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National Assembly delegates assessed that amending the Petroleum Law is necessary to meet the requirements of developing the oil and gas industry in the new context, while contributing to perfecting institutions and ensuring energy security; However, it is necessary to ensure harmony between oil and gas development with environmental protection and heritage... Download Scene at the discussion session of Group 11 on the afternoon of August 4 - Photo: VGP/Dieu AnhContinued with the First Extraordinary Session, on the afternoon of August 4, the National Assembly discussed in the group the Petroleum Law project (amended), the Law project amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on State Compensation Liability and the draft Resolution of the National Assembly on mechanisms and policies specifically to handle violations of the law related to the state economy, private economy and science, technology, innovation and digital transformation activities. At the Discussion Session of Group 11 (including the Delegation of National Assembly Delegates of Quang Ngai Province and Hai Phong City), delegates basically agreed with the need to amend and supplement draft laws and resolutions to complete the legal corridor, ensure the unity and synchronization of the legal system and meet practical requirements. see off. Some regulations on oil and gas management need to be studied more clearly. Commenting on the Petroleum Law (amended) project, delegate Nguyen Thi Mai Thoa (Hai Phong City) basically agreed with the contents and policies submitted to the National Assembly by the drafting agency. However, delegates suggested continuing to improve a number of regulations to ensure synchronization and consistency with related fields of law. Download Delegate Nguyen Thi Mai Thoa (Hai Phong City) gave her opinion at the meeting - Photo: VGP/Dieu AnhAccording to the delegate, oil and gas activities, especially survey, exploration, offshore exploitation, construction of pipelines, and factories on land have a great impact on underwater cultural heritage, marine cultural space and traditional livelihoods of fishermen. Therefore, it is necessary to study and amend the Petroleum Law in the direction of ensuring harmony between socio-economic development and preserving and promoting cultural heritage values. Delegates suggested that Article 5 of the States policy on oil and gas should more clearly express the viewpoint of ensuring harmony between development of the oil and gas industry with environmental protection, conservation of marine cultural heritage and livelihoods of coastal communities; It is recommended to study more specific regulations on safety zones around onshore oil and gas works in Clause 3, Article 8. At the same time, it is recommended to expand the scope of coordination in cases where the area carrying out basic surveys on oil and gas has been assigned to carry out basic geological surveys on minerals or mineral exploration and exploitation; There needs to be coordination with the cultural industry if the area has underwater cultural heritage potential. Delegate Pham Thuy Chinh (Hai Phong City) said that the regulations in the draft Petroleum Law demonstrate the ideology of promoting decentralization and giving more proactive rights to businesses, including the Vietnam National Energy-Industry Group (PVN). This is an important legal basis for PVN to carry out its tasks in light of its growing scale and role in ensuring national energy security. Download Delegate Pham Thuy Chinh (Hai Phong City) expressed his opinion at the meeting - Photo: VGP/Dieu AnhCommenting on Article 59 regulating the approval of the use of capital of PVN and enterprises with 100% capital of PVN in oil and gas activities, the delegate said that the regulation on the PVN Board of Members approving the use of capital is in accordance with the spirit of the Law on Management and Investment of State Capital in Digital Enterprises 68/2025/QH15. However, the delegate suggested reviewing the regulation in Clause 1, Article 59 about not depending on the level of capital contribution, because this is an exception, which can create the interpretation of giving too broad rights to PVN. The delegate proposed redesigning the regulations in a way that does not require the approval of the agency representing the owner of state capital, instead of regulations that do not depend on the capital level. Regarding Clause 3, Article 59, the delegate agrees with the regulation that PVNs Board of Members reports to the owners representative agency and supervisory agency, because the owners representative agency only performs the function of monitoring and supervising, and does not decide on behalf of the enterprise... Also commented on the Petroleum Law (edited). change), delegate Tran Thi Hong An (Quang Ngai province) proposed to continue researching and supplementing the foreign investor control mechanism for oil and gas projects in sensitive areas for national defense and security, especially projects on the sea, islands or areas with strategic locations. The delegate proposed to stipulate principles for managing, storing, exploiting and transferring geological, geophysical data, and data related to oil and gas exploitation in the direction of considering this as an important source of data. related to national resources and national security, ensuring compliance with regulations on protecting state secrets, network security and data security... Download Delegate Tran Thi Hong An (Quang Ngai province) expressed opinions at the meeting - Photo: VGP/Dieu AnhCompleting regulations to ensure peoples right to request compensationComment on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on State Compensation Liability, delegate Nguyen Thi Mai Thoa basically agrees with the need to promulgate laws to institutionalize the policy of respect, assurance, and protectiono protect human rights and civil rights; overcome
