General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong on
June 28 met with voters in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district to inform them of
the outcomes of the just-ended fifth session of the 13th National
Assembly.
Voters expressed their delight at the
session’s move towards further democracy, especially the first ever
vote of confidence undertaken to assess the performance of 47 officials
elected or approved by the NA and agreed that the vote reflects its
supreme supervisory role.
However, they also
pointed to various social problems, including urban transport,
environmental sanitation, food hygiene, as well as the construction of
cultural houses in residential areas and places of entertainment for
children, especially during the summer holidays.
Party leader Trong took note of voters’ opinions and said he will relay them to the NA, relevant ministries and sectors.
Regarding the vote of confidence, the Party leader stressed that it
is necessary to differentiate between conducting the vote of confidence
and the casting of votes of confidence, saying that conducting the vote
of confidence is to assess the confidence in not only the National
Assembly but also Party agencies.
This will help prompt officials to improve their performance, the leader said.
As for the East Sea issue, the Party chief said it relates to
many countries, maritime freedom and safety, and national sovereignty,
independence and regional peace and stability, and needs to be solved in
a clear-minded and sound manner.
The Party
Central Committee, NA and Government attach great importance to this
issue, reflected through a strategy on sea and islands, the passage of
the Law on the Sea and the establishment of a steering committee on the
East Sea .
Vietnam has manifested its
clear and consistent position of solving the East Sea issue by
peaceful means in respect to international law at regional and
international forums and through bilateral and multilateral diplomatic
channels, he added.
He affirmed the country will
continue implementing the Resolution of the 4th Plenum of the party
Central Committee (11 th tenure) on Party building, stressing that this
is an issue of strategic significance.
Also
on June 28, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung met with voters in Thach Ha
commune in the central province of Ha Tinh .
Voters expressed hope that the legislative body will pay more
attention to investment in building new rural areas and policies for
people who rendered services to the country, and the completion of the
amendments to the 1992 Constitution.
They also
raised opinions on the revised Land Law, and asked authorised agencies
to issue at an early date a document on employment for people who have
their agricultural land revoked and to deal with all shortcomings in
land management.
The Party and State should take more drastic measures to combat and prevent corruption, they added.
NA Chairman Hung asked the province’s People’s Councils at all levels
to make preparations for the vote of confidence on officials they elect
to ensure the work will be implemented carefully and objectively.
Conducting a vote of confidence should strengthen solidarity among
people and authorities, as well as implement socio-economic development
goals, he said.-VNA