A number of National Assembly (NA) deputies considered
question-and-answer (QA) sessions and the confidence vote as
highlights of the 13th NA’s freshly-concluded eighth session.
During this session, legislators questioned Minister of Industry and
Trade Vu Huy Hoang, Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Thai Binh, Minister
of Transport Dinh La Thang, and Minister of Labour, War Invalids and
Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung also
directly responded to issues of voters’ concern.
Deputy Phan Van Quy from central Nghe An province called this time’s
QA sessions fruitful since answers given by the PM and the
ministers substantively dealt with “hot” problems, showing their high
sense of responsibility.
He valued the Cabinet
members’ promises and feasible implementation measures, taking Minister
Vu Huy Hoang’s solutions to smuggled and counterfeit goods, and Minister
Dinh La Thang’s ways to tackle the increase of traffic projects’ costs
as examples.
QA sessions touched upon pressing
and complicated matters, deputy Tran Ngoc Vinh from northern Hai Phong
city said, adding that more time is needed for more ministers to respond
to concerned problems in the next NA sessions.
Sharing the same view, deputy Bui Thi An from Hanoi said PM
Nguyen Tan Dung gave relatively proper answers to lawmakers’ questions, and proposed more time for his QA session.
Another
highlight of this session, as many lawmakers said, was the vote of
confidence on 50 officials holding positions elected or approved by the
NA.
Tran Ngoc Vinh said several officials who
received high rates of low confidence vote in the first vote of
confidence last year strived to improve their performance, resulting in
better rates of high confidence vote this time such as Minister Dinh La
Thang and Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Binh.
Deputy Phan Van Tan from Nghe An said the confidence vote’s results
satisfactorily reflected legislators and voters’ assessment of the
officials.
The parliament should make better use of
QA sessions and confidence vote and perfect these supervising tools
so as to promote officials’ accountability and sense of responsibility,
he added.-VNA