Legislators agreed that the 5th session of the 13 th NA will start on March 20th, during which they will adopt eight laws, one draft resolution, discuss seven judicial projects, the collection of votes of confidence on those elected or approved by the NA, and several key socio-economic issues.

They debated judicial projects scheduled for approval at the 5 th session, including the laws on amendments and supplements to some articles of the Residence Law and Corporate Income Law. Others up for discussion are the Law on Reception of Citizens, the amended Law on Thrift Practice and Waste Prevention, the laws on amendments and supplements to the Value Added Tax Law, the Emulation and Commendation Law, and the Fire Prevention and Fighting Law.

A live-broadcast question-and-answer session was also held with Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh and Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan. Binh answered questions on how to overcome shortcomings in professional expertise and experience, judges and juries’ sense of responsibility at local courts, and the enhancement of supervision to minimise negative occurrences in hearings.

Luan clarified the policy on comprehensive education-training reform, and an action plan to deal with private tuition and generate more jobs forgraduates. The legislators gave feedback on a project to renovate the apparatus of legislative bodies to improve legislature quality in the new situation. On the occasion, the NA Standing Committee also adopted the Ordinance on amendments and supplements to some articles of the Foreign Exchange Ordinance.

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