The President, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court will be sworn in today.

National Assembly deputies vote on personnel restructuring at the first session.

Elect and approve many high-ranking positions

Personnel work is the main content of the last 3 working days after the National Assembly shortened the program of the first session. The National Assembly will complete the apparatus of the President and the Government for the 2021-2026 term.

This morning (July 26), the National Assembly Standing Committee reported the results of the discussion at the Delegation and explained and accepted the opinions of National Assembly deputies on the proposed personnel to elect the President. The person introduced isMr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc- Current President.

After discussing and voting on the list, the National Assembly elects the President by secret ballot. The vote count results are announced immediately afterwards. The new President takes the oath of office according to regulations.

Following the personnel work program, the President presented a list of nominees for the National Assembly to elect the Prime Minister; elect the Vice President, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, and Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuracy.

The results of the delegation's discussion on the expected personnel for the above positions will be reported by the National Assembly Standing Committee in the working session this afternoon before the National Assembly votes to approve the list for election.

According to the provisions of the Constitution and the Law on Organization of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court for the new term are 2 of the 4 positions (along with the President and theChairman of the National Assembly) must take the oath of office after being elected.

On the same afternoon, the Prime Minister submitted to the National Assembly the structure of the number of Government members (27 members, 1 less Deputy Prime Minister compared to the 14th term). The Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court submitted a proposal to the National Assembly for approval of the appointment of judges of the Supreme People's Court.

After listening to the verification reports presented by the Chairmen of the Law Committee and the Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly, the National Assembly discussed in groups.

According to the program, on July 28, the National Assembly discussed and voted to pass a Resolution on the structure of the number of Government members; approved the appointment of Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers and other members of the Government and personnel of the Supreme People's Court; approved the list of Vice Chairmen and members of the National Defense and Security Council.

Decisions on a series of important national issues

Also during this working week, the National Assembly discussed and decided on many important issues. Specifically, the National Assembly assessed the 5-year socio-economic development plan for 2021-2025; the 5-year national financial plan for the 2021-2025 period; the 5-year public debt borrowing and repayment plan for the 2021-2025 period; approved the 2019 state budget settlement; and the medium-term public investment plan for the 2021-2025 period.

The work of practicing thrift and fighting waste in 2020; investment policies for the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2025 period and the National Target Program on New Rural Construction for the 2021-2025 period were also discussed by delegates.

The National Assembly will also vote to pass a series of Resolutions: on the 2022 Law and Ordinance Development Program, adjustments to the 2021 Law and Ordinance Development Program; the 2021-2025 5-year socio-economic development plan; the 2021-2025 national 5-year financial plan (including the 2021-2025 public debt borrowing and repayment plan); investment policy for the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2025 period; investment policy for the National Target Program on New Rural Development for the 2021-2025 period; medium-term public investment plan for the 2021-2025 period; approval of the 2019 state budget settlement and resolutions on the establishment of the National Assembly's Thematic Supervision Delegation for 2022.

The closing session is scheduled to take place on the afternoon of July 28 (8 days shorter than the program approved at the preparatory session)./.