VOV.VN - Vietnam will celebrate its great national unity festival on November 18. Activities are underway around Vietnam to tighten the bonds between neighbors, villages, and communities and promote national unity.

Lawmakers voted to approve a resolution on the allocation of central budget in 2017 during the ongoing second session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on November 14.

The Ministry of Finance is drafting a Government’s decision on a master plan for practising thrift and preventing wastefulness for the 2016-2020 period, with specific regulations on economical spending in some budget-using areas.

Deputies adopted a resolution on State budget allocation for 2017 with 82.15 percent of approval votes during the ongoing second session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on November 14. 

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

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. 

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

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.

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

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. 

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.

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.