The first extraordinary session of the 16th National Assembly (NA) opened in Hanoi on August 3 under the chair of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, who delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.
During the session, which is scheduled to run until August 24 and to be divided into two phases: August 3-13 and August 19–24, lawmakers are scheduled to consider and decide on a series of items, including 15 draft laws, four draft normative resolutions and a range of major issues concerning national development.
The bills to be discussed and adopted include the revised law on petroleum; the revised law on grassroots mediation; the law on urban development; the revised law on the dissemination of legal documents and legal education; the law on the prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of 10 laws relating to administrative procedures and business conditions in the agriculture and environment sectors; and the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of nine laws on military and national defence, according to a report by the Vietnam News Agency.
Others are the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the law on the State Bank of Vietnam, the law on anti-money laundering and the law on credit institutions; the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the law on radio frequencies, the law on telecommunications, the law on electronic transactions and the law on technology transfer; the law amending and supplementing Article 6 and Appendix IV on the list of conditional business investment sectors and trades under the law on investment; the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the customs law; the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the law on architecture; the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the law on Vietnamese guest workers under contract; the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the law on state compensation liability; and the law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the law on publishing. The legislature will also consider and adopt the draft resolutions on special mechanisms and policies to remove obstacles to projects serving APEC Economic Leaders' Week 2027 in An Giang province’s Phu Quoc special zone; the resolution on special policies and mechanisms to address legal violations related to the state economic sector, the private economic sector, and the applications of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation; the resolution on special mechanisms for resolving issues affecting wind and solar power projects; and a resolution replacing Resolution No. 96/2019/QH14 on crime prevention and control, the handling of legal violations, the work of the People's Procuracy, the People's Courts, and the enforcement of judgments.
The seven draft laws to receive first readings include revised versions of the Criminal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code, the Law on Real Estate Business, the Land Law, the Housing Law, the Law on Organisation of Criminal Investigation Agencies, and a consolidated Law on the State Budget.
The NA will also discuss and decide on several key issues, including the investment policy for the Ring Road 5 project in the Hanoi capital region, adjustments to the investment policy for the Lao Cai–Hanoi–Hai Phong railway project, the establishment of Quang Ninh and Bac Ninh cities, matters related to the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant project, the integration of four national target programmes into a single one, and personnel affairs falling under its authority.
On August 3, the National Assembly approved the appointment of Mr. Nguyen Tien Hai, former Secretary of the Party Commiittee of An Giang province, and Acting Minister of Home Affairs as Minister of Home Affairs, replacing his predecessor Do Thanh Binh who has been assigned by the Politburo as new Secretary of the Party Committee of the southern city of Can Tho.
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