NA Standing Committee opens 20th session

NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue addresses the 20th session of the NA Standing Committee on February 13. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The NationalAssembly (NA) Standing Committee commenced its 20th session in Hanoion February 13 morning.

Opening the event, NA Chairman VuongDinh Hue said the three-day session will look into the draft law on civildefence, the draft law on protection of consumer rights, and the draft revisedone on electronic transactions, which were discussed for the first time at the 15th parliament’s fourth session in late 2022.

The Standing Committee will also scrutiniseand make decisions about seven groups of issues, including an ordinance onpenalties for administrative violations in the field of state auditing and threedraft resolutions of the Standing Committee.

The 20th session of the NA Standing Committee opens on February 13 morning. (Photo: VNA)

A draft decree on protection ofpersonal information, the establishment of district- and communal-level administrativeunits in some provinces, and the allocation of capital for tasks and projectsunder the socio-economic recovery and development prorgamme are also on the agenda.

Besides, the legislators will review thesecond and third extraordinary sessions and consider the Prime Minister’s proposalson the appointment and relief of Vietnamese ambassadors.

Besides, they will review the NA’s settlement of people’s petitions in December2022 and January 2023, according to Chairman Hue./.

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