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NA passes laws on gender equality, workers abroad (22-11-2006) HA NOI — The National Assembly, which continued its 10th session yesterday after a 10-day recess to focus on the 14th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, approved the draft laws on Vietnamese labourers working abroad on contracts and gender equality, and the amended Labour Code. Regarding the law on Vietnamese labourers working abroad, NA deputies agreed on a regulation to deal with contract violations. Depending on each case, those violating contracts would be imposed fines or held liable for criminal offence. If the violators cause damage, they would have to pay compensation. As for administrative violations, enterprises and offices that sent labourers to work abroad, related organisations and individuals would be either warned or imposed fines. Besides, violators may see their licenses revoked and their facilities confiscated. While discussing the draft Law on Gender Equality, many National Assembly … [Read more...] about NA passes laws on gender equality, workers abroad

Legislators pass laws on residency, tax, notaries (23-11-2006) HA NOI — Breaking a legislative log jam following last week’s adjournment during the APEC meeting in Ha Noi, the 10th National Assembly session yesterday passed laws on residency, tax administration, technology transfers, notarisation and dike management. The new Law on Residency was approved after deputies heard a report on amending the draft law submitted by the National Assembly Standing Committee. The law passed with 83 per cent of deputies voting in favor. In debate leading up to the passage, the deputies agreed with the draft law’s content and recognised that the regulations were clear, specific and feasible. According to the Standing Committee’s report, many deputies believed that current residency administration system using household registration books for families and individuals should be maintained because present infrastructure, technical facilities and human resources capacity were … [Read more...] about Legislators pass laws on residency, tax, notaries

NA passes law that bans drink driving By Lan Nhi People are seen making a toast. The National Assembly has passed the law on preventing and combating the harmful effects of liquor and beer - PHOTO: THANH HOA HANOI – The National Assembly (NA) today, June 14, passed a law on preventing and combating the harmful effects of liquor and beer, with 84.3% of NA deputies voting in favor of the legislation. The law, including seven chapters with 36 articles, will officially take effect from January 1 next year. Provisions to ban drink driving, which had earlier stirred up heated debates at the NA’s seventh sitting, have been added to the law, with a consensus among 77.2% of the NA deputies. Accordingly, drinkers are banned from driving if their breath and blood register even low levels of alcohol. Nguyen Thuy Anh, head of the NA Committee for Social Affairs, said that the number of serious traffic accidents caused by drunk drivers has increased. Therefore, provisions … [Read more...] about NA passes law that bans drink driving

Small- and medium-sized enterprises account for around 97 per cent of the firms in Việt Nam. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — With 83.5 per cent of approval votes, the National Assembly on Monday passed the Law on Support for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The law, with four chapters and 35 articles, regulates principles, contents and resources to support SMEs, as well as responsibilities of agencies, organisations and individuals relating to the support for SMEs. Under the law, SMEs include micro-enterprises and small- and medium-sized enterprises with the average number of employees with social insurance being less than 200 per year. Also, these enterprises must meet one of the following two criteria, including the total investment capital not exceeding VNĐ100 billion (US$4.4 million) and the total revenue of the previous year not exceeding VNĐ300 billion; or the enterprises must be as defined in the fields of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and … [Read more...] about NA passes law on supporting SMEs

The amended Law on Press was adopted by National Assembly (NA) deputies at the 11th session yesterday. — Photo VNA HA NOI (VNS) — The amended Law on Press was adopted by National Assembly (NA) deputies at the 11th session yesterday with approximately 89.5 per cent of votes in favour. The revised 6-chapter, 61-article law is designed to replace the 1989 Press Law and its 1999 amendments. It will take effect on January 1, 2017. Law maintains child age at 16 The NA passed the Child Law yesterday with an 89.88 per cent approval rate, maintaining legal age of children at 16. … [Read more...] about Amended Press Law, Child Law approved

Vũ Quang Các, director general of the Department of Planning Management, under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, speaks to the Vietnam News Agency about some key new points in the latest draft of the Planning Law. Do you think that the draft Law on Planning will help eliminate the mechanism of “ask and give” in Việt Nam’s planning activities? Over the years, Việt Nam’s planning has revealed many weaknesses. As a result, it has weakened national economic development due to frequent changes in planning work and poor co-ordination among government agencies. At present our planning work is mainly based on the country’s master plan for socio-economic development, construction plan, land use plan, sector’s development plans and more. That approach has led to poor co-ordination between management agencies. It is high time for Việt Nam to renew its planning methods and planning contents based on an integrated, multi-disciplined approach. Of course, to have good planning, we … [Read more...] about No more “ask and give” in new law

If the Law on Planning is not passed during the next session of the National Assembly (NA), many opportunities would be missed, as the law relates to the establishment of a planning strategy for the next five years, NA Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân said at a meeting yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Dân HÀ NỘI – If the Law on Planning is not passed during the next session of the National Assembly (NA), many opportunities would be missed, as the law relates to the establishment of a planning strategy for the next five years, NA Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân said at a meeting yesterday. The NA Standing Committee (NASC) yesterday continued its session discussing the draft Law on Planning, which faces many differing opinions. The draft law, which has been reviewed by the NA in previous sessions, in principle met the demands of developing a legal framework regulating planning activities, said the NA Economic Committee Chairman Vũ Hồng Thanh. However, it needed to be revised … [Read more...] about NASC urges passing planning law

Minister of Justice Lê Thành Long speaks at the 22nd sitting of the National Assembly Standing Committee in Hà Nội yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo An Đăng Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Law drafting agencies should ask for more time to prepare documents for laws if necessary instead of trying to complete the process in six months, Minister of Justice Lê Thành Long said at a National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) meeting on Monday. The meeting discussed measures to ensure the progress and quality of law and ordinance projects, solutions to deal with delays in issuance of those projects’ elaborating documents and how to promote law dissemination and education among citizens. This was the first time the NASC ran an immediate question-and-answer (Q&A) session during which legislators asked short and clear questions no more than a minute long, and the respondents immediately provided answers no more than three minutes long. NA deputy Trần Văn Quý of Hưng Yên Province pointed out … [Read more...] about Take time to get laws right: Justice Minister

Members of computer emergency response teams practise preventing lack of authentication and other threats during an international program on cybersecurity in Hà Nội yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – National Assembly (NA) deputies have raised concerns that the draft law on internet security will prevent Vietnamese citizens and companies from accessing information on the web. The draft law insists that foreign service providers, including giant internet service companies like Google, Youtube and Facebook, must store Vietnamese customers’ information on local servers instead of on servers located overseas, as currently practised. On Tuesday morning, NA members gathered in the main hall for their second discussion on the draft law prepared by the Ministry of Public Security, which is meant to ensure national security in the age of the internet. Deputy Phạm Thị Thanh Thủy from Thanh Hóa Province opposed Article 26 of the law. It requires that … [Read more...] about National Assembly debates internet security law

The National Assembly will hold off on voting on the adoption of the controversial draft law on special administrative-economic zone until the next meeting of the legislative body in May next year.—  VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The National Assembly will hold off on voting on the adoption of the controversial draft law on special administrative-economic zone until the next meeting of the legislative body in May next year. General Secretary of the National Assembly Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc made the announcement late Friday, explaining that the time will be spent on further study and research to consolidate the law. Nguyễn Khắc Định, chair of the NA Legal Committee, said the draft law is a new and unprecedented project, providing a never seen before breakthrough in mechanisms and policies in the context of intensive economic integration, which needs to incorporate feedback from the public and experts alike. The process of drawing feedback has already been started by the Government, NA … [Read more...] about Draft law on special economic zone continues to be put on hold