NA 5th session: Question time said to be productive
NA 5th session: Question time said to be productive

The National Assembly completed the three-day question period in the afternoon of June 6, which many NA deputies and voters assessed as productive thanks to changes in the rules for question & answer. 

NA 5th session: Question time said to be productive
Lawmakers discuss bills on public security, animal husbandry
Lawmakers discuss bills on public security, animal husbandry

Legislators will discuss in groups the draft revised laws on public security and animal husbandry during the ongoing fifth sitting of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 7.

Lawmakers discuss bills on public security, animal husbandry
Cabinet members field questions on education, training
Cabinet members field questions on education, training

National Assembly deputies raised questions on education and training issues on June 6, also the final question and answer session of the ongoing fifth meeting of the 14th National Assembly. 

Cabinet members field questions on education, training
Ensuring defence security crucial to draft law on special economic units
Ensuring defence security crucial to draft law on special economic units

Ensuring defence security is the number one principle when designing the draft law on special administrative-economic units, affirmed Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.

Ensuring defence security crucial to draft law on special economic units
Deputy PM clarifies pressing educational issues
Deputy PM clarifies pressing educational issues

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam further clarified pressing issues in the educational sector during the question and answer session for Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha on June 6. 

Deputy PM clarifies pressing educational issues
Appropriate BOT fee reduction needed: Deputy PM
Appropriate BOT fee reduction needed: Deputy PM

The appropriate reduction of build-operate-transfer (BOT) fees will help ensure the harmony of interests of the State, investors and people, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at the ongoing fifth meeting of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 6.

Appropriate BOT fee reduction needed: Deputy PM
Q&A sessions take place democratically: top legislator
Q&A sessions take place democratically: top legislator

Question and answer sessions of the fifth sitting of the 14th National Assembly (NA) took place from June 4-6 in a democratic, frank and responsible atmosphere, said NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

Q&A sessions take place democratically: top legislator
NA’s plenary session focuses on land management, labour issues
NA’s plenary session focuses on land management, labour issues

Land and labour market issues were the focus of the 14th National Assembly (NA)’s plenary session chaired by NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on June 5. 

NA’s plenary session focuses on land management, labour issues
Land management must be strengthened: top legislator
Land management must be strengthened: top legislator

Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has asked the Government to thoroughly study opinions of NA deputies during the Q&A session for Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha in order to address shortcoming and weaknesses in land management.  

Land management must be strengthened: top legislator
Minister admits problems in waste treatment, delayed projects
Minister admits problems in waste treatment, delayed projects

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha continued to answer questions raised by National Assembly (NA) deputies on June 5 morning, focusing on waste treatment and management of land in delayed projects.

Minister admits problems in waste treatment, delayed projects
Quality of NA Q&A session improved: voters
Quality of NA Q&A session improved: voters

Citizens nationwide have praised the question-and-answer (Q&A) session on transport and environment matters, which was broadcast live on VTV 1 on June 4 as part of the National Assembly’s ongoing fifth meeting.

Quality of NA Q&A session improved: voters
Ministers field questions about land, environment, labour issues
Ministers field questions about land, environment, labour issues

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha and Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung are answering questions raised by deputies at the ongoing Q&A session of the fifth meeting of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 5.

Ministers field questions about land, environment, labour issues
Ministers of Transport, Natural Resources and Environment questioned at NA
Ministers of Transport, Natural Resources and Environment questioned at NA

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha were grilled by National Assembly (NA) deputies during the question-and-answer session on June 4 as part of the NA’s ongoing 5th meeting.

Ministers of Transport, Natural Resources and Environment questioned at NA
Environment Minister fields questions from deputies at NA session
Environment Minister fields questions from deputies at NA session

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha on June 4 answered queries by deputies on solutions to tackle urban pollution, as part of the National Assembly’s ongoing fifth session.

Environment Minister fields questions from deputies at NA session
NA Chairwoman stresses effective use of investments in transport sector
NA Chairwoman stresses effective use of investments in transport sector

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has asked the Transport Ministry to use investments sourced from the State budget and mid-term government bonds effectively and in line with law.

NA Chairwoman stresses effective use of investments in transport sector
PM willing to listen to advice on special administrative-economic unit bill
PM willing to listen to advice on special administrative-economic unit bill

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed his willingness to listen with high responsibility to opinions of intellectuals, experts, people and particularly National Assembly deputies on the proposal of land lease of 99 years in the draft law on special administrative-economic units.

PM willing to listen to advice on special administrative-economic unit bill
Improvements seen in responding to citizen’s correspondence: ombudsman board
Improvements seen in responding to citizen’s correspondence: ombudsman board

Observable improvements have been recorded in responding to citizen’s correspondence sent to the National Assembly (NA) and the Government, according to a report by the ombudsman board of the NA Standing Committee.

Improvements seen in responding to citizen’s correspondence: ombudsman board
NA to question Government members on four groups of issues
NA to question Government members on four groups of issues

The National Assembly is holding question and answer (Q&A) sessions from June 4-6 as part of its ongoing fifth session, which are broadcast live on national television and radio.

NA to question Government members on four groups of issues
Party commission announces violations in Mobifone’s AVG purchase
Party commission announces violations in Mobifone’s AVG purchase

The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission announced on June 2 violations in the purchase of 95 percent of shares at the AVG Audiovisual JSC by the MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation. 

Party commission announces violations in Mobifone’s AVG purchase
PM Phuc points to insufficient simplification of administrative procedures
PM Phuc points to insufficient simplification of administrative procedures

VOV.VN -  The impractical rollout of the simplification of administrative procedures by ministries has caused numerous difficulties for businesses and the investment environment, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a monthly regular cabinet meeting in Hanoi on June 2.

PM Phuc points to insufficient simplification of administrative procedures
Lawmakers discuss draft laws on 11th working day
Lawmakers discuss draft laws on 11th working day

Lawmakers discussed a number of draft laws during a plenary session in Hanoi on June 1 presided over by National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

Lawmakers discuss draft laws on 11th working day
NA deputies debate revised Anti-Corruption bill
NA deputies debate revised Anti-Corruption bill

National Assembly deputies gave opinions on reports on the verification and adjustments of the draft Anti-Corruption Law (revised) and a bill on the amendments and supplements to some articles of the Law on Physical Training and Sports on May 31 as part of their ongoing fifth session.

NA deputies debate revised Anti-Corruption bill
PM asks Binh Thuan to develop industry, agriculture
PM asks Binh Thuan to develop industry, agriculture

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked Binh Thuan province to further improve the investment environment, remove difficulties for enterprises, and boost the growth of both industry and agriculture.

PM asks Binh Thuan to develop industry, agriculture
Scope of Anti-Corruption Law supported to cover non-State sector
Scope of Anti-Corruption Law supported to cover non-State sector

A report on revisions to the draft amended Anti-Corruption Law has showed many lawmakers’ support for expanding the law’s scope to the non-State sector.

Scope of Anti-Corruption Law supported to cover non-State sector
Legislators talk revisions to anti-corruption, sports laws
Legislators talk revisions to anti-corruption, sports laws

Draft amendments to the Anti-Corruption Law and the Law on Physical Training and Sports are being discussed by the National Assembly (NA) on May 31, part of the ongoing fifth session of the 14th-tenure parliament.

Legislators talk revisions to anti-corruption, sports laws
Law building programme tabled for discussion at NA
Law building programme tabled for discussion at NA

A draft programme on law and ordinance building for 2019 and adjustments to the law and ordinance building programme for 2018 were presented to the National Assembly in the morning session of the National Assembly on May 30. 

Law building programme tabled for discussion at NA
Regulation outlines responsibilities of anti-corruption inspectors
Regulation outlines responsibilities of anti-corruption inspectors

Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Tran Quoc Vuong has signed to promulgate the Politburo’s Regulation No.1 outlining responsibilities and jurisdictions of inspection commissions from district-level and higher in combating and preventing corruption.

Regulation outlines responsibilities of anti-corruption inspectors
Two bills, law building programmes to be mulled on May 30
Two bills, law building programmes to be mulled on May 30

The draft law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Higher Education is set to be scrutinised during the fifth sitting of the 14th National Assembly on May 30 morning. 

Two bills, law building programmes to be mulled on May 30
Legislators continue to debate bills on May 29
Legislators continue to debate bills on May 29

Legislators mulled over several bills on May 29, the eighth working day of the fifth sitting of the 14th National Assembly. 

Legislators continue to debate bills on May 29
Voters urge building of complete legal framework for SOE equitisation
Voters urge building of complete legal framework for SOE equitisation

The discussion at the National Assembly on the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) during 2011-2016 attracted great interest of voters nationwide, with many urging more efforts to improve legal framework for the work. 

Voters urge building of complete legal framework for SOE equitisation
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