Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh meets with voters in Vinh Long city and Mang Thit district, the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long, on May 2 - 3. (Photo: VNA)Vinh Long (VNA) – Vice President Dang Thi NgocThinh met with voters in Vinh Long city and Mang Thit district, the MekongDelta province of Vinh Long, on May 2 - 3 to update them on the agenda of thefifth session of the 14th National Assembly and listen to their opinions andproposals.
At the meeting, the voters spoke highly of the CommunistParty and State’s efforts in the fight against corruption and wastefulness.They asked the Party and State to take more drastic actions in this fight andraise awareness and sense of responsibility among Party members.
At the same time, they proposed that family members ofthose committed to acts of corruption must take joint responsibility for theiractions.
In addition, the voters voiced concerns over numerous issues,including the rampancy of fake goods, goods of unknown origin and low-qualitycommodities; food safety, environmental protection; distribution of fake andpoor quality fertilizers; quality of healthcare services for health insurance cardholders; attitude of medical workers towards patients and benefits forgovernmental employees working at offices of communes, wards and townships.
Speaking at the event, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinhsaid the fifth session of the 14th National Assembly will take place in 19days, the shortest ever.
In response to the voters’ anti-corruption proposals,Thinh affirmed that the Party and State are determined to fight corruption,citing a number of recent high-profile corruption trials as an example.
She said that wage policy reforms will be put on thetable at the upcoming 7th plenary meeting of the 12th Communist Party ofVietnam Central Committee.
In terms of food safety and fake goods, the Vice Presidentrequested local authorities to intensify inspection and monitoring ofviolations and suggested people become smart consumers.-VNA
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