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NA’s fifth session slated for mid-2018

The fifth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) is scheduled to take place from May 21 to June 18, 2018, heard the December 13 sitting of the NA Standing Committee as part of its ongoing 19th meeting.
NA’s fifth session slated for mid-2018 ảnh 1General Secretary and Chairman of the National Assembly's Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc addressing the 19th meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi(VNA) – The fifth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) isscheduled to take place from May 21 to June 18, 2018, heard the December 13sitting of the NA Standing Committee as part of its ongoing 19th meeting.

At the fifth session,the NA will debate and adopt seven bills, one draft resolution, and giveopinions to 11 other bills, including the revised Anti-Corruption Law and a lawon amendments and supplementations to some articles of the Law on EnvironmentalProtection Tax.

NA deputies willdiscuss reports on socio-economic development, State budget and State budgetbalance, while conducting thematic supervision and approve resolutions on the supervisionprogramme and the formation of a NA thematic supervision group in 2019. At thesame time, they will also decide on several important issues of the country.

On December 13, the NAStanding Committee’s members reviewed the outcomes of the 14th NA’sfourth session. They agreed that the session completed a large amount of work, makingmany important decisions that create new motivations for national socio-economicgrowth.

They held that thedecisions helped deal with urgent matters, contributing to boosting thecountry’s development and international integration.

However, they alsopointed to some shortcomings of the fourth session, including limitations inpreparing documents.-VNA
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