National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue chairs the NA Standing Committee's 57th meeting on June 14. (Photo: VNA) The meeting is slated to review the National ElectionCouncil (NEC)’s preliminary report on the outcomes of the elections of deputiesto the 15th NA and all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026tenure and discussed the preparations for the first sitting of the 15th NA slated for July 20.
The NA Standing Committee members are also scheduled to contributeopinions for the finalization of reports on the implementation ofsocio-economic, financial and State budget goals in the first half of 2021 andmeasures for the accomplishments of the goals in the remaining months.
Following a report delivered by the NA General Secretaryand chief of the NEC Office summing up the outcomes of the elections, Chairmanof the NA’s Committee for Ethnic Affairs Ha Ngoc Chien welcomed the results ofthe elections which saw a high rate of elected ethnic minority deputies.Notably, for the first time the 15th NA has representatives from Luand Brau ethnic minority groups, which have very small populations, Chien said.
Chairwoman Nguyen Thuy Anh of the NA’s Committee forSocial Affairs, meanwhile, took note of the record ratio of women in the 15th NA, which exceeds 30 percent of the total. This enables Vietnam to climb 20places to rank 51st globally in the proportion of womenparliamentarians, she said.
The country also rose to the fourth place from the ninthin Asia, and the first from the fourth among the ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly member states in the relevant rankings, she noted, adding that it is sucha considerable improvement which should be added to the report.
During the two-day meeting, the NA Standing Committeewill also ratify the appointment of a new ambassador to Cambodia./.
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