NA passes four laws, debates two drafts

The 14th National Assembly continued its ninth working day of the second stage of the ongoing ninth session in Hanoi on June 17 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
NA passes four laws, debates two drafts ảnh 1At the ninth working session of the 14th National Assembly (Photo: VNA)

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The 14th National Assembly continued its ninth workingday of the second stage of the ongoing ninth session in Hanoi on June 17 underthe chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

In themorning, lawmakers approvedthe Law on Enterprises (revised) with 90.68 percent of votes in favour, and the lawamending and supplementing some articles of the Law on Natural DisasterPrevention and Control and the Law on Dykes with 92.34 percent of votes in favour.

Also in the morning, they discussed the draft law oninternational agreements.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh later explainedseveral issues of deputies’ concern.

In the afternoon,they voted on the Law on Investment (revised) and a draft law amending andsupplementing certain articles of the Construction Law with 92.34 percent and92.96 percent of deputies voting in favour, respectively.

Later, the lawmakers looked into the draft law on Vietnamese guest workers undercontracts.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung made clear severalissues of deputies’ concern

On June 18, the NA is scheduled to vote on a resolution on the recognition and implementationof rulings of the dispute settlement agency in accordance with the Vietnam-EUInvestment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) and the law on amendment andsupplement to some articles of the Law on the Issuance of Legal Documents.

They will debate a draft law amending and supplementing some articles of the law on settlement of administrative violations.

Also on the day, they are expected to vote on a resolution on the approval of Statebudget balance in 2018 and the law on investment in the form of Public-PrivatePartnership (PPP). Later they will discuss the law on environmentalprotection (revised)./.
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