Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and NA deputies before the opening ceremony of 7th session of 14th National Assembly (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The 7th session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) opened at the NA Hall in Hanoi at 9am on May 20 in a ceremony broadcast live on national television and radio.
Before the opening ceremony, Partyand State leaders and NA deputies laid wreaths and paid tribute to President HoChi Minh at his mausoleum.
The NA also held a preparatorymeeting to discuss and pass the working agenda for the 7th session.
The 7th session willspend 60 percent of the total meeting time (20 working days) on law makingwork. The NA plans to adopt 7 laws and 2 resolutions, and give opinions on 9other bills.
The NA will consider a report onthe specialized inspection of the implementation of policies and laws on landplanning, management and use in urban areas since the 2013 Land Law took effectto the end of 2018; and reports on supplementary evaluation of theimplementation of the socio-economic development plans and State budget in 2018and the first months of 2019.
The reports will be examined alongwith debates on the use of loans and management of public debt, as well as thehandling of violations of rules on management and use of State capital and assetsin enterprises and in equitising State-owned enterprises.
The lawmakers will examine andapprove the State budget balance of 2017, make decisions on the addition of newprojects to the mid-term public investment plan for 2016-2020, and consider andpass resolutions on the supervision programme and establishment of specialized supervisionteams of the NA in 2020.
The NA will listen to reportssumming up voters’ opinions and petitions and on the supervision of thesettlement of voters’ petitions submitted to the NA’s 6th session.
The NA is scheduled to give twoand a half days to Question-and-Answer sessions.
The NA’s 7th sessionwill conclude on June 14.-VNA
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