Lao Leaders Value Vietnam – Laos Parliamentary Cooperation
	Vietnam, Laos Collaborate on Constitutional Reforms

The laws to be approved include: Law on Notarization (revised); Law on Trade Union (revised); Law on Cultural Heritage (revised); Law on Geology and Minerals; Law on Human Trafficking Prevention and Combat (revised); Law on Fires Prevention and Fighting and Rescue; Law on People's Air Defense; Law on Urban and Rural Planning; Law on Justice for Minors; Law on Value-added Tax (revised); Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Pharmacy; Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Vietnamese People's Army Officers; Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance; Law amending and supplementing a number of the Law on Planning/Law on Investment/Law on Public-Private Partnership Investment/Law on Bidding; Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Securities/Law on Accounting/Law on Independent Audit/Law on State Budget/Law on Management and Use of Public Property/Law on Tax Management/Law on National Reserve.

The 8th working session of the 15th National Assembly opens in Ha Noi, October 21, 2024

Bills to be brought to discussion are: Law on Digital Technology Industry; Law on Data; Law on Electricity (revised); Law on Public Investment (revised); Law on Chemicals (revised); Law on Teachers; Law on Management and Use of State Capital Invested at Enterprises; Law on Excise Tax (revised); Law on Corporate Income Tax (revised); Law on Employment (revised); Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Oversight Activities of the National Assembly and People's Councils; Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Advertisement; Law amending and supplementing a number of the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations.

The legislators will also scrutinize socio-economic and State budget reports for 2024 and approve socio-economic development plan for 2025; judicial and anti-corruption reports.

They will elect President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, consider and approve a national target program on cultural development for 2025-2035 period.

The National Assembly will also consider and approve investment policy for the North-South High-speed Railway Project.

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