Great national unity festival
Great national unity festival

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.

Great national unity festival
NA approves resolution on central budget allocation
NA approves resolution on central budget allocation

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.

NA approves resolution on central budget allocation
Government drafts thrift practice, wastefulness prevention plan
Government drafts thrift practice, wastefulness prevention plan

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.

Government drafts thrift practice, wastefulness prevention plan
NA passes resolution on State budget allocation for 2017
NA passes resolution on State budget allocation for 2017

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. 

NA passes resolution on State budget allocation for 2017
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
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