14th NA: First hearing begins on November 15
14th NA: First hearing begins on November 15

The 14th National Assembly is slated to begin Question & Answer session on November 15, which will be broadcast live on national television and radio. 

14th NA: First hearing begins on November 15
Vietnam’s development resources lay around the globe: PM says
Vietnam’s development resources lay around the globe: PM says

Vietnam’s development potential and resources lay not only in the S-shaped country but also in many other places around the globe, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said, implying Vietnamese expatriates who attended a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 12. 

Vietnam’s development resources lay around the globe: PM says
NA discusses Law on Technology Transfer, endorses State budget plan
NA discusses Law on Technology Transfer, endorses State budget plan

VOV.VN - Draft laws on revising the Technology Transfer and Railway laws topped the National Assembly’s agenda on November 11.

NA discusses Law on Technology Transfer, endorses State budget plan
Four ministers to go before National Assembly for hearings
Four ministers to go before National Assembly for hearings

Ministers of Industry and Trade, Natural Resources and Environment, Education and Training, and Home Affairs will appear at the National Assembly (NA)’s question and answer session which is scheduled to last two and a half days from November 15-17.

Four ministers to go before National Assembly for hearings
Investigators asked to uncover economic, corruption cases
Investigators asked to uncover economic, corruption cases

Investigator should focus on bringing into light major economic and corruption cases that have caught public concerns, President Tran Dai Quang said.

Investigators asked to uncover economic, corruption cases
Stronger decentralisation hoped to stimulate development in HCM City
Stronger decentralisation hoped to stimulate development in HCM City

Prime Minster Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s decision to pilot stronger decentralisation and authorisation for Ho Chi Minh City is expected to help the locality become a modern and civilised city with good life quality. 

Stronger decentralisation hoped to stimulate development in HCM City
NA plans nearly US$90 billion for five-year public investment
NA plans nearly US$90 billion for five-year public investment

With 89.88 percent of votes, the National Assembly on November 10 approved a resolution on a medium-term public investment plan for the 2016-2020 period, which stipulates a maximum of US$89.56 billion of five-year spending.

NA plans nearly US$90 billion for five-year public investment
Draft laws, resolutions discussed at NA’s second session
Draft laws, resolutions discussed at NA’s second session

A number of draft laws and resolutions were discussed and adopted at the ongoing second session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on November 8. 

Draft laws, resolutions discussed at NA’s second session
National Assembly adopts five-year financial plan
National Assembly adopts five-year financial plan

Legislators approved a resolution on the five-year financial plan with 86.64% of “yes” votes during the ongoing second meeting of the 14th National Assembly on November 9. 

National Assembly adopts five-year financial plan
NA sets overspending below 3.5 pct of GDP by 2020
NA sets overspending below 3.5 pct of GDP by 2020

State budget overspending will be reduced to below 3.5 percent of GDP by 2020, while public debts, government debts and the country’s foreign debts will not exceed 65 percent, 54 percent and 50 percent, respectively, of GDP annually in 2016-2020. 

NA sets overspending below 3.5 pct of GDP by 2020
Legislators debate draft laws on tourism, SME support
Legislators debate draft laws on tourism, SME support

A number of draft laws were discussed at the ongoing second session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on November 8.

Legislators debate draft laws on tourism, SME support
Draft irrigation law promises better life for farmers
Draft irrigation law promises better life for farmers

The draft law on irrigation presented at the second meeting of the 14th National Assembly is expected to ensure requirements of sustainable socio-economic development, thus helping improve the material and spiritual life of people, including farmers.

Draft irrigation law promises better life for farmers
Revised law should facilitate tourism’s transformation to key industry
Revised law should facilitate tourism’s transformation to key industry

Tourism should be developed into a spearhead industry, and thus it is necessary to amend the existing tourism law to remove obstacles for the sector’s growth, National Assembly (NA) deputies have said. 

Revised law should facilitate tourism’s transformation to key industry
National Assembly targets 6.7% GDP growth in 2017
National Assembly targets 6.7% GDP growth in 2017

The National Assembly (NA) on November 7 adopted a resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2017, which aims at a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of about 6.7%. 

National Assembly targets 6.7% GDP growth in 2017
Several draft laws discussed at 14th NA’s second session
Several draft laws discussed at 14th NA’s second session

Lawmakers discussed several draft laws at the ongoing second session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on November 7. 

Several draft laws discussed at 14th NA’s second session
Anti-corruption resolution’s outcomes summarised
Anti-corruption resolution’s outcomes summarised

Building a preventive mechanism with severe punishments is proposed a measure aimed at deterring corruption, head a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 7.

Anti-corruption resolution’s outcomes summarised
Sound policy needs prompt action
Sound policy needs prompt action

Public opinion has approved the recent instructions of the Government and the Prime Minister on enhancing the effective use of public asset, responding to the marine environmental incidents and floods in the central region, and preventing fires in high risk areas. 

Sound policy needs prompt action
President meets new Professors, Associate Professors
President meets new Professors, Associate Professors

VOV.VN - On November 5, President Tran Dai Quang met new Professors and Associate Professors of 2016. 

President meets new Professors, Associate Professors
Party Resolution on international economic integration
Party Resolution on international economic integration

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on November 5 signed  a resolution on effectively implementing international economic integration, maintaining social political stability in the context of Vietnam’s participation in new-generation free trade agreements. 

Party Resolution on international economic integration
Workshop on 70 years of Vietnam's Constitution
Workshop on 70 years of Vietnam's Constitution

VOV.VN - On November 5, the National Assembly Office hosted a workshop on 70 years of Vietnam’s Constitution.

Workshop on 70 years of Vietnam's Constitution
PM directs discipline against former industry-trade minister
PM directs discipline against former industry-trade minister

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is also Secretary of the Government’s Party Civil Affairs Committee, has issued directions regarding the imposition of disciplinary measures against former Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang. 

PM directs discipline against former industry-trade minister
Lawmakers review rural construction, agricultural restructuring
Lawmakers review rural construction, agricultural restructuring

Legislators examined inspection outcomes of the implementation of the national target programme on new-style rural areas for 2010-2015 in combination with agricultural restructuring during their plenary session on November 4.

Lawmakers review rural construction, agricultural restructuring
Voters voice opinions on urgent issues
Voters voice opinions on urgent issues

Voters have voiced their opinions on urgent issues relating to the development of the country which were discussed at the second session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) on November 3. 

Voters voice opinions on urgent issues
Deputies talk measures to ensure sustainable development
Deputies talk measures to ensure sustainable development

Avoiding wasted investments, speeding up administrative reforms and improving social conditions are needed for sustained development, National Assembly deputies said on November 3 at a session devoted to socio-economic progress.

Deputies talk measures to ensure sustainable development
NA deputies discuss economic growth
NA deputies discuss economic growth

To realise the GDP growth target of between 6.3-6.5 percent in 2016, the growth rate in the final quarter of this year must reach between 7.09 -7.71 percent, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said.

NA deputies discuss economic growth
Party Secretariat disciplines former industry-trade minister
Party Secretariat disciplines former industry-trade minister

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat held a meeting in Hanoi on November 2 to discuss disciplinary measures for the Party Delegation to the Ministry of Industry and Trade in the 2011-2016 tenure and its former Secretary Vu Huy Hoang.

Party Secretariat disciplines former industry-trade minister
NA debates mobilization of resources for economic restructuring
NA debates mobilization of resources for economic restructuring

VOV.VN  -National Assembly deputies discussed a plan on economic restructuring until 2020 towards sustainability and a farming focus at the ongoing second session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on November 3.

NA debates mobilization of resources for economic restructuring
NA looks at policies for ethnics, power plants’ environmental impacts
NA looks at policies for ethnics, power plants’ environmental impacts

The National Assembly heard explanations presented by two ministers on policies for ethnic minorities and mountainous regions, and the environmental impacts of power plants, among other issues, at the November 3 morning session. 

NA looks at policies for ethnics, power plants’ environmental impacts
NA deputies scrutinise strategic targets for national economy
NA deputies scrutinise strategic targets for national economy

Resources should be invested in strategic targets to meet requirements of economic restructuring and maintain a suitable growth in the future, a NA deputy has said.

NA deputies scrutinise strategic targets for national economy
NA seeks measures to boost economic restructuring
NA seeks measures to boost economic restructuring

VOV.VN - The economic restructuring plan for 2016-2020 is being discussed for the first time at the 2nd session of the 14th National Assembly. The plan is to create an appropriate economic structure to achieve greater economic growth.

NA seeks measures to boost economic restructuring
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