The fifth plenary session of Việt Nam’s 14th National Assembly (NA) will start on May 21st and last 19 working days, making it the shortest session in the last decade.- VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đức HÀ NỘI – The fifth plenary session of Việt Nam’s 14th National Assembly (NA) will start on May 21st and last 19 working days, making it the shortest session in the last decade. The NA’s plenary session usually lasts about a month, with the most recent one last year lasted for 26 days. NA General Secretary Nguyễn Hạnh Phúc said at a meeting of the NA’s Standing Committee about preparation for the coming NA plenary session that out of its working days, the NA would spend 11 days on law making, seven on key issues and one and a half days for the opening and closing ceremonies. Phúc said that relevant agencies were completing preparation for the NA plenary session in May. The NA was scheduled to consider passing seven bills including an amendments on the Law on Denunciation, the Law on Special Administrative Economic Units, and the Law on Cyber Security and Law on National Defence. Legislators will also discuss nine bills including an amended anti-corruption law, as well as laws on husbandry, plant cultivation, and amendments to the law on amnesty, and education and training. The NA will also discuss supervision over the use of State’s capital in State-owned enterprises and the equitisation of State-owned enterprises during 2011-16. Four bills will not be on the NA’s agenda in… [Read full story]
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