Nghị quyết 173/2024/QH15 về hoạt động chất vấn tại kỳ họp thứ 8, Quốc hội khóa XV

RESOLUTION

REGARDING INTERPELLATION AT THE 8TH MEETING OF THE 15TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

Pursuant to the Law on supervisory activities of the National Assembly and People’s Councils No. 87/2015/QH13;

On the basis of the conclusion of and answers to interpellations in the 8th meeting of the 15th National Assembly;

HEREBY RESOLVES:

1. The National Assembly uniformly assesses that, after two days of earnest and responsible deliberation with a spirit of innovation and cooperation with the Government, the interpellation and answering session at the 8th meeting was a great success, attracting the attention of voters and the people nationwide. The National Assembly acknowledges the efforts of the Government, the Prime Minister, ministries, and ministerial-level agencies in performing their functions and duties in various sectors, achieving many positive results and contributing significantly to the country’s socio-economic development. Through the interpellation, the National Assembly identifies that there remain certain shortcomings and limitations to be overcome in the state management for the banking, health, and information and communications sectors. The National Assembly generally concurs with the solutions and commitments presented by the Minister of Health, the Minister of Information and Communications, the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, and other members of the Government during the interpellation session.

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2.1. Regarding the banking sector:

Closely monitor developments of the market and economy in Vietnam and in other countries to proactively, flexibly, promptly, and effectively regulate monetary policies, contributing to the stabilization of the monetary and foreign exchange markets, aligned with macroeconomic balance, inflation control, and meeting capital demand for the economy.

Continue directing credit institutions to make efforts to reduce overall loan interest rate level; ensure safe and effective credit growth, limit increase in non-performing loans; develop credit toward production and business and priority sectors, contributing to economic growth and the development of green credit; strictly control credit flows into high-risk sectors. Promptly make amendments to the Government's Decree No. 55/2015/ND-CP dated June 9, 2015 on credit policies for agricultural and rural development. Cooperate with relevant ministries and central authorities to remove obstacles and accelerate the implementation of credit programs under the directions of the Government and the Prime Minister. In 2025, promulgate a Decree on the regulatory sandbox mechanism in the banking sector. Urgently issue and implement policies on debt rescheduling and retention of debt category to assist struggling borrowers facing difficulties caused by Storm No. 3 (Typhoon Yagi), flooding, and landslides after such storm.

Implement management measures to stabilize the gold market; enhance the State’s role in managing and regulating the gold market in accordance with law; prevent gold price volatility from impacting macroeconomic stability. Research and introduce policies to limit gold hoarding and speculation, and redirect investment resources into production and business. Promote the application of information technology in managing gold trading enterprises; intensify measures to prevent gold smuggling; strictly handle violations. Conduct a review, research, and propose amendments to Decree No. 24/2012/ND-CP dated April 3, 2012 of the Government on the management of gold trading activities by no later than June 2025. Intensify inspection and audit, and strictly handle organizations and individuals establishing illegal foreign exchange trading platforms (Forex).

2.2. Regarding the health sector:

Continue the effective implementation of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment; Resolution No. 99/2023/QH15 dated June 24, 2023 of the National Assembly on operational supervision of mobilization, management and use of resources in preventing and controlling COVID-19; implementation of regulations and law regarding grassroots healthcare and preventive healthcare. Effectively implement the planning of the healthcare facility network for the 2021–2030 period, with a vision toward 2050, ensuring consistency and uniform with other national sector planning, regional planning, and provincial planning for the same period. Develop plans to stockpile certain medicines, chemicals, and medical devices to provide healthcare facilities in cases where local resources are insufficient. Intensify international cooperation, mobilize and receive health assistance from international organizations and communities in responding to and recovering from natural disasters, catastrophes, and epidemics.

Perfect the appraisal process for issuance of licenses to practice medicine and licenses to provide medical services toward transparency, simplification, and time reduction; improve the capacity of state management of licenses to practice medicine and licenses to provide medical services and increase human resources in charge of such state management; and mobilize the effective participation of professional associations in this work. In 2024, decentralize power to issue licenses in the medical examination and treatment sector. Expedite the completion of a competency assessment toolkit to serve as a basis for testing and assessing professional capacity in medical examination and treatment. Accelerate digital transformation; upgrade the national system for registration and issuance of licenses to practice medicine and licenses to provide medical services, and ensure its connectivity with the national and local public service systems. Strive to formulate a Decree on the national health database by the first quarter of 2025. Intensify inspection and audit of operations of healthcare facilities and strictly handle found violations.

Focus on implementing the Law on amendments to the Law on Pharmacy, the Law on amendments to the Law on Health Insurance, and the National Strategy for the Development of Vietnam’s Pharmaceutical Industry to 2030, with a vision toward 2045. Increase public communication to improve people's understanding in the safety use of functional foods. Rectify and take actions against the false advertisement of functional foods compared with verifications from competent authorities. Intensify management, inspection, audit, and post-market surveillance in the production and trading of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and functional foods, especially those sold on e-commerce platforms, online marketplaces, and social networks, and strictly and transparently handle violations in accordance with the law.

The National Assembly decides to prohibit the production, trading, import, storage, transportation, and use of e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products, and gases or substances that are addictive or harmful to human health from 2025 for public health protection and social order and safety assurance; and assigns the Government to implement this concretely. Increase awareness-raising campaigns about the harmful effects of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products, and gases or substances that are addictive or harmful to human health, especially targeting youth and adolescents.

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Review and make amendments to the regulations on information and communications, ensuring consistency, uniform, effectiveness, efficiency, and development. Research amendments to the Press Law, ensuring quality. Promptly issue the planning for developing a network of press agencies, broadcasting and electronic information establishments and publishers for the 2021–2030 period, with a vision toward 2050. Continue researching and proposing reforms in financial mechanisms and the task assignment and ordering to press agencies. Intensify support and foster digital transformation in press agencies; effectively implement the Digital Transformation Strategy for Journalism to 2025, with a vision toward 2030. In 2025, establish and interconnect the digital transformation network for journalism. Retain the implementation of Resolution No. 75/2022/QH15 dated November 15, 2022 of the National Assembly on addressing and rectifying the "newspaperization" of magazines and aggregated websites. Focus on improving professional capacity, professional ethics, and political acumen of journalists, editors, and leaders of press agencies. Intensify inspection, supervision, and handling of violations in press activities.

Improve the capacity of officials and make investment in equipment and technical tools to effectively manage and supervise information in cyberspace. Develop supervision systems, focus on promoting the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan and detect advertisement violations on digital platforms. Promote the development and recognition of Vietnam's digital audience measurement platform to publish data serving advertisement on the journalism. Intensify efforts in negotiation and enforcement, request cross-border platforms to comply with Vietnamese law. Intensify inspection and audit of advertising activities on the journalism and online environments, and strictly handle found violations.

Effectively implement the Law on Telecommunications, the Strategy for the Development of Vietnam’s International Optical Cable System to 2030, with a vision toward 2035, and the Digital Infrastructure Strategy to 2025, with a vision toward 2030. Gradually carry out burial of local telecommunications cables, prioritizing burial of backbone transmission lines and important transmission lines. Retain the reinforcement of telecommunications infrastructure, construct mobile information broadcasting stations down to the district and commune levels, and improve the capacity to provide telecommunications services in response to emergencies. Promptly promulgate a Decree on elaboration of the Law on Telecommunications regarding public-utility telecommunications services. Actively and effectively implement the public-utility telecommunications program, specifically substantially completing mobile coverage to all uncovered areas no later than June 2025. Introduce support policies to provide smart phones to poor and near-poor households in ethnic minority areas and especially disadvantaged areas without phones to access to and use of telecommunications services. Intensify the supervision and regularly urge telecommunications service providers to optimize networks and improve service quality.

3. The Government, the Prime Minister, Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, relevant agencies and organizations, and the People’s Councils and People’s Committees of provinces and municipalities shall, within their jurisdiction, implement this Resolution. The Minister of Health, the Minister of Information and Communications, and the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam shall develop implementation plans and report to the National Assembly on the results thereof at subsequent meetings.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the Ethnic Minority Council, the Committees of the National Assembly, the Delegations of National Assembly Deputies, National Assembly deputies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations shall, within their jurisdiction, supervise the implementation of this Resolution.

The National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has ratified this Resolution at 8th meeting of the XV National Assembly on November 30, 2024.

CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY




Tran Thanh Man

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