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| At the 15th National Assembly's 9th extraordinary session on February 18__Photo: VNA |
The 15th National Assembly (NA) approved the revised Law on the Organization of the Government, with 463 out of 465 participating deputies voting in favor, at the 9th extraordinary session on February 18.
The newly approved legislation, consisting of five chapters and 32 articles, will take effect from March 1 this year. The adoption follows discussions held on February 13 and 14.
A key focus during deliberations was ensuring the law's consistency within Vietnam's broader legal framework. Several legislators emphasized the need to carefully review provisions on decentralization and power delegation to maintain alignment with the Constitution and other existing laws. They also stressed that decentralization must be coupled with power control mechanisms to prevent abuse of authority.
Responding to these concerns, the NA Standing Committee conducted a review to guarantee the draft's constitutional compliance and coherence with related legislation. Provisions on power control in decentralized responsibilities are addressed in the document, detailing the specific responsibilities of the Government, Prime Minister, ministers, and heads of the ministerial-level agencies.
The revised law also clarifies the concepts of power delegation, decentralization, and authorization in response to deputies' requests, while outlining the scope, subjects, responsibilities, principles, conditions, and circumstances under which such transfers of authority may occur.
Regarding decentralization, the Standing Committee ordered consistency by clearly defining delegating and receiving entities, and their respective responsibilities, along with implementation procedures. The law establishes fundamental principles while allowing specialized legal documents to determine specific matters that cannot be decentralized.
Concerning authorization, the provisions in the draft law have been designed in harmony with regulations in the draft law on organization of local administration (revised). They also detail the methods, content, scope, time limits for authorization, and the fundamental conditions for implementing such authorization.- (VNA/VLLF)
