The Prime Minister chaired the meeting of the Steering Committee to review and handle difficulties in the system of legal documents.

Also attending the meeting were Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee; Minister, Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son, Deputy Head of the Committee; Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung, Deputy Head of the Committee; leaders of ministries, branches, and members of the Steering Committee.

According to Decision No. 603/QD-TTg dated July 8, 2024 of the Prime Minister on the establishment of the Steering Committee, the Steering Committee has the function of assisting the Prime Minister in researching, directing, coordinating the review and handling of problems in the system of legal documents.

After the Steering Committee was established, on July 8, 2024, the Government Standing Committee and the Steering Committee held their first meeting to identify key tasks and solutions, clearly identifying the tasks that the Ministry of Justice (Standing Body of the Steering Committee) and ministries, branches and localities need to focus on implementing.

Specifically, reviewing and amending contents related to decentralization and delegation of power (central ministries and branches focus on performing state management tasks, building mechanisms, policies, laws, planning, inspection, supervision, emulation and rewards, evaluation and summary); cutting down and simplifying administrative procedures; eliminating the request-grant mechanism; combating harassment, increasing costs for people and businesses; clearing and effectively using all resources for development, taking public investment and state resources to lead and activate all other legal resources, including foreign investment capital.

Based on the review, a law to amend and supplement a number of laws will be developed with simplified procedures to handle problems according to the principle: Ministries and branches will preside over and draft laws amending laws under their management, report to the Government for consideration, and submit to the National Assembly at the upcoming 8th Session.

Speaking at the opening of the second session, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the Ministry of Justice to report on the progress and results of implementing the conclusions of the Government Standing Committee at the first session.

In particular, the assessment of the situation of ministries and branches performing the task of handling the results of document review has been pointed out by the Government in the Reports on reviewing legal documents serving Resolution 101/2023/QH15 and Resolution 110/2023/QH15 of the 15th National Assembly.

Along with that, report the results of reviewing and synthesizing urgent legal difficulties and problems at the law level that need to be focused on researching, resolving, and propose plans to assign ministries and branches to research and handle.

From there, propose effective and comprehensive solutions to carry out the tasks assigned by the Government in Resolution 82/NQ-CP, Resolution 93/NQ-CP and Decision 81 dated July 25, 2024 promulgating the Steering Committee's Action Plan.

Based on the Report of the Ministry of Justice, the Prime Minister requested delegates to focus on discussing and giving direct opinions on the following contents: Structure, layout and main contents of the Report; review and re-evaluate how the tasks in Decision 81 of the Steering Committee and the Conclusion of the Government Standing Committee (Notice 322/TB-VPCP dated July 15, 2024 of the Government Office) have been implemented, whether there are any problems or difficulties, causes and solutions.

The Prime Minister also asked the delegates to review and evaluate the current situation of document processing after review in the past time, propose specific solutions to speed up the progress and quality of document processing after review; whether the content of problems and shortcomings that have been summarized by the Ministry of Justice have followed the direction of the Steering Committee, and whether there is any content that needs to be handled immediately to promote growth, control inflation and stabilize the macro-economy.

Regarding the legal problems of 13 laws as reported by the Ministry of Justice, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Finance to give opinions on the progress and scope of amendments to resolve them immediately, and submit them to the National Assembly at the 8th Session (October 2024).

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