National Assembly delegates from Nghe An discuss amendments to the Law on Archives
(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of November 10, continuing the working program at the 6th Session, the 15th National Assembly held discussions in groups. The National Assembly delegation of Nghe An province discussed in Group 3 with the National Assembly delegations of Quang Ngai and Bac Kan provinces.
Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quang Phuong - Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, delegate of Quang Ngai attended the discussion session.
Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation chaired the discussion session.
National Assembly deputies discussed the draft Law on Archives (amended); the draft Law on the Capital (amended) and the Government's reports on: Preliminary summary of the pilot organization of urban government models in Hanoi and Da Nang cities and the results of 3 years of implementing the organization of urban government in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Draft Law on Archives (amended) stipulates the management of archival documents and archival document databases; general archival activities; archival activities of electronic documents and digital documents; promoting the value of archival documents; private archival activities and private archival documents of special value; archival service activities and State management of archives.
Speaking at the discussion, delegate Thai Thi An Chung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation gave comments related to the interpretation of terms. According to the delegate, the interpretation of "archive" as in the draft law is in the direction of the archival agency and this interpretation is not compatible with the specific contents in the chapters.
The delegate of Nghe An delegation said that it would be clearer and more appropriate to explain the term from the perspective of the type of issue rather than from the perspective of the agency or organization performing the archival task.
Regarding prohibited acts, delegate Thai Thi An Chung proposed that for acts of falsifying or distorting the content of archival documents and archival document owner data; illegally accessing, copying, and sharing archival document databases, it is necessary to add a prohibition of "providing illegal documents".
At the same time, the draft law should add two more prohibited acts: illegally accessing, copying, and sharing databases and electronic documents; distributing software that changes or destroys electronic storage systems and documents" to be more stringent; at the same time, intentionally delaying and not submitting records and documents when agencies and units are separated, merged, or dissolved.
Regarding archival activities, delegate Thai Thi An Chung proposed adding items on foundation filling, repair and restoration of archival documents.
“This is an important content for preserving archival documents. In practice, this is a regular and mandatory professional activity, but there is no regulation in the law, so there is no basis for attention to arranging funding for implementation,” said the Deputy Head of the National Assembly delegation of Nghe An, and suggested that this item should be added in the specific provisions.
Regarding document collection and responsibility when collecting documents, the delegate of Nghe An delegation suggested not only ensuring proper authority and procedures but also ensuring that fonts are not dispersed, because if this is done, it will greatly affect the value of the stored documents.
