Since the National Assembly session opened, the government has submitted 35 draft laws along with a report on implementing Resolution No. 206/2025/QH15, and about 60 laws were discussed over roughly one week. The government expects to submit 78 laws and resolutions for Assembly approval in 2026, focusing on tax exemptions and reductions, land resources, social housing and support for private enterprises. According to the report, the review abolished 56 conditional business sectors and lines of trade, cut 697 administrative procedures, and reduced compliance time by 53% and compliance costs by 55%, saving about VND 23 trillion per year. The draft amendment to the Law on Real Estate Business removes the registration procedure for apartment sales contracts, moving them to public disclosure on the Housing and Real Estate Market Information System.
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Original headline: Tuần của 35 dự án luật và tốc độ “chưa từng có” trong xây dựng thể chế
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