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NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan addressing the closing ceremony Addressing the closing ceremony, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said that the session completed the set agenda with many important contents. During the session, deputies elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong as the new President of Vietnam. The NA approved the proposal by the Prime Minister regarding members of the cabinet. The NA adopted nine laws and debated six other bills. Particularly, the NA approved the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and related documents with high consensus, making Vietnam the seventh country to ratify the deal. The NA Chairwoman highlighted that the sixth session is the NA’s year-end meeting, during which the mid-term implementation of NA resolutions on socio-economic development and State budget was reviewed. Despite difficulties and challenges, the … [Read more...] about National Assembly wraps up sixth session

Inspector General Le Minh Khai The chief inspector said most petition cases involving large number of petitioners were related to land, noting that some hostile forces took advantage of petition cases to incite people to join in mass gatherings or extremist acts, thus disturbing social order and causing negative psychological impacts on the public. Explaining the causes of the situation, Khai pointed to outstanding shortcomings and mistakes in State management and law enforcement work, particularly in the planning of land use, the reclamation, allocation and lease of land. The inspector general also noted that the heads of administrative agencies in some localities had failed to obey the regulations on receiving citizens and handling petitions and denunciations. At the same time, a number of petitioners have low respect for law or lack knowledge about law, thus making unreasonable demands or continuing to make petition despite appropriate settlement. According to the … [Read more...] about Government reports increase in petitions in 2018

NA deputies vote for the allocation of the central budget for 2019. The resolution has set the goal of nearly VND 810.1 trillion (USD 34.8 billion) to be collected for the central budget, and about VND 601.2 trillion (USD 25.8 billion) be collected for local budgets in 2019. Meanwhile, the central budget is set to spend almost VND 1.02 quadrillion (USD 43.8 billion) next year, including over VND 321.3 trillion (USD 13.8 billion) to be used for local budgets and ensuring budget balance. The resolution specifies how much of the central budget is allocated to each field, ministry, central agency, and national target program. It also regulates the permitted overspending level of local budgets, the level of borrowing to make up for overspending, and the level of borrowing to pay off original debts of each locality. The NA has tasked the Government with the collection and spending of the central budget, as well as the allocation of the budget to each ministry, central agency, and … [Read more...] about Central budget to spend over VND 1 quadrillion next year

The river starts from Binh Phuoc province, running through Tay Ninh, Binh Duong provinces and Ho Chi Minh City. The stretch in HCMC is approximately 80 kilometers long. Alongside the riverbanks, lot of houses and other construction works have been built. Specifically, tens of houses are found encroach the riverbed along the riverbank from District 12 to Binh Thanh, Go Vap, Thu Duc districts and District 2. The worst transgressed area is in Thu Duc district with tens of houses and villas. The riverbank area in Thao Dien ward, District 2 has been handed over to investors of housing and high class villas projects. They have surrounded their projects with solid fence wall in the river edge, blocking the river’s access way. Photo: cafef.vn The river embankment in the right bank of the river in Districts 12, Hoc Mon and Cu Chi districts has been built for traffic also, still the route has been cut off at some spots. Specifically, a house is built right on the … [Read more...] about Tens of construction projects encroach Saigon River

At the meeting in Hanoi, the dignitaries thanked the Party and State for their support to religious followers. They said the sixth meeting of the 14th NA recorded many positive changes, with CPVCC General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong elected as the country’s President. The dignitaries also noted that since the Law on Belief and Religion took effect, the law has met demand for belief and religion practices in the nation in the new era. They also pledged to continue disseminating the law to followers, encouraging them to implement the law’s provisions and understand guidelines and policies of the Party and State. At the meeting. Photo: dangcongsan.vn For her part, Mai, who is also Secretary of the CPVCC, said Vietnam has so far recognised and granted certificates to 42 organisations of 15 religions, with about 25.3 million followers or 27 percent of the country’s population. There are about 60,800 religious dignitaries and 27,920 worshipping … [Read more...] about CPV official receives religious dignitaries