Also on the day, legislators will also discuss draft laws on mutual legal assistance in criminal and civil matters, a draft law on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Civil Procedure Code, the Law on Administrative Procedure, the Juvenile Justice Law, the Law on Bankruptcy, and the Law on Mediation and Dialogue at Court.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting between permanent Government members and representatives of ministries and sectors on August 16 to discuss the building of a draft law to amend some contents of finance- and budget-related laws.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has signed a decision approving the public debt strategy until 2030, which sets a target of keeping it at under 60 percent of the GDP and Government debts not exceeding 50 percent of the GDP in 2030.

Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam Office Tetsuo Konaka has urged the Government of Vietnam to continue scrutinizing the process of allocating funds for official development assistance (ODA) projects.

The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA)’s Finance and Budget Committee and the Planning, Finance and Audit Committee of the Lao NA jointly held a conference to discuss decentralisation of state budget and public debt management on June 27 in the central province of Quang Nam.

Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung had a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Laos Somdy Douangdy in Hanoi on August 4.