Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan met voters in Yen Dung district, northern Bac Giang province on October 15 to prepare for the upcoming sixth session of the 13 th National Assembly (NA).

Voters asked the Deputy PM to make clear wrongdoings committed by local authorities in policy implementation. They also urged him to draw attention to local concerns, such as the development of rural areas following the national model, the building of irrigation infrastructure and health clinics, an increase in environmental protection and more social security in industrial zones.

Deputy PM Nhan asked the local authorities to mobilise resources to protect trademarks and ensure the production and consumption of agricultural products.

The same day, Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi also met with voters in Hanoi. He called on the city’s authorities to undertake their assigned tasks with a high degree of responsibility during a working session with the municipal People’s Council, People’s Committee and Fatherland Front Chapter.

He also expressed his hope that Hanoi’s NA deputies will promptly report the aspirations of the people to the assembly. Local residents have called for revisions of the Law on Land, arguing that it should focus more on agricultural land allocation for planting trees and development.

Also on October 15, deputies from the southern province of Kien Giang met with voters.

Most of the voters called on the government to amend a decree on rural and agricultural credit policies, introduce measures supporting agro-product prices and offer agricultural insurance to help farmers overcome difficulties caused by natural disasters, diseases and market risks.

They asked for the building of a Vietnamese rice trademark and support to farmers’ production and consumption of other crops instead of rice.

For their part, voters in the province’s island areas suggested that the officials, civil servants and soldiers working there should be given the same levels of allowance as those in other extremely disadvantaged regions.-VNA