NA Standing Committee convenes 38th meeting

The National Assembly Standing Committee convened the 38th meeting on October 14 with several draft laws and important reports on its agenda.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (standing) speaks at the opening ceremony of the 38th meeting of the NA Standing Committee in Hanoi on October 14, 2019. (Photo: quochoi.vn)
NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (standing) speaks at the opening ceremony of the 38th meeting of the NA Standing Committee in Hanoi on October 14, 2019. (Photo: quochoi.vn)

In opening the meeting, NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said three draft laws – the revised Law on Enterprises, the revised Investment Law, and the law on amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Supporting Tools – and a draft resolution on piloting the removal of ward-level People’s Councils in Hanoi’s urban districts and towns will be tabled for discussion at this meeting.

The NA Standing Committee is scheduled to give opinions on reports on socio-economic and State budget performance, the feasibility research report of the Long Thanh airport (first phase), a draft resolution approving the Supplementary Treaty to the 1985 Treaty on the Delimitation of the National Boundary and the 2005 Supplementary Treaty between Vietnam and Cambodia, and the Protocol on the Demarcation and Marker Planting of the Land Boundary between Vietnam and Cambodia.

Reports on voters’ petitions and the settlement of complaints and denunciation in 2019, and on preparations for the 8th session of the NA will be considered.

The NA Standing Committee will consider and make decision on the appointment of ambassadors to other countries, the adjustment of administrative boundaries in three provinces of Hai Duong, Thanh Hoa and Bac Ninh, and several other important issues at the meeting, which will last until October 17.