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Sixth session of 14th National Assembly opens

The sixth session of the 14th National Assembly opened at the National Assembly Hall at 9 am on October 22, with the opening sitting broadcast live on national television and radio.
Sixth session of 14th National Assembly opens ảnh 1NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan speaks at the opening of the NA's sixth session (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi,  (VNA) – The sixthsession of the 14th National Assembly opened at the NationalAssembly Hall at 9 am on October 22, with the opening sitting broadcast live onnational television and radio.  

Prior to the opening, leaders ofthe Communist Party of Vietnam, the State and NA deputies paid floral tributeto President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum.  

According to the agenda of thesession, which was approved at the preparatory meeting before the opening, theNA is scheduled to adopt 9 bills, a resolution and give opinions on six otherbills.

Besides law-making work, the NA willdiscuss and make decision on many important socio-economic issues of thecountry.

Regarding personnel matters theNA will conduct vote of confidence on officials holding positions elected orapproved by the NA, elect the President of the country, and consider and approvethe dismissal and appointment of the Minister of Information and Communication.

It is noteworthy that the NAwill ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on the Trans-PacificPartnership (CPTPP), which is an important deal with impacts on most political,socio-economic and diplomatic aspects of the country.

 Supervision work is another important contentin the session’s agenda. The NA will examine reports on the three-yearimplementation of the NA’s resolutions on the 2016-2020 socio-economic plan,economic restructuring, national finance and mid-term investment.

Socio-economic and State budgetperformance in 2018 and plans for 2019 will also come under scrutiny.

In addition, the NA is toconsider and decide adjustments to the mid-term public investment plan for2016-2020 and the 2016-2020 national financial plan.

The legislature will look intothe mid-term assessment of the implementation of the NA’s Resolution 100/2015/QH13approving investment in national target programmes in 2016-2020 and the resultsof policies supporting socio-economic development in ethnic minority andmountainous areas after three years of implementation.

Three days will be dedicated toquestions-and-answers session, with a focus on the Government’s performancesince the beginning of its tenure, the causes of uncompleted tasks and solutionsto address outstanding problems.

Fifteen sittings during the session,which will last until November 21, will be broadcast live on national TV andradio.-VNA
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