NA Standing Committee to focus on legislative work at sixth session
VOV.VN - The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will convene its sixth session at the National Assembly House to examine a wide range of policy matters, with a primary focus on legislative work.
According to the plan, the meeting will take place in two phases: the first spanning the afternoon of September 3 and the morning of September 4, 2026; the second running four and a half days from September 21 to the morning of September 25, 2026.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man will deliver the opening remarks and alternate with Vice Chairmen to direct the proceedings.
Lawmakers are scheduled to review 27 draft laws and legislative proposals. Key bills include amendments to the Law on Securities, the Law on Accounting, the Law on Independent Audit, the Law on Children, the Law on Persons with Disabilities, the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment, the Law on Pharmacy, and the Law on Population.
The committee will also give feedback on the draft Law on Food Safety (revised); amendments to the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms; the Law on Donation, Removal, and Transplantation of Human Tissues and Organs and Donation of Bodies (revised); amendments to the Law on Social Insurance; and the Law on Occupational Safety and Health (revised).
Additional agenda items cover draft legislation in security, public order, justice, the environment, energy, taxation, data, and intellectual property. Key bills feature the Law on Data Security, the Law on Electronic Identification and Authentication, the Law on Organization of Criminal Investigation Bodies (revised), the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations (revised), the Criminal Procedure Code (revised), amendments to the Law on Intellectual Property, and amendments to the Law on Electricity.
Notably, the committee will consider the explanation, feedback integration, and revision of the draft Criminal Code (revised), along with a draft resolution on piloting a non-conviction-based asset recovery and management mechanism for criminal assets.
Members will deliberate on and adopt several draft resolutions, including the 2027 Legislative Program, updated salary scales and leadership allowances for state officials, and specialized pay scales for the judiciary and procuracy sectors.
Other items include criteria for appointing and promoting procuracy inspectors, mechanisms allocating a portion of inspection-recovered funds to operational capacity building for inspection bodies, and judicial protection measures for judges.
The committee will evaluate the 2026 work report and the draft 2027 audit plan of the State Audit Office, alongside the National Assembly's public petition report for August 2026.
NA deputies will further review the National Target Program on Crime Prevention and Control for 2026-2030, with a vision to 2035.
Finally, the session will wrap up with a review of the First Extraordinary Session of the 16th legislature to assess results and outline follow-up tasks.