Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung: Focus on presenting to the Government solutions to fight Covid-19 epidemic
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of March 23, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on a number of major issues of the draft Investment Law (amended). The draft law drafting committee is the Ministry of Planning and Investment and as usual, Minister Nguyen Chi Dung was present at this working session.
Responding to the delegates’ comments, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said: “My health is normal and I have now returned to work. No one in the Ministry’s working group tested positive for Covid-19. Work is still being run normally, meeting requirements.”
The Minister expressed his thanks to the members of the National Assembly Standing Committee and everyone for their concern and inquiries about his health after returning from a business trip to India and the UK.
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| Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung at the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the morning of March 23. |
Minister Dung said that he is currently focusing on submitting to the Government solutions to respond to and prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, maintain production, and maintain growth according to the goals set by the National Assembly.
Regarding the amended Investment Law, the Minister affirmed that he had absorbed and revised many contents and now there are only two major issues. Regarding debt collection business, Mr. Dung affirmed that in reality, no unit uses this form in a healthy way, mainly the mafia takes advantage of usury, forcing high interest payments, causing insecurity and disorder. On the other hand, the contributions of this field to the economy are not worth much.
Previously, reporting to the National Assembly Standing Committee on the ban on investment in debt collection services, Chairman of the Economic Committee Vu Hong Thanh said that many opinions suggested that "debt collection services business" should not be banned, because this is a market issue. It is necessary to regulate business conditions and tighter management sanctions, strengthen the court system and mediation organizations at all levels to avoid social problems arising.
Some opinions agree with the Government's proposal to ban "debt collection services" because recently many businesses have taken advantage of this service to transform into gangs that extort property, lend at high interest rates, and engage in illegal credit activities, causing insecurity, disorder, and social safety, putting pressure on debtors, leading to many consequences.
There are two types of opinions on this issue, the first of which is: Accepting the opinion of the National Assembly delegates not to prohibit "debt collection service business" at Point h, Clause 1, Article 6 of the draft Law, but to stipulate it in the List of conditional investment and business lines as in the current Law and proposing to supplement regulations on strict conditions for enterprises doing debt collection service business, ensuring strict State management of this type of business.
Second opinion: Maintain the draft Law submitted to the National Assembly at the 8th session, prohibiting debt collection services.
According to Mr. Thanh, the majority of opinions of the Standing Committee of the Economic Committee agree with the first type of opinion and believe that hiring an intermediary unit to collect debt comes from the practical needs of life, meeting the needs of customers when debt collection service companies use tools and measures to achieve results, in accordance with the provisions of the law.
However, in the past, due to the lack of clear and strict regulations on the requirements and conditions to be complied with for this activity, there have been a number of cases of distortion and abuse, showing signs of violating social order and security, infringing on the health, honor and dignity of citizens. Therefore, it is recommended that this business activity should not be banned, instead, it is necessary to supplement regulations on the conditions for debt collection service business, ensuring strict State management of this type of business.
In addition, the regulation prohibiting "debt collection services" must also deal with businesses that have been allowed to do this type of business. How will signed service contracts be handled?
