VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly Standing Committee will examine reports on the functioning of local legislatures and discuss several key issues including the establishment of a new town, housing support for contributors to the revolution and compensation for people displaced by major road projects.  

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan speaks at the National Assembly Standing Committee’s 19th session in Hanoi on Tuesday. – VNA/VNS Photo Trong Duc

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, presiding over the committee’s 19th session that opened in Hanoi on Tuesday, also said that they will review outcomes of the fourth sitting of the 14th National Assembly and preparations for next sitting.

Ngan said legislators will study a report on results of supervision of resolutions and operations of centrally-run municipal and provincial people’s councils.

The establishment of Ninh Cuong Town in the northern province of Nam Dinh’s Truc Ninh District will also be considered during the four-day session, she said.

The committee will discuss adjustments to the five-year (2016-2020) investment plan on housing support to people who have contributed to the revolution and as well as compensation under projects to upgrade and expand the National Highway 1 section from the central province of Thanh Hoa to the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho, as well as section of the Ho Chi Minh Highway crossing the Central Highlands.

In addition to reviewing external activities and international co-operation in 2017, the lawmakers are scheduled to approve the committee’s external affair programme for 2018 and give opinions on international co-operation activities of the Ethnic Council, committees, parliamentarians’ friendship groups, agencies under the NA Standing Committee, the State Audit Office of Vietnam and the NA Office.

Meetings with voters

The NA supervising team highlighted the high attendance at meetings with voters, which reached up to 98 per cent in some instances.

The effective conduct of such meetings has reduced the number of unsettled complaints and denunciations, it said.

Chairman of the NA Law Committee, Nguyen Khac Dinh, said that communication with voters in some localities has been improved by using different information channels including live broadcasts. As a result, most complaints and denunciations were addressed in a more timely and effective manner, he said.

Dinh cited the central province of Quang Ngai as a good example where there was no face-to-face meeting between deputies and voters, the all the opinions and ideas presented by the latter were received.

NA Ombudsman Nguyen Thanh Hai supported the supervision team’s report, saying that it was necessary to keep meeting voters to strengthen links between them and members of parliament. She suggested that more meeting modes are devised to expand their reach.

The NA Standing Committee will also discuss the operation and organisational structure of People’s Councils at provincial level for ensuring high efficiency in the performance of their duties. 

Source: VNS