Hanoi, Aug. 10 -- Lawmakers are scheduled to discuss on August 10 two draft laws - the revised Law on Grassroots Mediation and a law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Contract-Based Vietnamese Guest Workers as part of their agenda of the first extraordinary sitting of the 16th National Assembly. The draft amended Law on Grassroots Mediation comprises five chapters and 35 articles.

Notable amendments include additional rights for mediators to better facilitate their work, as well as clearer provisions on the scope and forms of participation and the rights and obligations of people invited to take part in grassroots mediation.

Decentralisation and delegation of authority are also key elements of the draft, aime...