National Assembly’s Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc convened a press conference in Hanoi on June 14 to announce the outcomes of the just-concluded seventh session of the 14th legislature.

The National Assembly (NA) today, June 14, passed a law on preventing and combating the harmful effects of liquor and beer, with 84.3% of NA deputies voting in favor of the legislation.

The National Assembly adopted two resolutions on legislature’s supervision programme in 2020 and implementation of the Law on the Organisation of People’s Courts on June 10 within the framework of the ongoing 7th session.

Most opinions at the debate at the National Assembly supported Vietnam’s joining Convention 98 of the International Labour Organisation on the application of principles of the right to organise and bargain collectively.

The National Assembly continues the question-and-answer (Q&A) session on June 5 with the ministers of construction, transport, and culture, sports and tourism answering queries about issues within their remit.

An upcoming rise in the price of a series of services has prompted many National Assembly members to require the government to come up with solutions to control the CPI which may increase strongly this year.

The NA has chosen the topic for its supreme supervision in 2020 to be the implementation of the laws and policies on the prevention of and fight against the abuse of children through a voting yesterday.

The National Assembly Standing Committee on April 12 approved the resignation of Le Dinh Nhuong as deputy head of the NA’s National Defense and Security Committee and stripped him of his NA membership

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) deputies have raised concerns that the draft law on internet security will prevent Vietnamese citizens and companies from accessing information on the web.

VietNamNet Bridge - The low GDP growth rate in the first quarter of 2017 is a hot topic of discussion at the ongoing National Assembly session. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung, presenting the plan to restructure the national economy in the 2016-2020 period, said Vietnam would need VND10,000 trillion to do so.

While the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement will be ratified by the Vietnamese legislature in 2016, the agreement ratification process is not going smoothly in the US as the two US presidential candidates do not support the agreement.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called for National Assembly delegates to take serious responsibility when voting for key leadership positions for the new term of 2016-2021.

 Vice-President of the German Bundestag Edelgard Bulmahn appreciated Vietnam’s decision to participate in UN peacekeeping missions while receiving a delegation from the Vietnamese NA Committee for National Defence and Security.

VietNamNet Bridge - Two laboratories have offered different conclusions about the same vegetable samples, with one saying the vegetables were safe, while the other saying the toxicity level was 3.5 times higher than the permitted level.

 The National Assembly convened a plenary session in Hanoi on April 11 to remove some posts of vice chairmen and members of the National Election Council (NEC) and the Council on National Defence and Security.

The National Assembly this week will begin the personnel task, starting on Wednesday, March 30 by dismissing the head of the National Assembly and electing the new one. The only nominee for the postion is NA Vice Chair Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 National Assembly (NA) deputies mulled over debatable points in the draft of the amended Press Law as part of their agenda on the first day of the 11th meeting of the 13th parliament on March 21.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday agreed to promulgate the Ordinance on Market Management after a final discussion of the bill.

 Lawmakers asked that the Government soon submit the Law on Demonstration for examination at the National Assembly Standing Committee session yesterday.