NA Standing Committee’s 23rd session begins

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee started its 23rd meeting in Hanoi on December 23 to review the outcomes of the NA’s sixth session and consider initial preparations for the next.
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee started its 23rd meetingin Hanoi on December 23 to review the outcomes of the NA’s sixthsession and consider initial preparations for the next.

Inhis opening remarks, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said the committeewill approve the Ordinance on Mobile Police and devise its workingprogramme as well as international cooperative programmes of NA agenciesduring 2014.

Lawmakers will also raise their opinions on aplan on the implementation of the Constitution and the committee’s draftreport reviewing the enforcement of the Law on Organisation of theNational Assembly in 2011.

During the session, legislatorsare scheduled to deliberate the issuance of a resolution on theimplementation of the Constitution, he stressed, adding that theresolution requires agencies to roll out plans to bring the legaldocument to fruition.

Highlighting the success of the sixthsession, which took place from October 21 to November 29, the chieflegislator said the sitting completed a heap of work.

Thelegislature approved the Constitution and the revised Land Law, anddecided on a socio-economic plan and the State budget for 2014 as wellas tasks set out for the remaining of the 2011-2015 five-year plan.

The question-and-answer session fulfilled the requirements oftoday and satisfied voters’ expectations, NA Chairman Hung said.

For the first time the legislative body has devoted time to look intothe Government’s report on the implementation of the NA’s resolutionson question-and-answer activities in the three previous sessions.
The hearing session took place in a democratic manner with open dialogue and a constructive spirit, he said.
The NA approved a resolution on the question-and-answer session andrequired the Government, the Prime Minister, the ministers and heads ofbranches to obtain deputies’ opinions.

NA Chairman Hung saidthe session’s outcomes have significantly contributed to nationalconstruction and development in the renewal period, helping to build upthe public’s trust.

In the morning, the committee approvedthe Ordinance on Mobile Police with five chapters stipulating theposition, function and operation of the force, among others.-VNA

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