Affirming that land belongs to the people
On the morning of December 12, the Office of the President held a press conference to announce the President's Order promulgating the Land Law; Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Emulation and Commendation; Law on Citizen Reception; Law on Employment; Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine; Law on Practicing Thrift and Combating Wastefulness; Law on Bidding; Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting; Ordinance amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Ordinance on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Support Tools.
Affirming that land belongs to the people
The 2013 Land Law has 14 chapters with 212 articles, an increase of 7 chapters and 66 articles compared to the 2003 Land Law; effective from July 1, 2014. The Law has overcome and resolved the shortcomings and limitations arising during the implementation of the 2003 Land Law.
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On the basis of continuing to affirm that land belongs to the entire people and is represented and uniformly managed by the State, the 2013 Land Law has added many provisions to regulate the rights of the State.
Specific regulations on the State's obligations towards land users such as regulations on the State's guarantees towards land users; the State's responsibility for residential land and production land for ethnic minorities and people directly involved in agricultural production; the State's responsibility in providing land information to the people.
The 2013 Land Law has innovated the contents of basic investigation on land, planning, land use plans; land allocation, land lease, change of land use purpose; land recovery, compensation, support, resettlement; land registration, issuance of Certificates of land use rights, house ownership rights and other assets attached to land...
Do not use emulation titles as a basis for considering rewards.
The Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Emulation and Commendation stipulates more specific standards to suit the requirements of innovation in emulation and commendation work in the current period.
Of the total 103 articles of the current Law on Emulation and Commendation, the Law amends and supplements Chapters I to VI, including 47 articles and supplements Article 91a, amends the names of Chapter IV and Chapter V, focusing on amending and supplementing the system of standards for emulation titles and forms of commendation in the direction of improving standards, ensuring stricter, not taking emulation titles as a basis for considering commendation to avoid the accumulation of achievements in commendation.
In particular, the Law establishes specific standards for forms of awards such as medals, certificates of merit, and certificates of merit for farmers, workers, and direct laborers. The Law amends and supplements a number of contents related to general regulations, principles of awards, authority to issue emulation and commendation titles, and procedures for considering and awarding emulation titles and forms of awards.
The Law takes effect from June 1, 2014.
Enhancing the responsibility of officials and civil servants in receiving citizens
The Law on Citizen Reception consists of 9 chapters with a total of 36 articles, effective from July 1, 2014. To meet the requirements of citizen reception in the current period, the Law stipulates the responsibility for citizen reception; the rights and obligations of those who come to make complaints, denunciations, recommendations, and reflections; the organization of citizen reception activities at the Citizen Reception Office, citizen reception locations of agencies, organizations, and units, and conditions to ensure citizen reception activities.
In addition, the Law also stipulates that the reception of representatives of agencies and organizations coming to make complaints, petitions, and reflections, and the reception of foreigners coming to make complaints, denunciations, petitions, and reflections are carried out in the same way as the reception of citizens.
The Law has provisions to enhance the responsibility of cadres and civil servants in citizen reception activities, while ensuring the establishment of order and discipline at places of citizen reception and preventing cases of abusing the right to complain and denounce to disturb public order.
For the first time, there is a legal document on employment.
The Employment Law consists of 7 chapters and 62 articles, regulating 5 major groups of issues including policies to support job creation; labor market information; assessment and issuance of national vocational skill certificates; organization and operation of employment services and unemployment insurance. The Law takes effect from January 1, 2015.
This is the first time Vietnam has had a legal document on employment that regulates all workers who are Vietnamese citizens aged 15 years or older, have the ability to work and have the need to work.
This is also the first time that labor market information is regulated in a legal document, contributing to the development of a dynamic, competitive, transparent and unified labor market.
Regarding the Unemployment Insurance Fund, the Employment Law remains unchanged as current regulations but incorporates and amends the regulations on the State's support level in the direction that the State supports a maximum of 1% of the monthly salary fund for unemployment insurance contributions of employees participating in unemployment insurance based on the Fund's balance situation in each period.
The unemployment insurance fund is managed centrally, uniformly, publicly, transparently, safely and protected by the State.
Supplementing some principles on pest prevention and control
The basic new content in the Law on Plant Protection and Quarantine is to supplement a number of principles on preventing and controlling harmful organisms, implementing the principle of prevention first; applying comprehensive pest management measures in a sustainable direction, in which priority is given to biological measures, using pest-resistant plant varieties, technical measures for cultivation, good agricultural practices; using pesticides must follow the four correct principles to ensure effectiveness, safety for people, food safety, minimizing environmental pollution, and protecting the ecosystem.
The Law also specifically stipulates a number of State policies such as investment policies in research and application of modern biotechnology to create biological pesticides, less toxic pesticides, plant varieties resistant to pests and measures to manage pests in a sustainable manner...
The Law has 5 chapters and 77 articles; effective from January 1, 2015.
Clarify the scope of regulation of the Law on practicing thrift and combating waste
With 5 chapters and 80 articles, the Law on Practicing Thrift and Combating Wastefulness (amended) has restructured and clarified the scope of regulation on: practicing thrift and combating waste in management and use of state budget, state capital, state assets, labor, and working time in the state sector; practicing thrift and combating waste in management, exploitation, and use of resources; practicing thrift and combating waste in production, business, and consumption activities of organizations, households, and individuals.
Corresponding to the scope of regulation, the Law stipulates that the regulated subjects include 3 groups of subjects: Agencies, organizations, individuals managing and using the state budget, state capital, state assets, labor, and working time in the state sector; agencies, organizations, households, and individuals managing, exploiting and using resources; other organizations, households, and individuals. The Law takes effect from July 1, 2014.
Help Vietnamese contractors acquire advanced technology and management experience
The 2013 Law on Bidding consists of 13 chapters and 96 articles, built on the basis of comprehensive amendments to the 2005 Law on Bidding; effective from July 1, 2014.
The Law prioritizes resource development, creates opportunities for domestic contractors to win bids and create jobs for domestic workers, and provides incentives for contractors and domestically produced goods to implement the Politburo's policy of "Encouraging Vietnamese people to prioritize using Vietnamese goods" while gradually helping Vietnamese contractors acquire advanced technology and management experience, become autonomous, improve capacity and competitiveness to become independent contractors to carry out large, high-tech, and complex bid packages not only in the Vietnamese market but also in the international market.
The Law has some new contents on simplifying the process of selecting contractors and investors; methods for evaluating appropriate bidding documents; selecting contractors in centralized procurement; selecting contractors to supply drugs and medical supplies, etc.
Raising citizens' responsibility in fire prevention and fighting
The Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting has amended and supplemented 33 out of 65 articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting; effective from July 1, 2014.
The Law has supplemented more specific and clear provisions on the responsibilities of heads of agencies, organizations, householders and individuals in directing, propagating, organizing implementation, inspecting and supervising compliance with legal regulations on fire prevention and fighting.
The additional law strictly prohibits the acts of illegally bringing flammable and explosive goods and substances into crowded places and failing to report a fire when conditions permit; and delaying reporting a fire.
This regulation aims to prevent the risk of fire and explosion, ensure human life, health, and property of agencies, organizations, and individuals in crowded places; at the same time, raise awareness and responsibility of citizens in fire prevention and fighting.
Expanding the scope of subjects permitted to produce and trade industrial explosives
The Ordinance amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Ordinance on management and use of weapons, explosives and supporting tools, effective from March 1, 2014, has expanded the subjects permitted to produce and trade industrial explosives to state-owned enterprises assigned by the Prime Minister at the request of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of National Defense (previously stipulated that they must be 100% state-owned enterprises assigned by the Prime Minister at the request of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of National Defense).
The Decree has supplemented weapons for the Fisheries Surveillance force under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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