The National Assembly Standing Committee convenes on Tuesday. —VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn

HÀ NỘI — The National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committee discussed revisions to the Law on amending and supplementing several articles of the Law on supervisory activities of the National Assembly and People's Councils at its 48th session on Tuesday.

The event was chaired by Vice NA Chairman Trần Quang Phương.

Presenting the key points of the revised legislation, Chairman of the Committee for People’s Aspirations and Supervision Duong Thanh Binh said the document had undergone a comprehensive revision, now structured into five chapters with 44 articles, 47 fewer than the current law.

The revision has 55 articles removed, 36 retained or amended, and eight new ones added.

Under the proposed changes, the NA and People’s Councils will no longer directly establish thematic supervision missions. Instead, the NA will select annual supervision themes and assign their implementation to the NA Standing Committee or specialised committees, which will then report findings for parliamentary discussion and resolution.

A similar approach should be applied at the People’s Council level.

NA Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn held that this is a bold step to concretise the Party’s policy on building and perfecting the socialist rule-of-law state in the new era.

Supervision, he noted, must serve to refine laws, uphold discipline, and enhance the effectiveness of state governance.

He underscored the clear separation of supervision mandates between the NA and People’s Councils and between provincial and grassroots councils, as well as proper division of responsibilities among the NA, its Standing Committee, the NA Council for Ethnic Affairs, and specialised committees.

Concluding the session, Vice NA Chairman Phương urged a thorough review of the law’s scope and definitions to fully reflect reforms in oversight and legislative processes, reinforce decentralisation, and enhance supervision effectiveness.

He called for a clear, unified understanding of the nature and objectives of supervisory activities, and urged the Committee for People’s Aspirations and Supervision to refine the draft before presenting it at a meeting of full-time deputies. —VNA/VNS