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The National Assembly will debate three draft laws on May 27. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly will debate three draft laws on May 27, in accordance with the working programme of the legislature’s third session . In the morning, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra will present the draft law on implementing democracy at grassroots level. An evaluation of the draft law will be presented by Chairman of the NA’s Legal Committee Hoang Thanh Tung. The draft law on implementing democracy at grassroots level, with 7 chapters and 74 articles, is intended to ensure that the State power belongs to the people, further affirm the nature of the Vietnamese State as a law-governed socialist state of the people, by the people and for the people. A report on adjustments made to the draft law on emulation and rewards (revised) will also be submitted to the NA, and contentious issues related to the bill will be tabled for discussion. In the afternoon, the … [Read more...] about National Assembly to look into three draft laws on May 27

The US-protected patents would ensure the firm’s success in the international market. Two new inventions of Viettel Aerospace Institute were granted patents in the US, the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group announced on May 26. The exclusive protection has been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for Viettel’s two inventions in the fields of optoelectronics and materials science. The first is a curved mirror optical system for medium wave thermal imaging devices that was created in 2017, addressing the issue of designing and manufacturing camera cores, thereby minimizing import. The second patent was granted to a method to manufacture composite materials that can withstand high temperatures and harsh conditions for military use. Viettel's engineers are doing research into technology solutions. Photo: Minh Tu Viettel has so far been granted 56 patents in Vietnam and 11 others in the US. According to the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese enterprise receives US exclusive protection for two patents

Minister of Home Affairs Phạm Thị Thanh Trà at the National Assembly meeting yesterday. Photo thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn HÀ NỘI — Minister of Home Affairs Phạm Thị Thanh Trà presented a report on a draft law on the implementation of democracy at a grassroots level, as a part of the ongoing third session of the National Assembly yesterday morning in Hà Nội. The minister said that the draft law has new contents. The draft law specifically stipulates the rights and obligations of citizens, cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees in the implementation of grassroots democracy. The provision on the authorisation of grassroots democracy implementation is added. Under the draft, people have the right to complain, initiate lawsuits and denounce violations relating to the implementation of democracy at the grassroots levels. People have the obligation to propose and report to competent authorities when detecting violations in its implementation. In … [Read more...] about National Assembly discusses draft law on the implementation of grassroots democracy