The National Assembly Standing Committee will consider and decide to establish a number of administrative units.

From May 8 to May 10, 2019, the 34th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee will take place at the National Assembly House, Hanoi.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly considers and decides to establish a number of administrative units below the provincial level.

According to the scheduled program, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan will open the meeting and, together with the Vice Chairwomen of the National Assembly, will take turns to review and give opinions on the following contents:

The first,Regarding law-making: The National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions (for the second time) on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Public Investment; gave opinions on the draft Labor Code (amended); gave opinions on joining Convention No. 98 of the International Labor Organization on the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining.

Monday, on supervision work: The National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on: Draft report on the results of supervision of handling and responding to voters' petitions sent to the 6th session of the National Assembly; Draft report synthesizing voters' and people's opinions and petitions sent to the 7th session of the National Assembly.

Tuesday,On socio-economic issues: The National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on the following contents: The Government's report on additional assessment of the results of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the state budget in 2018; assessment of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the state budget in the first months of 2019; State budget settlement in 2017;

Consider the targeted supplement from the central budget to the local budget for local road management and maintenance costs; the supplement to the 2019 state budget estimate (foreign capital) for Ha Tinh province; the transfer of capital sources for the Project to build 6 new fishing control vessels and the Project to repair and upgrade 3 used ships donated by Japan (into fishing control vessels) according to Resolution No. 72/2014/QH13 of the National Assembly;

Consider the allocation and use of the general reserve fund of the Medium-term Public Investment Plan for the period 2016 - 2020 and add new categories to the Medium-term Public Investment Plan for the period 2016 - 2020; the use of VND 10,000 billion from the capital reduction adjustment for important national projects according to Resolution No. 71/2018/QH14 of the National Assembly.

In addition, at this session, the National Assembly Standing Committee considered and decided to establish a number of administrative units under the province of Dong Nai: Dau Giay town in Thong Nhat district, Nhon Trach town in Nhon Trach district, 6 wards in Bien Hoa city; and gave opinions on the preparation for the 7th session of the National Assembly./.