National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at the 40th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee (Photo: Le Tuyet/ VOV)

Presiding over the session, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man said this last meeting of the Committee in 2024 will take place over two days.

During the session, the Committee will review the recently concluded eighth session of the NA, and address a resolution on its working programme for 2025, its external affairs programme for the year, and external relations and international cooperation activities of the NA’s Ethnic Minority Council, NA committees, the NA General Secretary, parliamentary friendship groups, the NA Office, and agencies of the NA Standing Committee.

The NA Standing Committee will approve a draft ordinance on litigation costs and discuss the inclusion of six new bills in the legislative agenda for 2025, including a draft revised Bankruptcy Law, a draft revised Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents, a draft Law on Personal Data Protection, and a draft revised Press Law.

Chairman Man underlined the need to prepare to enforce laws approved at the NA’s eighth session, effectively implement enacted laws, and unblock credit flows to meet the needs of socio-economic development. He ordered the quick completion of proposals for amendments to laws and faster restructuring and streamlining of the NA organizational apparatus to boost efficiency and effectiveness.