NA Standing Committee discusses financial and budget policies for Hà Nội

Minister of Finance Đinh Tiến Dũng presented a report on piloting some financial and budget mechanisms and policies, affirming the need to develop a resolution suitable to the city.

Former National Assembly official dies at age of 81

Mão died at 1:39am on Saturday after a long battle with illness at his residence in Hà Nội

National target programme looks to improve livelihoods of ethnic minority groups

Nearly VNĐ272 trillion (US$11.8 billion) will be mobilised to implement the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas during 2021-30, according to a Government report submitted to the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday.

Full-scale audit compulsory to all PPP projects: NA deputies Total audit should become compulsory for public-private partnership (PPP) projects to make sure the projects function efficiently and benefit all stakeholders

Lawmakers divided on debt collecting firms Many said debt collecting is a legitimate demand of society and should be allowed to operate.

NA deputies bemoan Gov’t's capricious submissions of draft laws for review

National Assembly deputies aired their grievances about the Government's failure to submit draft laws for parliamentary review in line with the agenda, during a discussion held on Friday to look at legislative building for 2020-21. 

Public investment from the State budget should focus on disadvantaged areas: NA Standing Committee

The National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for Finance and Budget proposed prioritising public investment sourced from the State budget in the 2021-25 period to disadvantaged areas in the mountainous, border and island localities to shorten development gaps between regions.

NA Standing Committee urges Gov’t to build development scenarios The Government needed to build short- and long-term scenarios for socio-economic development and review major targets for the economy for 2020, lawmakers said at a NA Standing Committee meeting on Friday.

Economic incentives not enough for early marriage

Nosiness has been justified by a Government decision announced last week that advises Vietnamese nationals to marry before 30 and bear a second child before 35. 

NA Standing Committee mulls two draft reports