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Top lawyer, also a legislator, plays key role in drafting bills

February 8, 2010  . Filed under In depth, Profiles

Top lawyer, also a legislator, plays key role in drafting bills

“Attending National Assembly sessions is a bit stressful because we sit for days, but actually, I’m more stressed on my ‘normal’ days,” says Deputy Pham Quoc Anh in an interview with VietNamNet.    Pham Quoc Anh was born in April 11 1940 in the northern province of Hung Yen. He lives in Hanoi at present. Concurrent... Read more

Constituents want more than a candid answer from the PM

February 2, 2010  . Filed under In depth, Profiles

Constituents want more than a candid answer from the PM

VietNamNet talks with Deputy Tran Thi Quoc Khanh, who posed three questions to the Prime Minister during the National Assembly’s last session. I and many other deputies and constituents wished for a law to ban doctors from taking money and gifts from patients and their families before or during the treatment process.  Of course, if after the course... Read more

“Endeavour to be independent voice”

January 29, 2010  . Filed under In depth, Profiles

“Endeavour to be independent voice”

LookAtVietnam - In the latest in our “Discover our Vietnamese Congressmen” series, VietNamNet talked with congress deputy Duong Trung Quoc, who is also a historian. Insider view of National Assembly Duong Trung Quoc was born on June 2 1947 in Ben Tre province. He graduated from the History Faculty of the Hanoi University in 1968. He worked... Read more

Insider view of National Assembly

January 25, 2010  . Filed under In depth, Profiles

Insider view of National Assembly

VietNamNet will provide portraits of the 12th National Assembly deputies through a new column: “Discover Vietnamese Congressmen”. Readers are invited to send questions to them at evnn@vietnamnet.vn. Thuyet was born in 1948 in Thai Nguyen, but his hometown is Hanoi. He graduated from the Philology Faculty of Hanoi University in 1969 and received... Read more

NA Standing Committee opens its 27th session

January 19, 2010  . Filed under News, Politics

NA Standing Committee opens its 27th session

The 27th session of the 12th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on January 18 with Nguyen Phu Trong in the chair. LookAtVietnam - The 27th session of the 12th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on January 18 with Nguyen Phu Trong in the chair. During the January 18-19 session, the Standing Committee will give opinions... Read more

POLITICS IN BRIEF 17/12

December 17, 2009  . Filed under News, Politics

POLITICS IN BRIEF 17/12

PM Dung pushes for stronger ties with Australia, Israel; Vietnamese legislators visit Brazil; Party leader Manh begins visit to Cambodia; Vietnam applauds peace progress in Central African Republic PM Dung pushes for stronger ties with Australia, Israel Vietnam and Australia should formulate a programme of action to realise the joint statement on the comprehensive... Read more

Satisfied by recent session, NA Standing Committee looks ahead

December 16, 2009  . Filed under News, Politics

Satisfied by recent session, NA Standing Committee looks ahead

Deputy Le Van Cuong questioned Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sharply at the National Assembly’s recent session – too sharply, indeed, thinks at least one of the Assembly’s leaders. Deputy Le Van Cuong from Thanh Hoa. Assessing the question and answer session at the recent National Assembly (NA) winter session, Chairman of the NA Committee... Read more

HCM City has a new vice chairman

December 11, 2009  . Filed under News, Politics

HCM City has a new vice chairman

Deputies of the HCM City People’s Committee have elected Le Minh Tri, Chairman of District 1, as the Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee. Vice chairman Le Minh Tri (first from the left) receives flowers from the HCM City People’s Committee . Tri will replace Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, who will be the chief of the HCM... Read more

Low income people may not benefit from preferential tax

December 3, 2009  . Filed under News, Social

Low income people may not benefit from preferential tax

Bui Dang Dung, a member of the NA Committee for Finance and Budget, spoke to Investment newspaper about why the NA had declined to vote on draft VAT . . . The main reason was because the Finance Ministry wants to reduce value added tax and corporate income tax for firms that invest in building hostels and houses for students, workers and low-income earners. But... Read more

Vietnam house okays nuclear plants after ‘lively’ debate

November 27, 2009  . Filed under News, Politics

Vietnam house okays nuclear plants after ‘lively’ debate

The model of the nuclear power plant to be built in Ninh Thuan Province The National Assembly on Thursday approved with a majority of nearly 80 percent plans to build nuclear power plants in the south central Ninh Thuan Province. With 77.48 percent of deputies voting for the project, work on the Ninh Thuan 1 atomic... Read more

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