Lookatvietnam – National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien has said it was necessary to raise the role of the NA in law and justice reform. NA Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien. (Photo: VNN)He said so while attending a seminar yesterday on law and justice reform, organised by the European Commission-funded Institutional Support Project [...]
The National Assembly Standing Committee Friday named the first ten cities and provinces that will abolish their district and ward legislative bodies, or Peopleâs Councils. The program to shrink the legislature was approved by a majority of deputies on January 15.The first stage of the program, to be implemented in April, includes removing the legislatures [...]
A delegation of the National Assembly Committee for External Affairs, led by its Vice Chairman Ngo Quang Xuan, had meetings with the US Senate, House of Representatives, government officials and business circles during a visit to the United States from Jan. 13-16. Lookatvietnam – A delegation of the National Assembly Committee for External Affairs, led [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong met with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and State President Choumaly Sayasone and Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh right upon his arrival in Vientiane Photo: VNAMeeting with the Lao party and State leader, NA Chairman Trong said he was joyous to witness improvements [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – A National Assembly delegation led by Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong left Hanoi on January 11 for Vientiane, Laos, to attend the 17th annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF). VietNamNet Bridge – A National Assembly delegation led by Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong left Hanoi on January 11 for Vientiane, Laos, to [...]
A majority of National Assembly deputies Wednesday called for an amendment to the ordinance on population which would limit the number of children to two per couple. “It’s time to have a clear attitude toward this issue,” said NA Finance and Budget Committee Chairman Phung Quoc Hien at a NA Standing Committee session Wednesday. “Otherwise, [...]
National Assembly Deputy Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien Tuesday called for the abolishment of capital punishment for economic crimes as deputies discussed amendments to the draft criminal codes. “There should be no death penalty for economic crimes,” Kien said. “The most important thing is to force those responsible to recover the damages caused by them.”Kien also [...]
Vietnam and Russia should boost parliamentary cooperation in a more practical and effective manner and take bilateral relations to new heights, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong said Thursday. He was receiving a delegation from the Russian State Duma led by its Vice Chairman Melnikov Ivan Ivanovich in Ho Chi Minh City.Trong noted the visit [...]
For more than 60 years, an orphanage has saved the lives of ethnic minority babies from a macabre tribal custom. A Long wouldn’t be alive today if he hadn’t been rescued by a family neighbor and taken to Vinh Son Montagnard Orphanage (VSO) in Central Highlands Kon Tum Province.According to the customs of Dak Na [...]
NA Standing Committee meets to comment on six bills
VietNamNet Bridge – The 12th National Assembly’s Standing Committee opened its 15th session in Hanoi on Dec. 23 to give opinions on six bills to be submitted to the 5th NA session, which is scheduled for May 2009. Photo: VOVThese include the revised Penal Code and the ones on judicial records, urban planning, state compensation, [...]
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