Results achieved at the freshly-ended sixth session of the 12th National Assembly (NA) are expected to spur Vietnam’s socio-economic development and improve the quality and efficiency of the NA’s operations.

NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong made this assessment at the closing session of the NA session in Hanoi on November 27 in the presence of Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, State President Nguyen Minh Triet, and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Chairman Trong affirmed that the NA’s sixth session concluded successfully and called on all involved in making the new laws and resolutions a reality - the Government, the People’s Supreme Court, the People’s Supreme Procuracy, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, member organisations, and all sectors and relevant agencies - strictly adhere to them, accelerating management and increasing responsibilities of the political system and the people in overcoming difficulties and undertaking national construction and defence.

Chairman Trong stressed that 2010 will be hard as it is the last year of the 2006-2010 plan. It will be a year of many important events and major anniversaries, including the 1,000th founding anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, the 80th anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and the 65th National Day.

The NA Chairman called on all people and organisations in the country, and all Vietnamese living abroad, to make their utmost efforts to contribute to fulfilling the 2010 socio-economic development plan.

Earlier, NA deputies approved a resolution on supervision designed to improve the efficiency of the implementation of policies on management and the use of State-owned capital and property by State-owned groups and corporations, as well as a resolution responding to an inquiries at the 12th NA, sixth session.
Regarding the latter, 264 inquiries conveyed via documents from 44 groups of NA deputies were sent to the Prime Minister, heads of ministerial-level agencies, the Chief Judge of the People’s Supreme Court and the Director of the People’s Supreme Procuracy. The Prime Minister, the State Bank Governor, and the Minister of Information and Communications, Industry and Trade, and of Home Affairs directly answered 112 questions.

Questions and answers focused on important and urgent matters impacting the daily lives and aspirations of the people. Many major issues were raised relating to socio-economic management, and how the Government and its members arrive at their decisions and perform their functions.

The NA asked Cabinet members and the Chief Judge of the People’s Supreme Court to continue answering NA deputies’ questions in documents and put practical measures in place to implement the resolutions on the 2010 socio-economic development plan as well as the 2010 State budget estimate and report their results at the coming sessions, which will cover a wide range of issues: the economic stimulus package, foreign currency market management, monetary policy control, State management of the press, the internet and telecom infrastructure, management and development of the local market, import-export management, development of small- and medium-sized hydro-power plants, personnel training and management and administrative reform. (VNA)