VOV.VN - A seminar themed "Việt Nam – Đất nước nhìn từ biển” (Vietnam - the country seen from the sea) was held recently to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the signing of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and ten years of the enforcement of the Law of the Sea of Vietnam.

Vietnam is set to grant a licence under the Voluntary Partnership Agreement/FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme to wood exports in 2025, after it completes preparing necessary conditions, reported a government official familiar with the sector.

The National Assembly (NA) adopted two laws and a resolution in the morning of June 16, the last day of its third sitting in Hanoi.

Legislators on June 14 scrutinised the draft Law on Implementation of Democracy at Grassroots Level, which, the drafting agency said, puts people at the centre.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance has put forward a proposal to abandon the petrol and oil price stabilisation fund in the pricing bill (revised) and is currently gathering public opinions on the matter.

The 15th NA adopted a Resolution on the Law and Ordinance Building Programme in 2023 and the amendments to the Law and Ordinance Building Programme in 2022 with 92.77% votes in favour during its ongoing third sitting in Hanoi on June 13.

NA deputies highlighted the need to clearly define the scale and tasks as well as create a legal foundation to ensure the efficiency of the operation during the discussion of the draft amended Law on Medical Examination and Treatment on June 13.

Legislators will spend most of the time in the last working week of the third sitting of the 15th National Assembly (June 13-16) debating a number of draft laws.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 6 chaired a workshop to collect opinions of the Party Committees of northern provinces and centrally-run cities on a draft project on a strategy on building and perfecting the law-governed socialist state of Vietnam to 2030 with a vision to 2045.

The revision of the Petroleum Law is crucial to creating a smooth legal corridor for investors and increasing the attractiveness of the investment environment in the field of oil and gas, said Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.