NA begins question-and-answer session

The 14th National Assembly began questioning ministers and heads of sectors on November 6, as part of its ongoing eighth session in Hanoi.
NA begins question-and-answer session ảnh 1At the eighth session of the 14th National Assembly (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA)
– The 14th NationalAssembly began questioning ministers and heads of sectors on November 6, aspart of its ongoing eighth session in Hanoi.

The three-day question-and-answer (Q&A)session is being broadcast live on Voice of Vietnam (VOV), Vietnam Television(VTV), and Vietnam National Assembly Television.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentNguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh, Minister ofHome Affairs Le Vinh Tan, and Minister of Information and Communications NguyenManh Hung will field questions raised by deputies during the three days.

Deputy Prime Ministers in charge of relatedfields, other ministers, the Governor of the State Bank, and the GovernmentInspector General will also take part in the session.

At the end of the session, Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc will clarify related issues and answer lawmakers’ questions.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentNguyen Xuan Cuong will be the first person to answer deputies’ questions in themorning of November 6.

In the afternoon, legislators will questionMinister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.

On November 5, the 12th working dayof the NA’s 8th session, National Assembly General Secretary NguyenHanh Phuc delivered an initial report on the 39 dead victims found in a lorryin the UK.

NA Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu said the NA sendsits condolences to the bereaved families and urged the Government, ministries,departments and localities to work with relevant countries to verify the issueand take measures to protect citizens.

The NA told the Ministry of Public Security topush ahead with an investigation into trafficking rings who send workers abroadillegally, he added.

Deputies also discussed reports from theGovernment, judicial agencies and the NA in preventing crime, legal violationsand corruption, as well as the work of the Chief Justice of the SupremePeople’s Court, the Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, andthe enforcement of verdicts in 2019.

Ministerof Finance Dinh Tien Dung and Chairman of the NA Committee on Finance andBudget Nguyen Duc Hai presented reports on the allocation of over 4 trillionVND (171.8 million USD) of the total 10 trillion VND earmarked for importantnational projects in the public investment plan for 2016-2020./.
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