Ordinance

The President’s Office yesterday announced an ordinance on amendments and supplements to several articles of four ordinances relating to planning.— Photo VGP HÀ NỘI — The President’s Office yesterday announced an ordinance on amendments and supplements to several articles of four ordinances relating to planning. At a press conference yesterday, vice chairman of the President’s Office Chu Xuân Yêm announced the President’s order on the ordinance which affects four other ordinances –the Ordinance on Defence Industry, the Ordinance on Market Management, the Ordinance on Preferential Policies for Revolution Contributors, and the Library Ordinance. Accordingly, the ordinance amends some articles of the Ordinance on Defence Industry relating to development planning of the industry, authorities that are empowered to approve the planning, the approval and implementation of programmes/projects on the industry, inspection over the implementation as well as land for the defence industry. … [Read more...] about Amendments to ordinances on planning announced

People’s Council ordinance amended (02-04-2005) HA NOI — National Assembly’s Standing Committee approved 13 new amendments on the functioning of the country’s people’s councils yesterday at its 27th session. All 13 amendments received the majority vote of members, according to Bui Ngoc Thanh, chief of the drafting board. The amendments covered issues, including live media broadcasts of people’s council meetings, relationship between NA delegations and standing members of people’s councils at provincial level and allowances for people’s council members. The amendments to Article 9 allows local media and press agencies to attend public meetings of people’s councils, opening and closing ceremonies, debate sessions and to broadcast them live. It also classifies complaints to be dealt with by people’s councils to increase the responsiveness of the administration. The amendment also fixes the responsibility of council members to receive and respond to complaints, … [Read more...] about People’s Council ordinance amended

NA committee mulls bidding ordinance (30-06-2005) HA NOI — A National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday discussed the bidding ordinance, especially issues like online bidding, criteria for successful bids and a new nomenclature for the ordinance. The committee looked particularly closely at online bidding, criteria for successful bids and a new nomenclature for the ordinance before agreeing to pass it. The ordinance regulates bidding for projects financed by the State budget including consultancy, materials purchase and construction. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc suggested the ordinance should be called the Bidding Ordinance for Public Purchase to fall in line with the global rules for public purchase, especially when Viet Nam was bidding to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Online bidding, he said, would be governed by the E-Transaction Law covering electronic signatures and document certification, which was passed by the National … [Read more...] about NA committee mulls bidding ordinance

Anti-dumping decree to guide ordinance (16-07-2005) HA NOI — To guide implementation of the new anti-dumping ordinance, the Government has issued a decree under which an investigative and arbitration agency will be set up. Under Decree 89, in an anti-dumping case, the investigating body will seek suggestions for anti-dumping measures and ask concerned parties to furnish documents and information. The investigators, after consultations with the concerned parties, will make a preliminary conclusion and possibly suggest a ruling of a temporary import tariff. The council will consider the conclusions and give the final verdict whether an import is subsidised or threatens domestic production. It will then ask the trade ministry to slap a permanent anti-dumping tax on specific imports. But the decree also empowers the ministry to withdraw the ruling if the application of an anti-dumping tax threatens to harm the economy. The Anti-Dumping Ordinance came into … [Read more...] about Anti-dumping decree to guide ordinance

Revised administrative cases ordinance declared (28-04-2006) HA NOI — The State President has announced the revised and amended Ordinance on Procedures to Handle Administrative Cases and the Resolution on Terminating the Ordinance on Obligatory Labour, the Office of the President said yesterday at a press briefing. The ordinance and resolution were passed by the National Assembly’s Standing Committee in April 2006. Briefing the press, Deputy Judge of the Supreme People’s Court Dang Quang Phuong said the revised and amended ordinance was in accordance with the revised and amended Law on Petitions and Denunciations. Approved by the National Assembly, the law will come into force in June this year, and meet the requirements for the country’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) entry and for implementing the Bilateral Trade Agreement between Viet Nam and the United States (BTA). Under the ordinance, any individual or organisation can initiate an administrative lawsuit … [Read more...] about Revised administrative cases ordinance declared

Assembly, front to further co-ordination (27-01-2007) HA NOI — National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong appreciated the implementation of the co-ordination regulation between the National Assembly Standing Committee and Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) last year. The chairman attended a conference yesterday to review the co-ordination regulation between the NA Standing Committee and VFF, along with VFF President Pham The Duyet. Trong said the two organisations had closely and effectively implemented the co-ordination regulation. This had helped strengthen the nation’s solidarity, build a socialist State based on justice, and create new beliefs for Vietnamese people this year, he said. The co-ordination had significantly contributed to renewing the NA, according to his statement. Trong continued by saying that this year, the NA Standing Committee and Viet Nam Fatherland Front should focus on successfully organising the election for the 12th NA term, in which … [Read more...] about Assembly, front to further co-ordination

HA NOI — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday said that co-ordination activities between the Government and the Viet Nam Fatherland Front should be increased to meet socio-economic development targets set by the National Assembly. He made the statement in a working session between the Government and the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee. This year, the Government and VFF Central Committee have prioritised co-ordination in implementing national programmes on hunger eradication, poverty reduction, accommodation for the poor and improving education in rural areas. Also on the agenda at the session were economic restructuring, social welfare, corruption and addressing people's complaints and petitions. Dung said it was necessary to focus on educating people to take part in patriotic emulation movements and socio-economic development activities. He also said he highly valued the solidarity building achievements of last year's co-ordination activities between … [Read more...] about Government, Fatherland Front need co-ordination

Ha Noi — The highlight of the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday was the proposed changes to the existing Ordinance on Judges and Jurors of the People's Courts regarding the scale of ranking judges and court levels. Truong Hoa Binh, Chief Judge of the Supreme People's Court, said that under the current ordinance it was very difficult for the court sector to implement the Party and Government's policies and guidelines on transferring judiciary staff from the People's Courts at higher levels to lower levels. He said that the existing salary system applied to judges depended on their scale of ranking and the levels of their administrative courts and was the main barrier for transferring judges from one office to another. He cited as an example that the allowance of a Chief Judge at the Provincial People's Court was 0.65 per cent of the minimum salary, while a Chief Judge at the District People's Court was 0.55 per cent. "This reality has somehow … [Read more...] about Lawmakers discuss changes to the Ordinance on Judges

Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng (left) and Indian President Ram Nath Kovind review a guard of honour in Hà Nội yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam would continue its close co-operation with India to deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two nations, Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng said on Tuesday. The Party leader was addressing members of the press in Hà Nội to announce the outcome of his talks with visiting Indian President Ram Nath Kovind. Besides discussing regional and global issues of mutual interest, both leaders stressed the necessity to deepen their comprehensive strategic partnership in all sectors, and agreed to maintain co-operative mechanisms and implement agreements signed by the two sides. They described defence-security as one of the important pillars in their bilateral ties and said both sides should work on removing bottlenecks to elevate two-way trade to US$15 … [Read more...] about Việt Nam pledges close co-ordination with India

National Assembly (NA) deputies on Wednesday agreed that it is necessary to make amendments to the Law on Trade Unions to better protect labourers working for private enterprises. — VNA/VNS Photo Phương Hoa HÀ NỘI — National Assembly (NA) deputies on Wednesday agreed that it is necessary to make amendments to the Law on Trade Unions to better protect labourers working for private enterprises. Deputy Phạm Minh Chính from Quảng Ninh Province said the number of private enterprises has increased, meaning the number of labourers working for the private sector is now higher than that of the State-owned sector. The current Law on Trade Unions focuses on protecting rights of State-owned enterprise labourers, but not so much for private sector labourers. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership ( CPTPP) signed by Việt Nam and ten other countries allows labourers to establish their own organisations, which means trade unions will no … [Read more...] about NA reviews law on unions, education