Profiles

‘The people’s meat is the officials’ poison’
21/03/2010 05:00
NA’s Committee for Defence and Security Chairman Le Quang Binh is a strong advocate of reforms to make the legislature more effective. Interviewed by VietNamNet, Binh didn’t mince words. Deputy Le Quang Binh, 62, represents...
National Assembly developing systematic oversight of national budget
21/03/2010 05:00
The Vice Chairman of the NA’s Committee for Finance and Budget told VietNamNet that individual deputies should be allocated funds to investigate the Government’s spending. Deputy Trinh Huy Quach, 56, was born in Hung Yen...
“I never thought I would be a deputy”
21/03/2010 05:00
“I don’t want to be just an average deputy,” permanent member of the Justice Committee Nguyen Van Luat told VietNamNet during another interview in its series, ‘Know Your Representative.’ VietNamNet: Your home is in Ha Dong...
Deputy Cuong unfazed by blasts from Ha Giang
21/03/2010 05:00
Deputy Le Van Cuong says it’s part of a legislator’s job to speak truth to power – provided he has the facts straight. Another in VietNamNet’s ‘Know Your Deputy’ series. Background: Thanh Hoa province deputy Le Van Cuong made...
Deputy urges tighter oversight of use of state assets
21/03/2010 05:00
“The relations between the National Assembly and the government are the relatively independent but not oppositional. We’re all on the same team,” says deputy Le Minh Hong. Deputy Le Minh Hong was born on January 25 1949 in Ninh...
From collecting rubbish to world champion
21/03/2010 05:00
Hard years of making a living by collecting waste didn’t hinder Nguyen Dinh Toan’s strong will, instead it helped him become world taekwondo champion. Nguyen Dinh Toan (middle) and his team. Toan’s father, Nguyen Dinh Hoan, was...
“I’m learning all the time” – Deputy Do Manh Hung
21/03/2010 05:00
The deputy leader of the Thai Nguyen province delegation at the National Assembly, Do Manh Hung, calls working as a legislator “a special job, in which one gains a lot and loses nothing.” VietNamNet: You were a member of the Thai...