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. 

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. 

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. 

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

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.

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. 

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%. 

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

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.

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. 

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

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. 

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

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

The restructuring of agriculture sector towards high technology was a highlight of the National Assembly’s debate on November 2. 

The Government has quickly responded to pressing issues in society since it took office earlier this year, several National Assembly (NA) deputies told the media on the sidelines of the November 2 plenary discussion. 

VOV.VN - The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong touched upon agricultural restructuring on November 2 at the ongoing 2nd session of the 14th National Assembly (NA).

National Assembly deputies on November 2 began exploring the outcomes of the implementation of socio-economic development plan in 2016, the plan for 2017 and the economic restructuring plan for 2016-2020. 

Constituents nationwide are paying attention to the second session of the 14th National Assembly that discussed economic restructuring for 2016-2020 on November 2. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on November 1 signed into issuance a resolution on several major policies and guidelines to continue renewing growth model; improving growth quality, labour productivity and economic competitiveness. 

VOV.VN - On November 1, the National Assembly’s 2nd plenary meeting discussed financial issues, public debts, and mid-term public investment for the 2016-2020 period.