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At a plenary session at the Hall this morning (October 31), the National Assembly heard a report on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on International Treaties. Plenary session at the National Assembly Hall on the morning of October 31. The presentation on the Law Project presented by Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung said that the development of the Law project is an urgent requirement to overcome limitations and obstacles that are bottlenecks in the process of implementing the Law on International Treaties (Treaties). Which focuses on: promptly institutionalizing the Party and States policies according to relevant resolutions issued recently. Supplementing specific regulations, shortening the procedures for signing international treaties to meet the political, foreign affairs, and operational requirements of Senior Leaders. Regulations on the order and shortened procedures for signing international treaties on official development assistance (ODA) loans and foreign preferential loans. Clarifying a number of provisions in the Law on International Treaties to ensure consistent application of the law. The Law Project is built according to the order and withdrawal procedures according to the provisions of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents and guiding documents. Make amendments and supplements to 22 out of 80 articles of the Law on International Treaties in 2016, adding 2 new articles and abolishing 2 articles; Amend and supplement 2 articles of the Law on Government Organization. The content mainly focuses on 3 issues. Specifically, one is to regulate the order and procedures for negotiating, signing, approving, approving, amending, supplementing, extending and implementing international treaties on ODA and preferential loans in accordance with the provisions of law on public debt management; Supplement and clarify regulations on submission for permission, conclusion of negotiations, amendments and supplements to international treaties, and archiving of signing documents. Second, shorten the time, eliminate procedures, and simplify documents for signing international treaties; Supplementing shortened orders and procedures; increase the initiative of the proposing agency; regulations for posting international treaties on the electronic Official Gazette. Third, decentralizing power from the Government to the Prime Minister in making decisions and submitting to the President for decision in the signing of international treaties. Decentralization from the Prime Minister to the head of the agency to propose decisions on the issue of delegation to attend international conferences. In some special cases, the Prime Minister proposes to the President to authorize the Prime Minister to decide to negotiate, sign, amend and supplement international treaties under the authority of the President. Regarding this content, receiving the conclusions of the National Assembly Standing Committee and the verification opinions, the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported and asked for the opinion of the Politburo and the Politburo agreed with this regulation in the Law project. Hai Lien
