VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers continued their ongoing session yesterday, Oct 29, hearing a report on the draft law on amendments to the Notary Law and discussing the draft law on plant protection and quarantine.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers at the sixth session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) yesterday agreed that some articles in the draft Emulation and Reward Law for Government workers should be standardised.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers have agreed to issue the Law on Public Investment to improve the efficiency of public investment in line with the country's socio-economic development plan, while also meeting the demand for economic restructuring.

VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung asked the drafting board of the law on immigration, migration and residence of foreigners in Vietnam to take special notice of simplifying administrative procedures

 VietNamNet Bridge – A National Assembly (NA) deputy last week raised a popular new idea for an addition to the draft Law on Reception of Citizens which has received enormous public support.

 A claim that contractors' capacities to complete projects on schedule had to be given more weight when considering tender prices stirred debate in the NA Standing Committee meeting yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Stricter regulations on abortion will be introduced to limit the number of procedures, protect women's health and maintain a balanced gender ratio at birth.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many National Assembly deputies yesterday, June 18, agreed that sanctions in the amendments to the Law on Thrift Practice and Wastefulness Prevention were not punitive enough, which tended to make the law unfeasible.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Enterprises that delay paying social insurance will be subject to a fine three times higher than the current level if the amended draft Social Insurance Law goes into effect.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During the plenary meeting of the National Assembly on Friday, deputies discussed the draft law for dispute reconciliation at community level.

The draft law on minimum wage is being penned by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and slated for completion to submit to the government and the National Assembly for approval in May.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance’s draft law guiding the use of State capital in enterprises will be opened to public opinion before it is submitted to the Government in July.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Corporate income tax rates will fall from 25 per cent to 23 per cent in 2014, under a draft revision to the Law on Corporate Income Taxation issued yesterday, Dec 12, by the Ministry of Finance.