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Roundup: Vietnamese new parliament concludes 1st session with focus on personnel work

Xinhua, July 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

The first session of 14th National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam concluded here on Friday with focus on personnel work, in which top leadership positions of the country remained unchanged compared to the previous tenure.

With the spirit of responsibility and democracy, the NA has fulfilled the key task of electing and approving the country's top leadership positions, said Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, chairwoman of the 14th NA, at the closing ceremony on Friday.

During the session, which started on July 20, NA deputies re-elected Ngan to be the country's parliamentary chief for 2016-2021 tenure, while Tran Dai Quang was re-elected president of Vietnam and Nguyen Xuan Phuc was re-elected prime minister for the new tenure.

The positions of vice state president, chief justice of the Supreme People's Court and prosecutor general of the Supreme People's Procuracy for 2016-2021 tenure also remain unchanged compared to the previous tenure.

During the session, the NA approved the appointment of cabinet members, including deputy prime ministers as well as ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies.

There was only one change in the position of minister of agriculture and rural development, of which Deputy Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong was elected to be head of the ministry.

Apart from personnel work, during the session, the NA pointed out existing problems and weaknesses in sectors, analyzed and forecast advantages as well as challenges the country is facing in the context of complicated and unpredictable changes in global economy, Ngan said at the closing ceremony, adding that there are unfavorable conditions in the country including climate change and environmental issues among others which will have great impact on realizing socio-economic development tasks in 2016.

The parliament requires government to continue study and collect NA deputies' comments in order to have more practical measures in implementing socio-economic development tasks in the remaining months of 2016.

During the closing session, NA deputies adopted a resolution on changes to the 2016 law and ordinance making program and on the 2017 law and ordinance making program. According to the resolution, the law on protest among several other laws was taken out of the 2016 law and ordinance making program. The law on protest is scheduled to be submitted to the NA for comments at the fourth session of the 14th NA in 2017.

During the session, the NA also issued a resolution on its oversight program for the year 2017. Accordingly, the NA will conduct thematic supreme oversight on "The implementation of laws and policies on food safety" and "The implementation of laws and policies on reform of the state administrative apparatus for the 2011-2016 period." Endit