Laws on radio frequencies, civil defence under discussion on November 9
Draft revisions to the Law on Radio Frequencies and the Law on Civil Defence were scrutinised by the National Assembly (NA) on November 9, the 17th working day of the 15th parliament’s ongoing fourth session.
Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang gives further information about the draft Law on Civil Defence on November 9. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Draftrevisions to the Law on Radio Frequencies and the Law on Civil Defence were scrutinised by the National Assembly (NA) on November 9, the 17th working day of the 15th parliament’s ongoing fourth session.
Legislators spent the entire morningconsidering the documents.
At the afternoon plenary sitting,Chairman of the NA’s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment Le QuangHuy presented a report detailing adjustments to the draft law amending andsupplementing some articles of the Law on Radio Frequencies.
Participants later voted to approve Point d of Clause 4 in Article 18 of the Law on Radio Frequencies,which is Clause 6 in Article 1 of the draft law. Then, they adopted the entiredraft law.
After that, they scrutinised thedraft Law on Civil Defence.
Concluding the discussion, Ministerof National Defence Phan Van Giang clarified some issues mentioned by NA deputies.
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Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang gives further information about the draft Law on Civil Defence on November 9. (Photo: VNA) 
