National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu has suggested Bulgaria promote cooperation with Vietnam in the fields of its strength such as agriculture, processing industry and food production.
Vietnam needs a number of mechanisms to ensure the enforcement of the 2015 Penal Code regulations regarding the act of bribing foreign public officials, according to a study carried out by the UNDP in Vietnam and the Hanoi Law University.
The fifth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) is scheduled to take place from May 21 to June 18, 2018, heard the December 13 sitting of the NA Standing Committee as part of its ongoing 19th meeting.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a meeting with voters in Phong Dien town of the Mekong city of Can Tho to brief them on the outcomes of the NA’s fourth session.
Lawmakers gave different ideas on specific contents needed adjusting in the draft revised Anti-Corruption Law, especially the expansion of its coverage to the private sector, subjects to asset declaration and the reclamation of corrupted property at the November 21 sitting as part of the 14th National Assembly’s ongoing fourth session.
The revised Anti-Corruption Law should accord with relevant laws and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, participants said at the third session of a National Assembly committee.
A strengthened co-operative mechanism between the Vietnam Fatherland Front and other State anti-corruption agencies is needed to better oversee and detect corruption.
Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh emphasised the need to strengthen Party leadership on anti-corruption work and improve court laws.
A national conference reviewing the 10-year implementation of the Law on Corruption Prevention and Control will be held in late March 2016, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 22.
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