The Standing Board approved the formation of the specialized research unit, describing it as a necessary step to implement the orientations of the Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat while strengthening the N.A. Party Committee's research and advisory capacity.
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Secretary of the National Assembly Party Committee and N.A. Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at the meeting to give opinions on the establishment of a specialized research unit under the N.A. Party Committee and the Department of Digital Transformation under the N.A. Office. |
The unit will bring together officials assigned by the Politburo and the Secretariat to conduct thematic research, helping to improve policy studies, practical reviews and strategic consultation on major, emerging and cross-sectoral issues in support of the N.A. Party Committee's leadership. It will also advise the Standing Board, Standing members of the N.A. Party Committee, its Secretary and N.A. Chairman on matters related to the N.A. Party Committee's tasks and reforms to the organization and operation of the legislature.
Its responsibilities include researching reforms to the organization and operation of the N.A. and its agencies; improving the quality of law-making, supreme supervision and decision-making on major national issues; enhancing public petition work, voter engagement and oversight of responses to voters' recommendations; and studying digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), international integration and parliamentary diplomacy.
The unit will also provide feedback on major projects, programs and reports under the authority of the N.A. Party Committee and undertake other assigned tasks.
The meeting also approved a resolution establishing the Department of Digital Transformation under the N.A. Office. The move is intended to support the development of a digital parliament through enhanced data governance, artificial intelligence applications, digital infrastructure, platforms and information security, ensure the provision of official digital information on the parliament's activities, and establish a dedicated body to coordinate and implement digital transformation in the N.A.'s subordinate agencies.
The department will advise the N.A. General Secretary and Chairman of the N.A. Office on the unified management and implementation of digital transformation, science and technology, innovation, AI applications, digital infrastructure, digital platforms and digital data in the legislature's agencies.
It will also manage the N.A.'s digital ecosystem, provide official information and legislative knowledge, and promote policy communications through digital platforms to support the parliament's activities.
Source: VNA