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Nguyen Sinh Hung elected NA Chairman

Nguyen Sinh Hung has been elected as Chairman of the 13th National Assembly.
Nguyen Sinh Hung has been elected as Chairman of the 13th NationalAssembly (NA) with 457 votes, accounting for 91.4 percent, at theon-going first session of the 13th NA.

At the July 23 session, Tong Thi Phong, Huynh Ngoc Son and Uong Chu Luuwere re-elected as Vice Chairpersons with the voting rates being 95.8percent, 97.6 percent and 98.4 percent, respectively. The other deputyis current Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs NguyenThi Kim Ngan with 483 votes, representing 96.6 percent.

The NA Standing Committee comprises 17 members, including one Chairman, four Vice Chairpersons and 12 members.

The following is the list of members of the 13th NA Standing Committee:
NA Chairperson:
1. Nguyen Sinh Hung
NA Vice Chairpersons:
2. Uong Chu Luu
3. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan
4. Tong Thi Phong
5. Huynh Ngoc Son
NA Standing Committee members:
6. Ksor Phuoc – Chairman of the NA Council of Ethnic Affairs
7. Phan Trung Ly – Chairman of the NA Law Committee
8. Nguyen Van Hien – Chairman of the NA Justice Committee
9. Nguyen Van Giau – Chairman of the NA Economic Committee
10. Phung Quoc Hien – Chairman of the NA Committee for Finance and Budget
11. Nguyen Kim Khoa – Chairman of the NA Committee for National Defence and Security
12. Dao Trong Thi – Chairman of the NA Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children
13. Truong Thi Mai – Chairwoman of the NA Committee for Social Affairs
14. Phan Xuan Dung – Chairman of the NA Committee for Science, Technology and Environment
15. Tran Van Hang – Chairman of the NA Committee for External Relations
16. Nguyen Hanh Phuc – Chairman of the NA Office
17. Nguyen Thi Nuong – Chairwoman of the NA Committee for Deputies’ Affairs

Inhis inauguration speech, newly-elected NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hungthanked the NA deputies for electing 17 members to the NA StandingCommittee, which, he said, is the great honour and a noble and heavyresponsibility assigned by the Party, State and people.

Heaffirmed that the 13th NA Standing Committee will use its previousterms’ experiences and join all NA deputies in renovation, making thebest use of knowledge and raising its responsibility to fully performmission and authority stipulated in the Constitution and the law,contributing to building the NA to make it deserve to be the highestrepresentative agency of the people and the highest State authority ofVietnam.

After taking up office, NA Chairman Hung read astatement nominating Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and permanentmember of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam CentralCommittee and the 13th NA deputy, as State President./.
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