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The transport and logistics sectors made significant progress last year, including a fall in traffic accidents, experts agreed during an online conference on January 2.

The southeastern province of Binh Phuoc is seeking the construction of a highway from its Chon Thanh district to HCM City and a rail link from the district to Cai Mep-Thi Vai deep-water port in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province to facilitate goods transportation and attract investors.

The National Assembly (NA) has issued a resolution that requires the investor of the proposed Long Thanh International Airport to use its own funds instead of money from the Government.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment has proposed withholding investment next year for projects that had been slow to disburse their allocated funding in 2019.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met constituents in An Hoi ward, Ninh Kieu district and Co Do district in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 29.

Heated debate broke out in the National Assembly on November 12 over the feasibility report for the phase-one development of the Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai plan to establish hi-tech agricultural co-operatives to create jobs for those over the age of 40 who are affected by the construction of Long Thanh International Airport.

Legislators will debate a feasibility study report for the first phase of Long Thanh International Airport during a plenary session in Hanoi on November 12.

Legislators adopted a resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2020 on November 11 – the 16th working day of the 14th National Assembly’s eighth sitting.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addressed several issues at the question-and-answer session in Hanoi on November 8, as part of the 14th National Assembly’s ongoing eighth session.

Long Thanh International Airport will open its doors by 2025 at the latest and will handle 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of goods a year once the first phase is completed.

The National Assembly spent the morning of October 24, the 4th working day of its 8th session, to discuss the draft law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants and the Law on Public Employees.

Legislators will hear a report on the draft law on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants and the Law on Public Employees at the 14th National Assembly (NA)’s eight session on October 24 morning.

Airports with modern infrastructure that can serve as international hubs had the potential to become major drivers for national socio-economic development, said experts at a recent conference held to discuss the sustainable development of Vietnam’s airports in Hanoi.

The 8th session of the 14th –tenure National Assembly opened in Hanoi at 9am on October 21.

The eighth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) will open on October 21 and close on November 27, deputy head of the NA Office Nguyen Manh Hung told a press conference in Hanoi on October 18.

The National Assembly Standing Committee concluded its 38th session on October 17 with the adoption of a resolution on adjustments to the law making programme in 2019.

The eighth session of the National Assembly (NA) will consider many draft laws and resolutions during its sitting for 27 days before wrapping up on November 27, said Nguyen Hanh Phuc, Chairman of the NA Office, on October 17 during the NA Standing Committee’s 38th meeting.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked for the first stage of construction at Long Thanh international airport in the southern province of Dong Nai to be launched in the first quarter of 2021

The Government has proposed naming the State-owned Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) as the main investor for the first phase of Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.