NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong (Source: VNA) New York (VNA) –Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Tong Thi Phong met with representatives of Vietnamese expats in New York,the US, on February 12.
Phong is in New York fromFebruary 11 – 15 at the invitation of President of the Inter-ParliamentaryUnion (IPU) Saber Chaudhury to attend the Annual Parliamentary Hearing betweenthe IPU and the United Nations (UN).
Addressing the meeting, theNA Vice Chairwoman briefed the overseas Vietnamese on the political,socio-economic situation in Vietnam and the country’s development orientationin 2017 and later years.
In spite of impacts of theinternational and regional economic changes, Vietnam’s economic growth ratereached 6.2 percent in 2016, and is expected to hit 6.6 percent in 2017 andmaintain between 6.5 percent – 7 percent per year, Phong said.
She reported that the 14th NA has 494 deputies, of whom ethnic minority people account for 17 percent, andwomen 26.6 percent, adding that the legislature has a chairwoman for the firsttime in 70 years.
The NA Vice Chairwoman notedthat the NA has continuously reformed its structure and operation, thus provingits significant role in making laws and decision of critical issues of thenation, promoting a law-governed State.-VNA
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