National Assembly passes resolutions

The 14th National Assembly approved a resolution on the establishment of the National Election Council (NEC) in the morning of June 19, with 94.41 percent of deputies voting in favour.
National Assembly passes resolutions ảnh 1Members of the National Election Council. (Photo: VNA)

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The 14th NationalAssembly approved a resolution on the establishment of the National ElectionCouncil (NEC) in the morning of June 19, with 94.41 percent of deputies voting infavour.

It had earlier passed a resolution on the election of theChairperson of the NEC and another ratifying the list of Vice Chairpersons andmembers of the council.

Accordingly, NA Chairwoman Nguyen ThiKim Ngan was elected Chairwoman of the NEC. The ViceChairpersons are NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong, Deputy Prime MinisterTruong Hoa Binh, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man, and Vice StatePresident Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh.

With 91.72 percent of votes in favour, the legislaturealso ratified a resolution on adjustments to the investment policy on building certaineastern sections of the North-South Expressway in 2017-2020.

Accordingly, the Mai Son-National Highway 45 section,Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet section, and Phan Thiet-Dau Giay section will betransformed from the public-private partnership (PPP) model, using part of theState budget, to public investment, with all capital sourced from the State coffers.Additional investment capital from the State budget is not to exceed 23.461trillion VND (1 billion USD).

The Government will review, identify, and takeresponsibility for the accuracy and fairness of adjusted investment in thethree component projects, as well as the total investment for the project.

It will also implement the component projects usingpublic investment and put them into operation no later than the end of 2022,while putting forth suitable plans to recover the State capital./.
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