National Assembly's 11th sitting to open on March 24

The 11th sitting of the 14th National Assembly (NA) will open in Hanoi on March 24.
National Assembly's 11th sitting to open on March 24 ảnh 1At the 10th sitting of the National Assembly (Photo: VNA)


Hanoi (VNA) –
The 11th sitting ofthe 14th National Assembly (NA) will open in Hanoi on March 24.

Over the past time, the NA Standing Committee, theGovernment, the Council for Ethnic Affairs and committees of the legislature,delegations of NA deputies, NA deputies, and agencies, organisations and individualsconcerned had promptly prepared for the sitting, while organising meetings withvoters to collect their opinions and submit them to the NA at the 11th session.

Prior to the opening ceremony on March 24 morning,leaders of the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front, along with NAdeputies will pay floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum inHanoi.

A preparatory session will start at 8am, during which NA Chairwoman Nguyen ThiKim Ngan will deliver remarks and NA Secretary General and head of the NA Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc will present a report on the revision of the session's agenda of the sitting, followed by a voting to approvethe working agenda.

The opening session will begin at 9:00 am and will be broadcast live by Radio The Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam Television and the NA’s television channel./.

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