The Presidential Office announced three new laws freshly adopted at the 2nd session of the 14th National Assembly last month at a press conference in Hanoi on December 12.
the 2nd session of the 14th National Assembly (Source:VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The PresidentialOffice announced three new laws freshly adopted at the 2nd session of the 14thNational Assembly last month at a press conference in Hanoi on December 12.
They are the Law on Amendments and Supplements to Article 6 and Appendix 4 onthe list of conditional business lines of the Investment Law, the Law onProperty Auctions, and the Law on Belief and Religion.
According to Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong, the Lawon Amendments and Supplements to Article 6 and Appendix 4 on the list ofconditional business lines of the Investment Law abolishes 20 conditional business lines in a bid to provide favourableconditions for people and businesses. Meanwhile it adds 15 others that meet thenew requirements of the State’s management of investment and businessactivities.
The law will become effective on January 1, 2017, except for regulations on thebusiness of disguised devices and software to record sound and image, as wellas those on the production, assembly and import of automobiles, which will comeinto effect on July 1, 2017. Consisting of eight chapters with 81 articles, the Law onProperty Auctions will take effect on July 1, 2017. However, Clause 4 ofArticle 80 of the law, which regulates the collection, submission, managementand use of auction service fees in accordance with existing legal regulations,will take effect on January 1, 2017.
According to Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Khanh Ngoc, the law stipulatesprinciples, processes and procedures for property auctions; the rights andobligations of auctioneers and auction organisers; the settlement of violationsand procedures for the annulment of auction results and State management ofproperty auctions.
On the Law on Belief and Religion, Deputy Minister ofInternal Affairs Nguyen Trong Thua said it has nine chapters with 68 articles,stipulating the right to freedom of belief and religion, religious activitiesand religion organisations.
In the spirit of the 2013 Constitution, the law clearly affirms that the rightto freedom of belief and religion is a human right rather than a civil right,as it was described on the Ordinance on Belief and Religion before.
The law on support to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is being drafted, is set to facilitate the development of the firms making up 97 percent of the businesses in Vietnam.
The 2016 Press Law is not written for journalists only, Ho Quang Loi, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association, speaks to the media on the occasion of Vietnam Journalist’s Day.
The MoPI will continue to draft a law designed to overcome difficulties in conducting business in Vietnam, after a set of new laws and decrees just took effect on July 1.
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is scheduled to convene its 48th session on August 11-13, with August 14-15 set as a backup date, according to the NA Office.
Vietnam’s Ambassador to Brazil and Bolivia Bui Van Nghi has led an embassy delegation to attend official events marking the 200th anniversary of Bolivia’s Independence Day.
Party General Secretary To Lam met with members of the Vietnam Innovation Network in Korea (VINK) and Vietnamese experts living and working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Seoul on August 10 as part of his state visit to the RoK.
In an interview with Korean media on the occasion of Party General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to the RoK, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that the visit demonstrates Vietnam’s strong resolve to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the RoK, with the aim of fostering greater political trust, closer strategic coordination, more substantive and comprehensive cooperation, and stronger bonds of friendship between the two countries' people.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also a Politburo member and Secretary of the Government Party Committee, attended the 4th Party Congress of the EVN Party Organisation for the 2025–2030 tenure on August 10, directing EVN to ensure power supply to meet the country’s development demands with double-digit growth set for the coming years.
Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Seongnam Air Base in Seoul on August 10 afternoon (local time), beginning a state visit to the Republic of Korea from August 10-13.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly departed from Hanoi on August 10 morning for a four-day state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK), which is made at an invitation of RoK President Lee Jae Myung.
As part of the ASEAN Day celebrations, the Vietnamese embassy will also host the ASEAN Family Day 2025 in Ottawa to foster solidarity and community spirit among ASEAN members in Canada.
State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
The 500kV Lao Cai – Vinh Yen power transmission line has a total investment of over 7.41 trillion VND (282.5 million USD), and a total length of 229.5 km, passing through 31 communes in the two provinces, and comprising 468 transmission tower foundations.
The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Party General Secretary To Lam called on the criminal police force to accelerate the application of science, technology, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation in criminal investigation tasks such as crime prevention, detection, tracking and verification, ensuring that no area remains out of their reach.
Many Koreans living, studying, and working in Hanoi see the upcoming state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Party General Secretary To Lam as an opportunity to generate strong synergy in economic cooperation, people-to-people exchanges, and cultural understanding.
The achievements of the five decades of Vietnam–Angola cooperation provide a strong and enduring foundation, as well as momentum for the two sides to consolidate, expand, and bring their partnership into a new phase of development.
the 2nd session of the 14th National Assembly (Source:VNA) 
