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National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue delivers his speech at the session. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee concluded its law-making session on August 18 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue. Addressing the function, Hue stressed that over four days, the committee has completed the agenda for the session, making comments on eight bills and one resolution project containing legal regulations. The bills included five draft laws to be submitted to the NA for approval at the upcoming 4th session, slated for October. They are the Law on Petroleum (amended), the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control (revised), the Law on Inspection (amended), the Law on Implementation of Democracy at Grassroots Level, and the law amending and supplementing articles of the Law on Radio Frequencies. Meanwhile, the three other draft laws will be submitted to the NA for the first time during the fourth meeting are the Law on … [Read more...] about NA Standing Committee wraps up law-making session

Illustrative photo The requirement aimed to push up the progress of supporting rental houses for contract workers in accordance with Decision No.08/2002/QD-TTG. Besides, the People’s Committees of localities are required to direct People’s Committees of the district level to assign and arrange officers and officials to receive, appraise and approve documents and timely deliver the support to contract workers as regulated. Minister of Labor, Invalid and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung stated that the localities had to complete the support by August 30. In addition, the ministry assigned the Department of Employment to arrange working teams to check the late disbursement of the financial support in localities; and the localities have been required to send reports on the spending progress every three days. According to an update of the Ministry of Labor, Invalid and Social Affairs in the afternoon of August 18, there have been 60 out of 63 provinces and cities having enterprises … [Read more...] about Ministry requires rent support completion for workers in August

Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency. - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called for work to be accelerated to perfect the Party and political systems, socio-economic management, and the fight against corruption and negative behaviours. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) Chairing the 22nd meeting of the central steering committee for corruption and behaviour prevention and control in Hanoi on August 17, Trong also requested the submission of regulations regarding power control to the Politburo for approval towards fighting corruption in inspection, supervision, Party discipline enforcement, audit, investigation, prosecution, trial and enforcement of judgments, law-building, use and management of public finances and assets, and press and media activities. Read full story - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said that Vietnam wants to cooperate with Israel in … [Read more...] about ☀️ Morning digest on August 18

Speaking at the event, Chairman of the N.A.’s Committee for Legal Affairs Hoang Thanh Tung said following feedback, the draft law now has 7 chapters and 79 articles, up 5 articles from the version submitted at the N.A.’s third meeting. It also upholds the role of every citizen in overseeing activities of officials and cadres to uncover and fight corruption and negative behaviors, optimize democracy, and increase public responsiveness in the implementation of democracy at grassroots levels, he said. Regulations on the establishment of people’s inspection committees at all grassroots levels were also mentioned in the draft law to ensure fairness in the non-State sector. Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said units will consider opinions before adding regulations over businesses and organizations that lack trade unions but have youngsters or women’s unions to ensure their democratic rights. Units will also gather more feedback to help self-governing units perform … [Read more...] about Full-time legislators look into draft law on implementing democracy at grassroots levels

The visit of the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi will create fresh impetus for the future development of bilateral co-operation with Vietnam, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has said. Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (R) welcomes Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi (Photo:baoquocte.vn) Deputy PM Tileuberdi paid an official visit to the nation from August 17 to August 18 at the invitation of Minister Son. Since both countries established diplomatic ties on June 29, 1992, the two sides have maintained regular political dialogues at all levels, as well as striving to increase exchanges at bilateral and multilateral forums, thereby contributing to the consolidation of global peace and security. In a recent interview given to the media, Kazakhstan Ambassador to Vietnam Yerlan Baizhanov stated that since the initial establishment of co-operative ties, both nations have launched an … [Read more...] about Kazakh Deputy PM’s visit adds fresh impetus to bilateral cooperation

The collection of Czech-Vietnamese and Vietnamese-Czech poems are edited by Sys and writer and translator Do Ngoc Viet Dung (Do.honza), also a writer, co-authored a collection of poems by Czech and Vietnamese poets. The 762-page bilingual book, which includes works of many famous poets namely To Huu, Xuan Dieu, and Jaroslav Seifert, was honored at the 7th National Foreign Press Award. It was published by the Vietnam Writers Association Publishing House. The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Embassy held a ceremony on August 17 to present the award to the Czech writer. Addressing the event, Vietnamese Ambassador Thai Xuan Dung appreciated Sys’s contribution to popularising Vietnamese culture and literary works in the Czech Republic, helping promote the relationship between the two countries. For his part, the Czech writer said it was a great honor for him to receive the award. It was difficult to translate from Czech to Vietnamese and vice versa, requiring the cooperation of … [Read more...] about Czech writer wins Vietnamese national information service award