Transparency needed to prevent vested interest in allocation and use of supporting packages: NA lead
Transparency needed to prevent vested interest in allocation and use of supporting packages: NA leader
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has lauded the full and straightforward answers by Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung to questions raised by NA deputies on November 12, and asked the Government, Minister Dung and leaders of relevant ministries and agencies to study the deputies' ideas to handle problems related to the four major issues.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue addresses a NA session (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has lauded the full and straightforward answers by Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung to questions raised by NA deputies on November 12, and asked the Government, Minister Dung and leaders of relevant ministries and agencies to study the deputies' ideas to handle problems related to the four major issues.
Firstly, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) should immediately start working with other relevant ministries and sectors as well as NA agencies to assist the Government in building, issuing and implementing a master plan on post-pandemic economic recovery and development.
The NA chairman underlined the necessity to design risk management programmes to make sure that the mobilisation and distribution of resources are implemented in an open, transparent and effective manner, preventing losses, wastefulness as well as vested interest and negative phenomena during the allocation and use of supporting packages.
Secondly, the MPI should focus on speeding up the disbursement of public investment capital and the progress of national key projects.
Hue urged the ministry to provide consultation to the Government on defining specific responsibility of organisations and individuals involved in public investment disbursement, with a view to speeding up procedures of investment preparations, capital allocation, disbursement and balancing.
It is necessary to roll out stronger and effective solutions to reach the target of 90 percent in public investment disbursement in 2021, and completing 100 percent of the allocation and disbursement estimate assigned by the NA, he stressed.
Thirdly, the NA leader reminded the MPI to propose to the Government measures to promptly build national as well as regional and provincial master plans for approval in line with the Planning Law.
Particularly, the master plan for the Mekong Delta region’s development should be completed before December 2021, he underscored.
Finally, the top legislator asked the ministry to make careful preparations for national key projects in the time to come, with the gathering of ideas from the State Audit Office. It is crucial to consider the feasibility of the projects, especially issues related to capital mobilisation, he said./.
Three ministers have presented explanations on issues of National Assembly deputies’ concern during the NA’s plenary meeting on November 9, the second working day of the second phase of the 15th legislature’s second session, which is being held in the in-person form.
Legislators continued to question Government members regarding labour, invalids and social affairs, education-training, and planning and investment at a Q&A session on November 11, as part of the ongoing 11th sitting of the 15th National Assembly.
Party General Secretary To Lam met with members of the Vietnam Innovation Network in Korea (VINK) and Vietnamese experts living and working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Seoul on August 10 as part of his state visit to the RoK.
In an interview with Korean media on the occasion of Party General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to the RoK, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that the visit demonstrates Vietnam’s strong resolve to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the RoK, with the aim of fostering greater political trust, closer strategic coordination, more substantive and comprehensive cooperation, and stronger bonds of friendship between the two countries' people.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also a Politburo member and Secretary of the Government Party Committee, attended the 4th Party Congress of the EVN Party Organisation for the 2025–2030 tenure on August 10, directing EVN to ensure power supply to meet the country’s development demands with double-digit growth set for the coming years.
Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Seongnam Air Base in Seoul on August 10 afternoon (local time), beginning a state visit to the Republic of Korea from August 10-13.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly departed from Hanoi on August 10 morning for a four-day state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK), which is made at an invitation of RoK President Lee Jae Myung.
As part of the ASEAN Day celebrations, the Vietnamese embassy will also host the ASEAN Family Day 2025 in Ottawa to foster solidarity and community spirit among ASEAN members in Canada.
State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
The 500kV Lao Cai – Vinh Yen power transmission line has a total investment of over 7.41 trillion VND (282.5 million USD), and a total length of 229.5 km, passing through 31 communes in the two provinces, and comprising 468 transmission tower foundations.
The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Party General Secretary To Lam called on the criminal police force to accelerate the application of science, technology, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation in criminal investigation tasks such as crime prevention, detection, tracking and verification, ensuring that no area remains out of their reach.
Many Koreans living, studying, and working in Hanoi see the upcoming state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Party General Secretary To Lam as an opportunity to generate strong synergy in economic cooperation, people-to-people exchanges, and cultural understanding.
The achievements of the five decades of Vietnam–Angola cooperation provide a strong and enduring foundation, as well as momentum for the two sides to consolidate, expand, and bring their partnership into a new phase of development.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed that the emulation and commendation work is a vital driver, fostering patriotism, dedication, and collective momentum in the run-up to the 11th National Patriotic Emulation Congress, Party congresses at all levels, and the 14th National Party Congress.
Emphasising the need for sustainable, long-term collaboration, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man called on Japanese investors not only to bring in capital but also to share expertise and modern technology, especially in areas such as green transformation, the circular economy, and advanced corporate governance.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue addresses a NA session (Photo: VNA) 
