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2nd LD Writethru: Vietnamese parliament chief relieved from duty

Xinhua, March 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nguyen Sinh Hung, chairman of Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) and chairman of the National Election Council, was relieved from duty here on Wednesday at the ongoing 11th session of the 13th NA.

Hung was relieved from duty of NA Chairman with 431 "yes" out of 473 valid votes.

His relief from duty of the National Election Council chairman was made with 430 "for" votes and 41 "against" votes.

Earlier in the morning, the NA Standing Committee proposed to relieve Hung from duty of the two positions. After discussion, NA deputies cast votes.

A resolution on relieving Hung on duty of two positions was adopted by the NA on Wednesday afternoon.

Later in the afternoon, the NA Standing Committee submitted a personnel draft to the NA for the election of a new NA chairperson and chairperson of the National Election Council. The election will be conducted on Thursday.

Following Vietnamese legal regulations, the working tenure of NA chairperson is coincident with NA tenure.

In late January, Hung was not elected to be among 200 members of the new Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee.

At the second session of the 12th Central Committee of the CPV in early March, Vietnamese party chief Nguyen Phu Trong said the central committee reached high consensus that it is needed to soon replace and re-arrange key leadership positions in order to promptly implement the resolution of the 12th national party congress.

During the 12th National Congress of the CPV in January, Vietnamese officials and media said the 12th CPV Central Committee's Politburo member, Vice Chairwoman of National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has been nominated to run for the position of NA chairwoman.

Nguyen Sinh Hung, born on January 18, 1946, joined the CPV in 1977.

Hung was a member of the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th CPV Central Committee (CPVCC), a member of the Politburo of the 10th and 11th CPVCC and deputy of the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th NA. Enditem