HCMCity (VNA) – NA deputies of Ho Chi Minh City need to continueimproving the quality of their activities in building drafts law, especiallythose related to the improvement of the State apparatus, socio-economicdevelopment, defence-security and human right, President Tran Dai Quang has said.

Addressing a conference to review activities of the city’s NA delegation in2016 and launch tasks in 2017 on February 16 in HCM City, the President urged thecity’s NA deputies to propose issues concerning mechanism and policies, towardshelping the city achieve a breakthrough development in the future.

Theywere asked to focus on settling complaints and denunciation of the peoplebasing on the law on complaints and denunciation and the law on reception of citizens, thus meeting legitimate aspirations of locals.

The quality of supervision activities of NA should be improved, he said, addingthat the city’s NA delegation should work closely with the Vietnam FatherlandFront’s HCM City chapter, and sectors in order to roll out plans for the city’sfuture development.

The standing committee of HCM City’s NA deputies delegation was required todiversify the form of meetings with voters and maintain regular connection withlocal voters to hear their opinions, thus creating consensus in the community.

Secretary of the municipal PartyCommittee Dinh La Thang, who is also the headof the HCM City NA delegation, called on greater efforts from localdeputies to complete tasks of the year.

Supervisionof the settlement of citizens’ complaints and denunciation must be enhanced, hestressed, suggesting enhancing thematic survey activities regarding socio-economicand budget matters, and building policies to attract experts and scientists in givingadvices to NA deputies.

NA deputies should offer suggestions to the municipal authorities, thus betteringtheir management, towards developing the city into a civilised and modern city,he said.

Participantsto the conference shared experience regarding activities of the NA, the organisationof meetings with voters and the settlement of citizens’ complaints, and thoseto improve the efficiency of NA deputies’ operation.

In 2016, HCM City’s NA delegation organised 78 meetings with over 15,713 local votersparticipated in. Along with meetings as regulated, it also arranged twomeetings with voters in enterprises and armed forces units in the city.

The delegation maintained regular receptions for citizens, handling469 out of total 494 complaints and denunciations.

Implementing the NA’s resolutions on the law and ordinance programme, thedelegation held 13 workshops to give opinions to drafts laws, and collect 725opinions to send to the NA Standing Committee.

It planned to hold workshops to collect opinions on drafts law that will be discussedat the 3rd and 4th sessions of the 14th NA, and join supervision delegations ofthe Standing Committee, the Committee for Ethnic Affairs, and other committeesof the NA.-VNA