Opening of the 10th session, 14th National Assembly
(Baonghean.vn) - The 10th session of the 14th National Assembly focused its time on law-making, discussing and assessing the socio-economic situation, supervision work, and reviewing and deciding on many important contents in the Work Program of the 14th National Assembly term.
On the morning of October 20, in Hanoi, the 10th session of the 14th National Assembly opened. Attending the opening session were: General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong; National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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| View of Hanoi bridge. Photo: Baochinhphu.vn |
At the preparatory session of the meeting,National Assemblyheld a moment of silence to commemorate Major General Nguyen Van Man - Deputy Commander of Military Region 4, member of the 14th National Assembly, Quang Binh province, member of the National Assembly's Committee for National Defense and Security, and officers and soldiers who died while rescuing people and comrades who died due to floods. National Assembly deputies donated to support people affected by floods in the Central region.
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| At the Nghe An bridge, there were Deputy Heads of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Nguyen Thanh Hien and Tran Van Mao; Comrade Cao Thi Hien - Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council and representatives of provincial departments, branches and sectors. Photo: Thanh Le |
Opening remarks,National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Nganemphasized that the 10th session took place in the context of many complicated and unpredictable developments in the world and in the country. The Covid-19 pandemic broke out strongly around the world. The world economy was in recession. Along with the difficulties of natural disasters and epidemics in the country, it adversely affected the implementation of the country's socio-economic development plan.
With the correct and timely leadership of the Party, the support of the National Assembly, the flexible management of the Government, the determination, consensus and joint efforts of the entire political system, all levels, sectors, localities, the business community and the people, our whole country has synchronously and effectively implemented goals, tasks and solutions to promptly control the epidemic, creating favorable conditions for socio-economic recovery and development.
In order for the session to achieve the best results, the National Assembly Chairman asked the National Assembly deputies to continue to promote their sense of responsibility towards voters and people, focus their intelligence, spend time researching and discussing thoroughly, and contribute many profound opinions, contributing to the success of the session.
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| Delegates attending the meeting at Nghe An bridge donated to support flood victims in Central Vietnam. Photo: Thanh Le |
On behalf of the Government, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented a report on the results of the implementation of the 2019 socio-economic development plan and the 2020 socio-economic development plan.
According to the session agenda, the National Assembly will work for 19 days divided into 2 sessions. The National Assembly will spend 7 days on law-making, reviewing and approving 7 draft laws, 3 draft resolutions and giving opinions on 4 other draft laws.
The National Assembly will consider and decide on socio-economic and state budget issues, including: Results of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and state budget in 2020; socio-economic development plan, state budget estimates, and central budget allocation plan in 2021.
At the same time, review reports on the implementation results of the National Assembly's resolutions on the 5-year plan for 2016 - 2020: Socio-economic development, economic restructuring, national finance, medium-term public investment; expected main targets and some tasks and solutions for socio-economic development in the 5-year period of 2021 - 2025; plans: 5-year finance, medium-term public investment in the 2021 - 2025 period; Report on the implementation results of Resolution No. 100/2015/QH13 approving investment policies for national target programs in the 2016 - 2020 period.
The National Assembly will also consider work reports of the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court and the Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuracy; reports of the Government on crime prevention and control, law enforcement, and corruption prevention and control in 2020; consider and decide on the policy of changing the purpose of forest use to other purposes to implement the Than River Reservoir Project in Ninh Thuan Province; the Ban Mong Reservoir Project in Nghe An Province, and many other contents.
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| Scene at Nghe An bridge. Photo: Thanh Le |
At this session, the National Assembly will work for 19 days (excluding holidays); the session will be conducted in 2 phases.
Specifically, phase 1, online meetings via videoconference from the National Assembly House to the connecting points at the National Assembly delegations of provinces and centrally-run cities (from October 20-27).
Phase 2, meeting at the National Assembly House (from November 2-17). Notable contents include discussion and comments on documents submitted to the 13th National Party Congress, and deciding on the election date for National Assembly deputies and People's Council deputies at all levels for the next term.