NA elects personnel, considers legislation

They voted to elect members of the Standing Committee; the Vice Chair of the Ethnicity Council; Vice Chair of the Legal Committee; Vice Chair of the Committee on Culture, Education, Youth, and Teenagers; Vice Chair of the Committee on Social Affairs; and Vice Chair of the Committee on External Relations.

The deputies listened to the government’s appraisal of the draft Law on Public Investment. Its report stressed the importance of issuing a public investment law as soon as possible in order to minimise waste and satisfy the expectations of foreign partners regarding transparency in state management.

Economic Committee Chair Nguyen Van Giau said some deputies recommended evaluating the impact of any public investment law on preexisting legislation. They also suggested expanding the regulations governing investments in businesses using state funding to build public infrastructure.

The NA deputies also used the meeting to debate the revised Customs Law as well as officially approve the Employment Law and amendments and supplements to the Law on Emulation and Rewards.