Legislators discussed contentious contents of the draft law on the special administrative-economic units of Van Don, Bac Van Phong and Phu Quoc in the morning of May 23, the third working day of the fifth meeting of the 14th National Assembly.
Lawmakers heard the Government’s reports on State budget balance and State budget balance audit in 2016 in the afternoon of May 21, the first day of the fifth session of the National Assembly (NA).
Vietnam and Sri Lanka have agreed to maintain and intensify the exchange of all-level delegations of their legislative bodies, particularly special committees, in order to share information and experience in parliamentary activities, law making and supervision.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Cambodia’s Senate Vice President Tep Ngorn stressed the need to continue nurturing and expanding the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries in the coming time.
Lawmakers voiced support for appointing a single chief to run each special administrative-economic unit, instead of setting up People’s Councils and People’s Committees, while discussing a draft law on such units on November 22.
The draft Law on Special Administrative, Economic Units needed to be substantially revised to make it feasible and to fully exploit resources for boosting economic development, according to a verification report from the National Assembly (NA) Law Committee.
Lawmakers debated a bill on amendments and supplements to some articles of the Law on Overseas Representative Missions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam during their ongoing fourth session on November 3.
Lawmakers concluded their discussions on socio-economic development and state budget and allocation on Nov 2 after two and a half days, as part of the fourth sitting of the 14th National Assembly.
The Government should set out a roadmap in order to ensure economic growth is stable, legislators said on the sidelines of the ongoing fourth sitting of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on October 31.
Lawmakers looked into law enforcement in the reform of State administrative apparatus during 2011-2016 at the fourth sitting of the 14th National Assembly (NA) in Hanoi on October 30.
The Government affirmed its efforts to cut spending in the time to come at the October 23 afternoon session of the ongoing fouth session of the 14th National Assembly.
The Party, State and people of Vietnam want to step up cooperative relations with Kazakhstan in all fields, said National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
Chairman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group Pham Minh Chinh proposed increasing exchanges between Vietnamese and Japanese young legislators.
Young legislators from Vietnam and Japan met in Hanoi on August 22 to share experience in their work and discuss regional and global issues of common concern.
The National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam will work closely with the NA and the Senate of Cambodia to promote cooperation between the two countries’ Governments and peoples, NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has said.
Vietnamese and Lao female legislators met at a seminar in the central city of Da Nang on August 7 to discuss women deputies’ role in National Assembly activities.
Vietnam wants to enhance all-around cooperation with the Netherlands, especially in climate change adaptation, water management, high-tech and sustainable agriculture, oil and gas industry, logistics and seaport services, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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