National Assembly deputies devoted the morning session on November 13 to personnel work.
They approved the Prime Minister’s proposal to appoint Minister-Head
of the Government Office Vu Duc Dam and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh
as new Deputy Prime Ministers.
Legislators later also voted
in favour of the Prime Minister’s proposal removing Dam from his former
duties at the Government Office.
The session also
heard reports on the draft Law on Bankruptcy (amended) presented by
Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh and Head of
the NA Economics Committee Nguyen Van Giau.
In the afternoon, the deputies commented on the report reviewing the
master plan on hydroelectric power development, focusing on state
management in the sector, the quality, safety and operation of
reservoirs and hydro electric plants, environmental protection,
compensation and resettlement work.
They also went through
proposed amendments to a resolution on the plan to build the Ho Chi
Minh Road with most attention given to investment capital and the
project’s quality and progress.
The legislature is scheduled
to continue mulling over personnel work and discuss in groups the draft
Marriage and Family Law (revised) and draft amendments and supplements
to the Law on Health Insurance on November 14./.