(VOVworld) – In 2014, the first year of implementing the 2013 Constitution, the National Assembly approved 29 laws and discussed 28 draft laws. This helped to institutionalize the Constitution and improve the legal system, contributing to state and social management and building a socialist state governed by law. Hong Van comments:

Last year’s legislative work focused on the state apparatus, the socialist-oriented market economy, human rights, and citizen rights and responsibilities.

Central task of 2 NA meetings

Legislation was the central task of the two National Assembly meetings in 2014 and it accounted for two thirds of the meeting time. Phan Van Quy, a deputy from Nghe An province, said: “The National Assembly debated and approved many laws in 2014. The government has issued guiding documents to implement these laws, which will meet Vietnam’s economic needs and improve the investment climate in a number of areas such as infrastructure and support industries.”

Covering all aspects of life

In 2014 the National Assembly issued the Laws on the Organization of the National Assembly, People’s Courts, and People’s Procuracies and commented on the Law on the Organization of the Government and the Law on the Organization of Local Administrations. Discussions and approval of these laws reflect the legislature’s efforts to create a legal foundation to improve the performance of state agencies in line with the 2013 Constitution.

The National Assembly has endorsed a number of draft laws on the socialist-oriented market economy including the Housing Law, the Investment Law, and the Enterprise Law. These laws boost administrative reform, improve state management over investment, mobilize resources for production, and make it easier for low-income earners, poor people and social policy beneficiaries to buy houses.

The laws passed in 2014 including the Law on Medical Insurance and the Law on Social Insurance are evidence of Vietnam’s commitment to ensuring human and citizen rights as stipulated in the Constitution. The National Assembly also discussed the Civil Code, which was released for public comment early this year. Dinh Xuan Thao, a deputy from Hanoi, said: “The legislative work focused on the rights of citizens and organizations instead of state management as in previous years. The number of deputies registered to contribute opinions at the National Assembly was much higher than in previous meetings. The quality of the legislative work in 2014 was quite good.”

The 2013 Constitution has created a political and legal foundation for Vietnam’s development in the new era. Its implementation should continue in the coming years to build a socialist state governed by law, according to National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung: “The National Assembly has ordered its Standing Committee and all National Assembly and government agencies to effectively and promptly implement the laws and resolutions passed by the National Assembly. They are also required to overhaul the legal system and to propose appropriate amendments and supplements conforming to the Constitution. Communication activities should be stepped up to publicize the Constitution in daily life.”