VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers yesterday afternoon agreed to
pass the Law on the Capital City. The law contains the position and role of the
capital city, and the responsibilities of the National Assembly, Government,
ministries, branches and people in protecting and developing the city.
It also embraces regulations to
protect the capital's culture, education, science and technology, housing
development and traffic and land management.
Under the law, planning must be
approved by the Prime Minister after the NA gave it the nod.
The law prohibits expanding
hospitals within the inner city, and new industrial zones and industrial
production enterprises, tertiary education and vocational training institutions
are not allowed to be built in the inner districts.
The Prime Minister will decide
measures and a road map to relocate some industrial enterprises, tertiary
education units and hospitals from the inner city to outlying areas.
The city's architecture,
landscape and construction must follow a master plan to ensure preservation and
promotion of cultural and historical values and create a green area for the
city as well as the two sides of the Hong (Red) River.
Given the city's budget cannot
cover important environmental, traffic, hydraulic projects, the State budget
would compensate for the shortfall under a proposal by the Prime Minister.
Anti-terrorism law
The NA deputies yesterday
discussed the draft law on fighting and preventing terrorism. Most of the
delegates said a special task force to fight terrorism should be formed.
Deputy Nguyen Van Minh from the
northern mountainous province of Bac Kan and Do Ngoc Nien from the southern
province of Ninh Thuan suggested training counter-terrorism skills and
supplying modern equipment for existing forces.
They argued that a force
specialising in counter-terrorism would require large investment in terms of
human resources and materials.
According to deputy Huynh The Ky
from the southern province of Ninh Thuan, a specialised anti-terrorism unit was
needed to prevent attacks, rather than react to them.
He added that this force did not
need to be large but must be ready for duty.
Some deputies asked for
clarification of what actions constituted terrorism in order to avoid confusion
with other crimes.
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