National Assembly opens 9th session in Hanoi

Addressing the opening ceremony, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung stated that Vietnam has recorded positive changes in socio-economic development in the four months leading up to May. The national economy has shown signs of recovery while the country has achieved progress in ensuring social welfare, reducing poverty, strengthening national defence and maintaining political stability and social order and security.

The legislative leader emphasised that 2015 is a year to fulfil targets set by the 11th National Party Congress and the 13th National Assembly. The session will offer a good opportunity to review the nation’s development stage in order to identify what should be done in the time ahead.

Hung said eleven bills and a resolution on the 2016 law and ordinance building programme will be reviewed at the ninth session. He asked NA deputies to promote their brainpower and stance to give opinions and devise solutions to make the session a success.

At the session, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc assessed the results of socio-economic performance and state budget in 2014, and the implementation of socio-economic plan and state budget in the early months of 2015 while the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee's President Nguyen Thien Nhan presented a report to combine all opinions and recommendations of voters.