Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, presented a Government proposal saying the bill is set to create a framework for the prevention and response to disasters and incidents, while protecting people’s assets and health.

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Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, presents a Government proposal.

It also aims to deal with loopholes in the legal system, ensuring civil defense, he added.

With seven chapters and 75 articles, the document focuses on six policies regarding the evaluation of disaster and incident risks in civil defense, assignment in State management and decentralization in the organization of prevention and response activities, civilian protection measures, the organizational revamp of National Civil Defense Steering Committee, big data application, and emergencies in civil defense.

The Government is seeking the N.A.'s opinions on whether to stipulate emergencies in civil defense.

The N.A. Standing Committee basically agreed on the need for a law on civil defense, saying that civil defense is a crucial part of national defense to which the Party and the State have always paid attention.

Given unexpected and complex developments of natural disasters and diseases, traditional and non-traditional security threats, and global and regional uncertainties, the law is necessary, they said.

Source: VNA