(VOVworld)- The 40th session of the 13th National Assembly Standing Committee opened on Monday in Hanoi. In it legislators are scheduled to debate 17 bills and one draft ordinance. 

National Assembly Standing Committee convenes 40th session

In his address, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said that among the draft documents were the revised Civil Code, revised Civil Procedure Code, revised Criminal Procedure Code, the Laws on Information Security, Referendums, and Belief and Religion.  During the session, the committee will also consider issuing regulations and criteria regarding the allocation of development investment from the State budget from 2016-2020, joining the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods 1980 as well as making amendments and supplements to NA meeting regulations.
Following the opening ceremony, the committee discussed major issues on a draft law on amendments and supplements to the Law on Accounting.
According to NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, the bill should be open, transparent, accurate and appropriate to international practices. On the morning of the first working day, the committee members also debated the Law on Fees and Charges. In the afternoon, they gave opinions on issuing regulations and criteria on the allocation of development investment and the draft revised Law on Statistics.