Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s above-mentioned orientation was made during his concluding remarks at the May Government meeting on law construction, which took place on May 22, according to the Electronic Government Newspaper.
At the meeting, the Government considered and gave opinions on the following: the draft Law on Temporary Detention, Temporary Arrest, and Residence Restriction; the draft Law on Execution of Criminal Judgments (amended); the proposal to build the Law on Judicial Expertise (amended); the proposal to construct the Law on Thrift and Waste Prevention; the suggestion to formulate the Law on Food Safety and Sanitation (revised); and the proposal to establish the Law on Population.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. (Photo: VGP)
Regarding the proposal to construct the Law on Population, the Prime Minister emphasized the need to shift from a “planned population” perspective to a population development and aging response perspective, with policies that promote this.
The Prime Minister noted the importance of focusing on both the quantity and quality of the population and offering incentives for childbirth and holistic human development in terms of “virtue, wisdom, physical health, and beauty.” This could include expanding social housing policies for large families and disadvantaged individuals when they have children.
On the proposal to construct the Law on Thrift and Waste Prevention, the Prime Minister clarified that the law aims to realize the Party’s directives and the instructions of the Politburo and the General Secretary regarding the intensification of waste prevention. It also aims to shift from a passive approach to an active one, proactively preventing, curbing, and reducing waste.
The Prime Minister suggested including acts of wasting time and missing development opportunities as forms of waste.
Concerning the proposal to revise the Law on Food Safety and Sanitation, the Prime Minister stated that it is necessary to affirm that food safety is directly related to the health and lives of the people. Therefore, the Ministry of Health must take the lead, and other ministries must coordinate to ensure effective management and meet development requirements.
Also, at the meeting, the Government listened to reports and gave opinions on resolving bottlenecks in constructing decrees on decentralization, devolution, and delineation of authority associated with the organization of local governments at two levels.
When commenting on this issue, the Prime Minister spent time analyzing a series of concrete examples from reality. Recalling the lessons from many cases that led to the discipline and punishment, including criminal penalties, of many officials, the Prime Minister attributed this to the fact that the higher-ups “embrace” specific tasks without delegating them to lower levels.
The Prime Minister also mentioned that the Ministry of Science and Technology recently transferred the Hoa Lac High-Tech Park to Hanoi’s management and emphasized that the Ministry should design policies and delegate management to local governments to replicate such high-tech parks nationwide.
According to the Prime Minister, it is essential to thoroughly instill the spirit of decentralization and devolution from higher to lower levels, coupled with appropriate resource allocation, enhancement of lower-level implementation capacity, and the design of tools to strengthen inspection, supervision, and control of power. Additionally, there should be a shift from pre-inspection to post-inspection.
The Prime Minister noted the importance of clearly defining the responsible agency in various management fields and ensuring close coordination between agencies to avoid overlap or legal gaps. Central ministries and agencies should design regulations, policies, standards, and norms, such as those related to clean food and production, and strengthen supervision and inspection nationwide. Meanwhile, the provincial level should handle inspections within their jurisdiction, and the grassroots level should manage inspections within their scope.
The Prime Minister requested that ministries, agencies, and organizations propose and submit to the National Assembly resolutions to promptly handle urgent issues in management fields, meeting practical requirements during the time when laws have not yet been issued.
Particularly, the Prime Minister instructed ministries, sectors, and organizations to focus on removing institutional bottlenecks, with a determination to basically overcome these “bottlenecks” caused by legal regulations by 2025.
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