Vietnamese parliament to focus on high-ranking personnel issue at 1st session

Personnel issue, including the election of Vietnamese top leadership positions, will be the focus of the upcoming session of Vietnamese parliament, said an official on Tuesday.

Speaking at a press conference in Vietnam's capital Hanoi to introduce agenda and program of activities of the first session of Vietnam's 14th National Assembly (NA), Nguyen Hanh Phuc, NA Secretary General said during the session, the NA will elect NA Chairman, vice NA chairman and other members of NA standing committee, NA secretary general.

State president, vice state president, prime minister, chief judge of the Supreme Court, and chief auditor will also be elected during the session, which is scheduled to open on Wednesday.

At the session, the parliament will also make decision on the structure and membership of the government, approve the appointments of Deputy Prime Minister, Ministers of the government, as well as approve the list of vice presidents and other members of the council on national defense and security.

Also during the session, the NA will review, debate and give opinions on a report on socio-economic situation and the implementation of national budget in the first six months of 2016, as well as solutions to implement the socio-economic plan and national budget in the last six months of the year.

Resolutions on the 2017 law and ordinance making program and the 2017 oversight program will also be discussed.

During the final session of the 13th NA, Vietnamese parliament replaced top leadership positions of the country and the state leaders of the country will be re-elected during the first session of the 14th NA.

On March 31, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan became the country's first NA chairwoman, while Tran Dai Quang was elected the new president on April 2, and Nguyen Xuan Phuc was elected the country's new prime minister on April 7.

The first session of the 14th NA is scheduled to last till July 29.

(APD)