VietNamNet Bridge – The government and National Assembly will issue 28 new laws to concretise and implement the 2013 Constitution's stipulations on human rights and citizen rights, Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong said last Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly will increase its budget oversight activities to ensure that the country's financial resources are being used in a transparent and proper manner,

 VietNamNet Bridge - The decision to cancel the vote of confidence to the positions elected or approved by the National Assembly or the People’s Council in May 2014 derived from the Politburo’s opinion in a statement issued in late 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly will choose a list of key national programmes and projects funded by state budgets and government bonds that will be included in the country's middle-term investments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers yesterday (Feb 20) debated the issue of waste imports while discussing the revised Environment Law at the 25th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

The targeted GDP growth rate and CPI increase in 2014 of 5.8 percent and 7 percent, respectively, have been approved by the National Assembly. However, the targets, in the eyes of economists, are unfeasible.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2013 Constitution breaks new ground in several aspects while stressing that economic growth should be combined with social progress, equity and environmental protection, a leading legislator says.

Assessing the results of the year-end NA session in October, several members of the NA Standing Committee said that the question and answer session for PM Nguyen Tan Dung was too short and constituents wanted to listen more from him.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee started its 23rd meeting in Hanoi on December 23 to review the outcomes of the NA’s sixth session and consider initial preparations for the next.

The National Assembly on November 26, 2013 adopted the Law on Tendering, which is expected to encourage a more competitive environment for government bid packages. Le Net and Thai Huynh Ngoc Kim Ngan at LNT & Partners take some highlights.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The 13th National Assembly’s (NA) sixth session has been hailed as historic, ushering in a new period of national construction and defence.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 90 per cent of National Assembly deputies on Friday, Nov 29, passed amendments to the Land Law, which will take effect on July 1 next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) passed the draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution with nearly 98 percent of votes on November 28 morning in a session broadcast live on the national TV and radio.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies have approved resolutions on strengthening the planning, management and exploitation of hydropower works and intensifying the prevention of criminal activity.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers yesterday discussed the feasibility of applying compulsory health insurance for all citizens to achieve the target of national insurance coverage at the sixth session of the 13th National Assembly.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers adopted amendments to some articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting at their meeting in Ha Noi on Friday, Nov 22.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday, Nov 21, said he was optimistic that the country was on track to achieve higher economic growth in 2014, at around 5.8 per cent,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers yesterday hotly questioned the quality and quantity of public servants during a Question and Answer session with the Minister of Home Affairs, Nguyen Thai Binh.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat was in the hot seat over the sector's poor management during a three-day Q&A session between National Assembly deputies and the Government cabinet