telecommunications; the Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones; the Law on forces participating in the protection of security and order at the grassroots levels; the amended Law on Citizenship Identification; and the amended Law on Credit Institutions.

The National Assembly will also adopt a draft resolution on piloting a number of mechanisms and policies to remove obstacles prescribed in a number of laws related to investment in the construction of road traffic works.

Legislators will consider and comment on eight other draft laws, including the amended Law on Social Insurance; the amended Law on Archives; the Law on National Defense, Security and Industrial Mobilization; the Law on Roads; the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety; the amended Capital Law; the amended Law on Organization of People's Courts; the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Property Auction.

They will also look at the results of the socio-economic development plan and state budget for 2023 as well as the socio-economic development plan, state budget estimates, and central budget allocation plan for 2024.

Lawmakers will consider mid-term assessment reports on the results of implementing the 5-year plans for the 2021-2025 period on socio-economic development, economic restructuring, mid-term public investment, national finance and public borrowing, and public debt repayment.

The parliament will look into judicial reports such as anti-corruption work, prevention and combat of crimes and law violations, and judgment enforcement work in 2023.

Legislators will also grill cabinet members and heads of central agencies regarding their responsibilities for implementing a number of resolutions adopted by the legislature of the previous tenure.

At this session, the parliament is expected to conduct a vote of confidence for people holding elected positions or approved by the National Assembly. The list will be presented on Tuesday. The results of the confidence vote will be made public by the National Assembly Office.