Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly (NA)Standing Committee opened its 40th session, the last of its kind this year, inHanoi on December 17.
In her opening speech, NA Chairwoman Nguyen ThiKim Ngan said at this sitting, the NA Standing Committee will review theoutcomes of the recent eighth session of the parliament, give initial opinionson the preparation for the ninth session next year, and discuss the building ofa development strategy for the State Audit between 2020 and 2030, with a visionto 2035.
It is set to look into the outcomes ofdiplomatic and international cooperation programmes in 2019, and considerexternal activities of the NA Standing Committee, the NA’s Ethnic AffairsCouncil and committees, friendship parliamentary groups, agencies of the NAStanding Committee, the State Audit Office, and the NA Office.
Besides, the NA Standing Committee is scheduledto make decisions on the organisation of district- and communal-leveladministrative units in 11 provinces, along with the establishment of QuangThanh ward in Gia Nghia township and the establishment of Gia Nghia city in theCentral Highlands province of Dak Nong.
They will adjust the foreign capital-fundedinvestment plan in 2019 among ministries, sectors and localities whileassigning the medium-term investment plan using the central budget for2016-2020 to the Vietnam Development Bank.
The NA Standing Committee’s agenda for 2020 willalso be put under discussion during this session, which is set to last for oneand a half days, according to the chairwoman.
Following the opening, participants scrutinisedthe organisation of district- and communal-level administrative units in 11provinces and the foundation of Quang Thanh ward in Gia Nghia township and GiaNghia city in Dak Nong province./.
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