Close to the limit of insolvency According to the director of Sao Viet car company, production and business revenue is almost zero, but every day still has to bear countless expenses such as bank interest; rent for factories, warehouses, salaries to support officials, employees, drivers; road maintenance fees … A series of passenger transport enterprises are in the “swallowing” scene. “Before the epidemic, on average, each month we spent about 3 billion dong on salaries and bonuses for drivers and employees. However, today, even though there is no revenue, we still have to “burden” nearly 1 billion dong/month “- Mr. Bang stated. Not only road transport, the air transport market has suffered the most severe decline ever, prompting the Ministry of Planning and Investment to issue a warning that the solvency of enterprises is declining close to the limit of insolvency. maths. For example, the national airline of Vietnam (Vietnam Airlines), it is expected that the loss of the first quarter of 2021 will be at VND 4,800 billion and in the first six months of the year may reach VND 10,000 billion. Currently, the amount of overdue debt has reached VND 6,240 billion and is in a very difficult situation. Vietnam Airlines has more than 9,000 employees who are on unpaid leave and temporary suspension of labor contracts. Most transport businesses are facing great difficulties due to the Covid-19 epidemic Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) also lost 50% of passenger transport revenue in the past 5 months due to people restricting travel, the railway industry had to cut many passenger trains. Mr. Nguyen Cong Hung, Chairman of the Hanoi Taxi Association, said that the number of passengers decreased by 80%-90%, revenue fell seriously, and workers’ lives were difficult. A series of taxi companies are facing the risk of bankruptcy, and bad debts are at high risk of increasing in the banking system. Therefore, recently, the Taxi Associations of Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City have jointly signed a document to send to the Prime Minister, proposing to support taxi transport enterprises to overcome difficulties before the Covid-19 pandemic. Proposing many solutions Facing the above situation, the Prime Minister has just assigned the Ministry of Transport to consider and propose policies and solutions to support passenger transport enterprises facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 epidemic. to border gates and between regions in the domestic market. According to Mr. Tran Bao Ngoc, Director of the Transport Department (Ministry of Transport), since the outbreak of the epidemic, the Ministry of Transport has proposed policies and solutions to support transport enterprises in difficulty. Regarding the solution to remove the vehicle inspection cycle, Mr. Ngoc said that the Ministry of Transport is amending Circular No. 70/2015 in the direction of adjusting the inspection cycle of passenger cars of all kinds up to 9 seats with transportation business. , adjusted from 18 months to 24 months for the first cycle and from 6 to 12 months for the recurring cycle. In addition, the Ministry of Transport also proposed that the Government delay the time of sanctioning transport enterprises that do not install surveillance cameras due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. Regarding the proposal to exempt road maintenance fees until the end of this year, Mr. Ngoc said that in order to remove difficulties for those affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, Circular 112/2020 of the Ministry of Finance allows to reduce collect road user fees from January 1 to June 30, 2021. “The Ministry of Transport has proposed to the Government to reduce value-added tax to 0%, reduce 50% of corporate income tax for industries seriously damaged by the epidemic. Besides, delay payment of tax amount for 6 months for 6 months. arrears until December 31, 2021 and there is no fee for parking, parking and picking up passengers at the airport, train station, port and 50% discount on service prices through the bus station for passenger cars. sign for new registered vehicles for transport business until December 31,” said Mr. Ngoc. It is still difficult to access support policies As a large passenger transport enterprise in Quang Ninh province, Mr. Doan The Xuyen, director of Phuc Xuyen Co., Ltd., said that the company has over 300 vehicles that have stopped working but still have not been exempted from road maintenance fees because of cumbersome procedures. . For example, to be exempted under the regulations of the Ministry of Finance, the vehicle must stop working for 30 days or more, then return the badge and be certified by the Department of Transport. “You can stop for less than 30 days to be able to run again, then you have to apply for a new badge. Many businesses still have to pay even though the car is not running because they are afraid of procedures,” said Xuyen.

The registry examines the incoming vehicle for registration. (Photo: Hoang Hung/VNA) In the written response to the Vietnam Automobile Transport Association and the three-region taxi association, the Ministry of Transport agreed to allow car inspection cycle will increase from 18 months to 24 months to remove difficulties for transport businesses affected by the COVID-19 epidemic. Currently, the Ministry of Transport is directing agencies and units to advise on finalizing the draft Circular amending Circular No. 70/2015 regulating the inspection of technical safety and environmental protection of vehicles. road motorized traffic. “The inspection cycle of passenger cars of all kinds up to 9 seats with transportation business will be adjusted from 18 months to 24 months for the first cycle and from 6 to 12 months for the periodic cycle,” said the leader. The Ministry of Transport said. For the proposal to have appropriate policies and mechanisms for BOT investors to reduce road use fees according to Circular No. 112/2020 of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transport said Circular No. 112/2020. of the Ministry of Finance stipulating the rate of road use fee (toll collected per vehicle) for automobiles doing transport business of transport enterprises, transport business cooperatives, and transport business households. “The collection of road service fees is not specified in Circular No. 112/2020, so investors do not have to follow the guidance of this Circular,” the leader of the Ministry of Transport affirmed. . On the other hand, a number of investment projects in the form of public-private partnerships managed by the Ministry of Transport have reduced road user service fees; BOT projects have not been considered to increase road use prices, although it is time to increase prices in the last 3 years in order to share and harmonize the interests of the State-people-enterprises. Moreover, BOT investors are also businesses and are also affected by COVID-19 epidemic due to the reduction of vehicle traffic through the station, revenue will be reduced, affecting the financial balance of the enterprise; increase in interest expense and operating expenses of the business. Regarding the proposal for exemption from submission road maintenance fees By the end of this year, according to leaders of the Ministry of Transport, this agency is coordinating with the Ministry of Finance to comment on amendments to Circular 112/2020 and related circulars to assist in removing difficulties for production and business in response to the COVID-19 epidemic chaired by the Ministry of Finance. Previously, in 2020, the Ministry of Finance coordinated with relevant ministries and agencies to develop and issue Circular No. 112/2020/TT-BTC dated December 29, 2020 providing for the extension of the reduction period. fees and charges (mainly reducing fees in the field of transportation (road use fees; fees, aviation fees…) until the end of June 30, 2021 to support and remove remove difficulties for production and business, ensure social security in response to the COVID-19 epidemic.

The 1.5-second limit means it’s nearly impossible for advertisers to deliver any message to viewers that they can click “next” or continue watching. The “suspended” regulation for nearly a decade suddenly applied will cause unfairness In fact, the handling of violations of regulations on advertising not in fixed areas “waiting to turn off or open ads on electronic newspapers up to 1.5 seconds” has been regulated since 2013 at Decree No. 158/2013/ND-CP not until Decree No. 38/2021/ND-CP newly issued. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the unit in charge of drafting these documents, said that the provisions of the new Decree have followed the process of the Government. Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents . However, not all policy beneficiaries are aware of the drafts during the consultation process. According to Mr. Tran Trong Dung, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association, there are press agencies that have not yet been consulted. The regulation has been in place since 2013 and many press agencies do not know, which can be explained by the fact that advertising has not taken place in accordance with the regulations. Thus, the regulations are set but not enforced, the press has made mistakes for a long time without handling, which means that the law has been inadequate since its issuance. Then suddenly applying it will cause unfairness to advertising on other electronic forms. 1.5 seconds time is not reasonable Studies show that, if an ad attracts attention in the first 5 seconds, readers will decide to continue or not. Research on video advertising by Facebook and Nielsen has also come up with quite interesting numbers that , 47% of the value of a video campaign is transmitted within the first 3 seconds and 74% of the value of a video campaign is communicated through the first 10 seconds. This study also shows: When readers watch the first 3 seconds of a video on Facebook, 65% of these will watch at least 10 seconds, 45% watch 30 seconds. Another Twitter study also found a strong link between watching the first 3 seconds of a video and whether or not viewers watched the entire video. With 1.5 seconds, the viewer only had time to open and close. The 1.5-second limit means it’s nearly impossible for advertisers to deliver any message to viewers that they can click “next” or continue watching. Commenting on this issue, Mr. Vo Thanh Hai, Director of Viettel Media said that 1.5 seconds is not enough to convey a certain message to viewers. And so viewers will not receive the information they need to decide whether to continue or ignore. “Social networks like Google or Facebook have carefully studied the psychology of viewers so that they give the time to turn on or off ads. Psychological studies have shown that with an ad on or off time of 5-6 seconds, it will make viewers accept it. If the time to turn off or open the ad is too long, it will make the ad viewer inhibit and hate it. Thus, the advertising effect will not be as expected. But if the time to turn on or off the ad is less than 5 seconds, it will not be enough for the ad units to convey their short message to the viewers. Obviously, the terms and conditions need to be carefully studied.” Mr. Hai analyzed. Discrimination will cripple the journalism economy The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism explained that social networks, YouTube are not press agencies, the criteria for operation as well as the audience for participation and interaction are also different. Therefore, the regulation and application of advertising activities on social networks is not the same as that of press agencies. In fact, in terms of content and direction, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has clear operating principles and purposes; comply with legal regulations. In terms of business, competition is fierce; even the mechanism of non-business units is more constrained to the press than other types of enterprises. So, if the legal corridors on advertising keep that mindset, it will cripple the journalism economy. Forecasting difficulties approaching the press in the context that the Covid-19 epidemic has not stopped, some newspapers have stated: “Limit advertising in the press, Google, Facebook are happy to benefit?”, “Rules of the game to eliminate competition”, etc. The chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association described the state of journalism at that time as “shrink”. And Mr. Nguyen Truong Son, Standing Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Advertising Association estimated specific numbers: If these provisions are implemented, more than 80% of advertising revenue now goes to Facebook, Google. Should soon accept and amend Mr. Nguyen Truong Son said that the Vietnam Advertising Association has sent documents to the authorities to soon propose the government to amend the Law on Advertising, creating a legal corridor for the press, media and advertising industry. operate smoothly. “This Law on Advertising has been in effect for nearly 10 years but has not yet imposed a fine on any press agency. Decree 38 is specific and has sanctions. However, the regulation that the timeout to turn off or open ads in a fixed area exceeding 1.5 seconds is inadequate. If the press agency is not fined, it is a violation of the law, but applying sanctions will cause difficulties for the press agency. Mr. Son said. On June 1, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that it will conduct a review of 10 years of implementation of the Law on Advertising and guiding documents in order to grasp the changes of advertising activities, new means and methods of advertising to from there, there are recommendations and proposals to amend the regulations in line with reality in 2022. The Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association stated that there should be more seminars to listen to and exchange ideas from relevant parties. Especially the opinions of the press agencies, in order to develop appropriate guidelines, overcome the inadequacies with the subjects governed by the text and promote the advantages.

Accordingly, these changes do not focus on policing individual Canadian posts. Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said personal social media posts would not be covered by the new rules. The government says the purpose of the changes is to bring streaming platforms like Netflix into the regulatory framework that currently applies to traditional radio and television stations. New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh said his party supports the bill’s main content, which is that companies like Netflix need financial support when they broadcast Canadian content, just like other companies. traditional radio-television stations are doing. Janet Yale, chairwoman of the legal review committee in the fields of telecommunications and broadcasting, said the bill was necessary for the cultural industry. Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said authorities want social media platforms to make a fair financial contribution to Canada’s cultural industry, just as Canadian companies are doing and helping artists Canadian doctors can reach the public, such as on a YouTube suggested list. At the end of February 2021, Mr. Kevin Chan, who is in charge of public policy of Facebook in the Canadian market, confirmed that this technology “giant” is willing to pay fees to Canadian publishers to publish news. ie on its platform. According to Chan, Facebook is ready to negotiate licensing agreements with Canadian news publishers, after making a similar commitment in Australia. The payment plans will be added to existing programs to support Canadian journalism, Chan said, adding that Facebook wants to invest more in the news system in the North American country.

Facial recognition technology. Photo: https://towardsdatascience.com/ According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Ottawa, in a recent speech to the Canadian House of Representatives, Daniel Therrien, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, said that bill C-11 is not enough to protect people from identity technology. face and need to include “significant modifications”. This measure proposes to amend private sector privacy laws. Regarding facial recognition technology, Mr. Therrien mentioned US technology company Clearview AI. In February 2021, Daniel Therrien’s office, along with three provincial privacy commissioners, concluded that Clearview AI violated Canadian privacy laws by providing facial recognition software. for the police. What’s interesting is that Clearview AI’s (New York-based) software works by comparing photos with a massive stockpile of billions of photos the company has amassed, collected from various sources. popular social media sites without the consent of individuals. “While we found that Clearview’s practices violated Canadian privacy laws, the company refused to follow our recommendations, such as removing photos of Canadians,” said Mr Therrien. Meanwhile, the new administrative penalty regime in C-11 is not applied to such violations of the law. Therrien noted that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is investigating whether online website Pornhub and its parent company MindGeek (based in Montreal) violated Canadians’ privacy rights. MindGeek is accused of regularly sharing videos of child pornography and sexual assault, as well as content that was filmed/or posted without the subject’s consent. Within the framework of the bill, for the most serious violations, fines could be up to 5% of revenue or CAD 25 million (whichever is greater). These measures have been assessed by Canada’s Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development as the strongest penalty framework among the world’s Group of Seven (G7) privacy laws. Therrien recommends that when there is a conflict between commercial goals and protecting privacy, the privacy of Canadians should take precedence.

Ho Chi Minh City changed the way of classifying garbage into two groups. Photo: NGUYEN CHAU According to previous regulations, individuals, households, and solid waste source owners must be classified into three groups: Group of easy-to-biodegradable organic waste (leftovers, leaves, vegetables, fruits, animal carcasses. ); group of reusable and recyclable wastes (paper, plastic, metal, rubber, nylon, glass) and the remaining group of wastes (excluding hazardous waste generated from households, owners waste sources). To match the current treatment technology that focuses on recycling technology and incineration technology, Ho Chi Minh City has decided to amend the way of classifying garbage into two groups. Specifically, the group of wastes capable of reuse, recycling and the remaining group of wastes (excluding hazardous waste generated from households, waste generators. In the past, the city’s waste treatment was mainly landfilled. Part of MSW is treated by incineration (without energy recovery), fertilizer production and recycling. However, this is still limited and has not met the needs of the city.

Standing Editorial Board, Editorial Team organized to synthesize comments. The comments generally agreed on the necessity of the development and basic contents of the draft Law on Inspection (revised). In addition, many comments have been made to complete the Draft. Regarding the competence to organize and direct inspection activities, the Government Inspectorate said that there are a number of suggestions for the full supplementation of the titles with the authority to organize inspection activities, including heads. The inspection agencies are defined in Articles 40, 41 and 42 of the draft Law. A citizen reception session chaired by the Inspector of Thai Nguyen Province. (Illustration) In this regard, according to the Government Inspectorate’s explanation, the authority to organize inspection activities of the titles specified in the draft is the head of the management agency at the same level as the inspection agency in the system of regulatory agencies. state administrative baggage. Inspection activities in the system of state administrative agencies are different in nature, functions, tasks and powers compared with inspection activities at other state agencies specified in Articles 40 and 41 , 42 drafts (inspection activities of agencies specified in Articles 40, 41, 42 draft are actually heads inspection activities, aimed at the internal agencies, branches, not outside. except for the Vietnam Social Security and the Enterprise State Capital Management Committee, which are two governmental agencies assigned to perform the specialized inspection function). Therefore, in accordance with the characteristics of inspection activities at other state agencies, the draft Law stipulates: Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, Director of the Supreme People’s Court, the State Auditor General shall base on regulations. of this Law and other relevant law provisions promulgated according to its competence or submitted to competent agencies for promulgation of regulations on functions, tasks, organization and inspection activities of the Supreme People’s Court and the People’s Court. Supreme, State Audit. The Government stipulates the functions, tasks, structure, organization and operation of the Vietnam Social Insurance Inspector, the Inspector of the Committee for State Capital Management at Enterprises, Vietnam Television and Voice of the Voice. Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi National University, National University Ho Chi Minh City. In the third draft of the Law on Inspection (amended), the purpose of inspection is to detect loopholes in the management mechanism, policies and laws to propose to the competent state agency to make a decision. remedy; prevention, detection and handling of law violations. At the same time, helping agencies, organizations and individuals to comply with the provisions of law; promote positive factors; contribute to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of state management activities; protecting the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals. Inspection activities must ensure the principles of law observance; democratic, open, objective, timely and accurate; not obstructing the normal operation of the subject of inspection and other agencies, organizations and individuals. There is no overlap in scope, subject, and content between inspection agencies and between the inspection agency and the state audit agency. In addition, the draft also regulates the organization and inspection activities of the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Court, and the State Audit. Accordingly, these agencies establish an inspection agency to help the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, the President of the Supreme People’s Court, the State Auditor General to perform the task of inspecting, receiving citizens, settling complaints and denunciations and anti-corruption falls under the jurisdiction and responsibility of 3 agencies. Regarding the layout, draft 3 of the Law on Inspection (amended) includes 10 chapters and 131 articles, providing for the organization and activities of inspection in state administrative agencies and other state agencies. The Draft Law stipulates 9 prohibited acts, including the following acts: Deliberately failing to issue an inspection decision when detecting signs of law violation; cover for the inspected object; intentionally making untrue conclusions; to conclude, decide and handle illegal.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has just submitted a proposal to the Government to develop the Law on Social Insurance (amended) (social insurance). According to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the current development of social insurance beneficiaries is below potential, many people are subject to compulsory social insurance but have not yet participated. The current law is “missing” many subjects Data from the General Statistics Office shows that in 2019, the whole country had more than 5.6 million individual business households, eight times the number of enterprises. According to the tax authorities, the country has more than 1.7 million times of households paying tax (households with turnover less than 100 million VND / year do not have to pay). However, this group is not subject to compulsory social insurance, so very few individual business householders participate in voluntary social insurance. According to data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, in 2019 there are about 23,000 active cooperatives, attracting nearly six million members. In which 1.2 million people work in the cooperative area. But according to the report of the social insurance agency, there are nearly 7,000 cooperatives registered to participate in compulsory social insurance for about 41,000 employees. “Through a survey in some localities, many business managers, managers and executives of unpaid cooperatives wish to participate in compulsory social insurance …” – said by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. Therefore, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs proposes to add compulsory social insurance participants for individual business householders, business managers, managers and cooperatives without pay. Specific provisions on compulsory social insurance for employees who work part-time and participate in compulsory social insurance with civil servants, public employees, part-time workers at commune level who also sign labor contracts. moving. According to the assessment of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the above provision helps to increase the income of the social insurance fund in the short and medium term, while also increasing the expenditure from the social insurance fund in both short, medium and long term. The number of people who receive one-time social insurance to take care of their immediate life tends to increase. Photo: V.LONG Need to have a share in participating in social insurance According to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the nature of risk sharing is only evident in sickness, maternity, labor accident, and occupational disease regimes. The pension policy is designed to be heavy on the principle of payment – benefit (pay more and enjoy more and vice versa) but lack attention to the principle of sharing between high and low salary people. According to data reported by the Vietnam Social Security, by the end of 2017, the average pension is 4.26 million VND / person / month. In which, the highest is 101.3 million VND / person / month, the lowest is 1.3 million VND / person / month (more than 4,100 people have this pension). The large gap in pension discourages people with low wages, leading to an increase in the number of people who want to receive one-time social insurance. In recent years, each year about 600,000 people enjoy one-time social insurance and leave the social insurance system. Therefore, this agency proposes to amend the method of calculating the average monthly salary paid for social insurance to calculate the pension for the employee, in the direction of the average monthly salary paid for social insurance of that person and the average monthly salary paid for social insurance. of people participating in social insurance to calculate their pensions. Thus, there will be a certain share between the high-paid and the low-paid. “The narrowing of the pension gap will encourage the participants of low-wage social insurance to reserve the time to pay social insurance to enjoy the pension instead of receiving one-time social insurance …” – The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs assessed. The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said that if allowed, the unit would be authorized by the Government to submit to the National Assembly for consideration and comments on the first bill at the second session of term XV (October 2022). Submit to the National Assembly for approval at the third session, term XV (May 2023). “Tighten” regulations on receiving social insurance once Currently, the condition to receive one-time social insurance is quite easy. Specifically, after one year of not participating in social insurance, the employee can receive one-time social insurance with the entitlement of 1.5 months of salary for each year participating in social insurance before 2014 and two months of salary for each participating year thereafter. Thus, with the contribution to the pension and death fund of 8% of the salary from the employee, the one year of paying 0.96 months of salary, the entitlement to two months’ salary upon receiving one-time social insurance is considered profitable. Along with having to wait too long to enjoy pension, employees will want to receive one-time social insurance to meet immediate needs. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the regulations on one-time social insurance entitlement in the direction of having a roadmap to only deal with employees when they have reached the end of their working age but are not eligible for pensions without the need to continue paying. . Except for the case of going abroad to legally settle down or suffering from a dangerous disease and wishing to receive it once, or if the case is not yet over the working age, but receives one-time social insurance, the rate of entitlement is lower. In addition, the law also needs to amend the conditions for enjoying the pension in the direction of gradually reducing the number of years of minimum social insurance payment from 20 years to 15 years, towards 10 years with an appropriate calculated benefit level, creating conditions for The elderly, with a low number of years participating in social insurance, are entitled to pensions. 65% of Vietnamese elderly do not have a pension According to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, by the end of 2020, Vietnam has about 14.1 million people after the retirement age (55 years old for women, 60 years old and older for men). Of which, only over 3.1 million people are enjoying the pension (accounting for 22.1%) and 1.8 million people are enjoying the retirement allowance. There are still about 9.2 million people after the retirement age (accounting for 65%) who have not participated in insurance or any other social security layer.

At the press conference, comrade Pham Thanh Ha announced the President’s Order on the announcement of the Law on Drug Prevention and Combat. Senior Lieutenant General Le Quy Vuong introduced the basic contents of the Law on Drug Prevention and Combat.

The law consists of 8 chapters and 55 articles, specifying drug prevention policies, which emphasize “giving priority to drug prevention and control resources for ethnic minorities and mountainous, remote and isolated areas. islands, border areas and drug-complex areas ”,“ officers and soldiers of agencies specialized in drug-related crime prevention and control, drug addicts in drug treatment facilities Public drug addicts are entitled to preferential regimes and policies suitable to the nature of their tasks and areas of operation according to the Government’s regulations ”.

Deputy Minister Le Quy Vuong introduced the basic contents of the Law on Drug Prevention and Control

Additional regulations on a number of prohibited acts such as “illegal research, testing and verification of narcotic substances, precursors, addictive drugs, psychotropic drugs, precursors, medicinal ingredients that are narcotic substances. , psychotropic substances, drug precursors, veterinary drugs that contain narcotic substances or precursors “,” oppose or obstruct drug testing in the body, determine drug addiction status, manage Illegal drug users, drug addiction treatment, post-detoxification management “,” instruction for production, illegal use of drugs, marketing of narcotics “,” discrimination against users illegal drugs, drug addicts, drug addicts “.

The Law specifies the responsibilities of agencies, organizations, individuals, families and communities in drug prevention and fight; specifying agencies in charge of drug-related crime prevention and combat and principles of coordination of agencies specialized in drug-related crime prevention and control.

Additional Law regulates control of drug precursors, medicinal ingredients that are narcotic active ingredients, psychotropic active ingredients, drug precursors, and veterinary drugs containing narcotic substances or precursors; additional control over activities of temporary import for re-export, temporary export for re-import of narcotic substances, precursors, narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs, precursors, medicinal ingredients that are narcotic active ingredients, or pharmaceuticals psychotropic substances, drug precursors and veterinary drugs that contain narcotic substances and precursors to enhance the management of legal drug-related activities, contributing to improving the capacity to detect and prevent crime of illegal production of narcotics.

The management of illegal users of narcotics is a new provision of the Law compared to the 2000 Law on Drug Prevention and Control, amended and supplemented in 2008. The Law has specified specific cases of drug testing in muscle. (Article 22) for the authorities to have an objective basis to determine the person committing illegal drug use and to monitor the person who has the illegal use of narcotics.

Illegal drug users are listed and managed, monitored and supported right from the first detection of illegal drug use and this is not a measure to handle administrative violations. (Article 23).

The law specifies cases of drug addiction identification in order to facilitate the classification and management of subjects and the application of appropriate management and detoxification measures (Article 27). The detoxification measures include: voluntary drug addiction treatment is carried out in families, communities or at drug addiction establishments; Compulsory drug addiction treatment is done at public drug addiction establishments. The law does not prescribe compulsory detoxification measures in the community.

Drug addicts aged 18 years or older who do not register, do not conduct or voluntarily terminate voluntary drug addiction, treat addiction to opioid substances with substitute drugs; continuing to illegally use narcotics during voluntary drug detoxification, terminating treatment of opioid addiction with substitution drugs due to violation of regulations on addiction treatment; during post-drug detoxification and relapse management, apply administrative handling measures to sending to compulsory detoxification establishments (Article 32).

The law specifies the preparation of dossiers of application for consignment to compulsory detoxification establishments for drug addicts aged between full 12 years and under 18 years (Article 34), specifying the subjects and the later management duration. detoxification at residence (Article 40) and no regulations on post-detoxification management at detoxification establishments; regulations on drug addiction treatment for Vietnamese expelled by foreign countries for illegal use of narcotics or drug addiction; foreign drug addicts living in Vietnam (Article 37).

The law takes effect from January 1, 2022.

“Each member of the Government must be exemplary, truly humble, willing to listen and listen in many directions. What is clear, ripe, practically proven effective, most of them agree to continue to do it. Anything that has not been regulated or is beyond the regulations will be piloted boldly, not perfectionist but not in a hurry, determined to fulfill the tasks assigned by the Party, State and People ”- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized when presiding over the first meeting of the Government after being consolidated at the 11th Session of the 14th National Assembly, discussing the hand-over of tasks after the Government was strengthened, points of view, direction and direction, and Some key contents need to focus on directing the implementation and implementation of the work of the Government in the coming time. The meeting took place this morning (April 15) at Government Headquarters.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh spoke at the meeting.

At the meeting, the Government members focused on discussing the Draft Government’s Action Program to implement the Resolution of the XIII National Congress of the Party; summarizing the working regulations of the Government issued together with the Decree No. 138/2016 / ND-CP; continue to review the legal system, propose amending, supplementing or issuing new legal documents; serving the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the term 2021-2026; COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control and COVID-19 vaccination; promote disbursement of public investment capital; draft a Decree to extend the deadline for paying taxes and land use levies in 2021 and the implementation of Resolution No. 42 / NQ-CP on support for people in need due to the COVID-19 epidemic; organize the national high school exam …

Concluding the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that the domestic, world and regional situation continues to face many difficulties and challenges. In particular, the Covid-19 pandemic is complicated and has a potential risk of rebounding. This makes our country’s growth in the first quarter only reach 4.48%, lower than the set target. Therefore, the task in the coming time is very heavy and the Government will immediately get to work, without interruption, without being subjective. Urgently complete the work of consolidating the party committees and party organizations and handing over the work to agencies and units; actively reviewing and completing the lean apparatus, effective operation associated with streamlining payrolls and restructuring, improving the contingent of cadres, civil servants and public employees at all levels.

“Solidarity must be successful. This is also what Uncle Ho always admonishes. Build up the Government with integrity, discipline, discipline, decisive action, effective effectiveness, taking the people and businesses as the center of the mind.” to ensure that people enjoy social progress and justice “- emphasized the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that each member of the Government must have high determination, great effort, act decisively, effectively, with key focus, do any work to stop it. In particular, the Government will strongly strengthen the decentralization and decentralization, and at the same time clearly define the responsibilities of collectives and individuals associated with the inspection, supervision and control of power; focus on directing the building and perfecting of institutions, policies, strategies, planning and plans.

In particular, maintaining an environment of stable peace and extensive international integration for development. Adhering to the Party’s, National Assembly’s and Government’s Resolution 01. Along with that, close and effective coordination with mass organizations. Mobilize the strength of great national solidarity, steadfast the goal of controlling inflation, stabilizing the macro-economy, mobilizing the efficient use of all resources for the development of the country, especially human resources. In particular, it is necessary to drastically implement effectively objectives, tasks and solutions focusing on innovation and mobilizing non-state resources.

Referring to a number of specific tasks in the coming time, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that local ministries and agencies, especially the head, are directly and comprehensively responsible for the implementation and disbursement of capital. public investment according to the plan. The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall urgently preside over, review and evaluate the disbursement of public investment capital; propose synchronous, feasible and effective solutions to overcome, strive to achieve a high disbursement rate but must be effective, for the right purposes and in accordance with the provisions of law. The Ministry of Health urgently completes the plan and soon implements the “vaccine passport”. There is a mechanism to encourage and create conditions for organizations and enterprises eligible to buy and inject vaccines; promote research and development of vaccines in the country.

Panoramic meeting

The Ministry of Finance cooperates with the Government Office in completing a draft Decree on a draft Decree extending the time limit for tax payment and land use levy in 2021 and the implementation of Resolution No. 42 / NQ-CP on support. support for the people in difficulty due to the Covid-19 pandemic submitted to the Prime Minister for signature and promulgation immediately after the meeting.

Stating that the upcoming election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term is an important political event of the country, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested, localities, continue to implement plans to inspect and supervise the election preparation at the central and local levels, promptly issue documents guiding and responding to agencies and organizations on election work. At the same time, to fight against and contradict wrong and distorted views of hostile forces; ensure political security, social order and safety.

The Prime Minister suggested ministries and branches to effectively implement the solutions stated in the Government’s Resolution 01. Continue to review and perfect mechanisms and policies; macroeconomic stability; drastically settle and handle according to their competence or report to competent authorities to remove difficulties, problems and outstanding problems. Closely monitor and take appropriate measures against potential risks to the economy such as the sign of hot rise in the stock market and unusually rising land prices in some localities … Proactively grasp the situation timely and effective handling of arising problems.

Finally, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that ministers, heads of branches, members of the Government, according to their functions, tasks and assignment, well prepare the contents for the 3 Central Conference of Session XIII and Ky. the first meeting, the XVth National Assembly as well as Conferences of the Politburo and the Secretariat under the agenda for 2021./.