The seventh session of the 13th National Assembly wrapped up on June24 after more than one month of sitting, during which 11 laws and tworesolutions were adopted and 16 draft laws and one resolution weredebated.
Addressing the closing ceremony, NAChairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said the session took place at a time whenregional and international situation was undergoing dangerous,unpredictable and complicated developments, with China illegal placingits oil rig deep inside Vietnam ’s exclusive economic zone andcontinental shelf.
The national independence,sovereignty as well as peace, stability and maritime security and safetyand freedom of navigation in the East Sea are being seriouslythreatened, he said.
The NA leader affirmed thatChina ’s move gravely violated Vietnam’s sovereignty, sovereignright and jurisdiction, infringing international law, including the 1982United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Declaration onthe Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC).
It also went against high-level agreements reached between Vietnam andChina on the basic principles guiding the settlement of maritimeissues and deeply hurt the friendship, solidarity and neighbourlinessbetween the two people, he said.
The NA also issued astatement clarifying its stance on the issue, protesting China ’sillegal acts and demanding it remove immediately its rig out ofVietnam’s waters and not to repeat actions violating Vietnamesesovereignty, Chairman Hung stated.
Regarding otherkey issues, the NA Chairman urged the Government, ministries andlocalities to continue promoting inner strengths to maintainmacro-economic stability, speeding up economic restructuring and growthmodel renovation and improve social welfares.
Healso underscored the need to ensure social security and safety, andexpand external relations activities and international integration.
The NA leader also assigned the NA Standing Committee, the Governmentand other state agencies to conduct comprehensive measures to ensure theeffective implementation of the new Constitution.
During the session, deputies discussed a resolution on confidence votingand agreed on the need to mull over before adopting it. Meanwhile,votes of confidence will continue to be conducted on people holdingpositions elected or approved by the NA and the People’s Councils.
With 96.18 percent of votes, deputies also passed a resolution on question-and-answer results at this session.
Agencies of the National Assembly, the Government, the SupremePeople’s Court, and the Supreme People’s Procuracy deal with 2,268questions sent to the previous session by voters nationwide.
The NA also tasked the Government, ministries and relevant agencies topromptly give answers to 2,216 questions sent to the NA at the seventhsession and report to the NA at the next session.
Asmuch as 96.99 percent of deputies approved a resolution on stepping upthe implementation of sustainable poverty reduction by 2020.
The resolution sets a target of reducing the ratio of the country’spoor households to below 5 percent and that of poor districts to lessthan 30 percent by 2015. It also comes up with measures to fulfil allpoverty reduction goals and avoid relapse in the 2016-2020 period.
Especially, the resolution targets that at least 90 percent of poorhouseholds have access to social health insurance and 70 percent oflocal health care stations in communes will be upgraded to providesufficient social healthcare insurance services.-VNA
Addressing the closing ceremony, NAChairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said the session took place at a time whenregional and international situation was undergoing dangerous,unpredictable and complicated developments, with China illegal placingits oil rig deep inside Vietnam ’s exclusive economic zone andcontinental shelf.
The national independence,sovereignty as well as peace, stability and maritime security and safetyand freedom of navigation in the East Sea are being seriouslythreatened, he said.
The NA leader affirmed thatChina ’s move gravely violated Vietnam’s sovereignty, sovereignright and jurisdiction, infringing international law, including the 1982United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Declaration onthe Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC).
It also went against high-level agreements reached between Vietnam andChina on the basic principles guiding the settlement of maritimeissues and deeply hurt the friendship, solidarity and neighbourlinessbetween the two people, he said.
The NA also issued astatement clarifying its stance on the issue, protesting China ’sillegal acts and demanding it remove immediately its rig out ofVietnam’s waters and not to repeat actions violating Vietnamesesovereignty, Chairman Hung stated.
Regarding otherkey issues, the NA Chairman urged the Government, ministries andlocalities to continue promoting inner strengths to maintainmacro-economic stability, speeding up economic restructuring and growthmodel renovation and improve social welfares.
Healso underscored the need to ensure social security and safety, andexpand external relations activities and international integration.
The NA leader also assigned the NA Standing Committee, the Governmentand other state agencies to conduct comprehensive measures to ensure theeffective implementation of the new Constitution.
During the session, deputies discussed a resolution on confidence votingand agreed on the need to mull over before adopting it. Meanwhile,votes of confidence will continue to be conducted on people holdingpositions elected or approved by the NA and the People’s Councils.
With 96.18 percent of votes, deputies also passed a resolution on question-and-answer results at this session.
Agencies of the National Assembly, the Government, the SupremePeople’s Court, and the Supreme People’s Procuracy deal with 2,268questions sent to the previous session by voters nationwide.
The NA also tasked the Government, ministries and relevant agencies topromptly give answers to 2,216 questions sent to the NA at the seventhsession and report to the NA at the next session.
Asmuch as 96.99 percent of deputies approved a resolution on stepping upthe implementation of sustainable poverty reduction by 2020.
The resolution sets a target of reducing the ratio of the country’spoor households to below 5 percent and that of poor districts to lessthan 30 percent by 2015. It also comes up with measures to fulfil allpoverty reduction goals and avoid relapse in the 2016-2020 period.
Especially, the resolution targets that at least 90 percent of poorhouseholds have access to social health insurance and 70 percent oflocal health care stations in communes will be upgraded to providesufficient social healthcare insurance services.-VNA
