Ministers questioned about industry - trade, natural resources - environment issues
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha are fielding questions about issues within their remit on March 16, part of the 9th sitting of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.
Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Ministerof Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha are fielding questions aboutissues within their remit on March 16, part of the 9th sitting of theNational Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.
Thequestion-and-answer session, held at the NA building in Hanoi, is connectedwith all the 63 NA deputies’ delegations nationwide via videoconference and broadcastlive on the Vietnam Television, Radio the Voice of Vietnam, and theNA Television.
Inhis opening remarks, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said the Q&A session, thefirst of the 15th NA Standing Committee, will focus on two groups ofissues.
Regardingthe industry and trade sector, legislators will ask about petrol production,import, supply, and price management; the market surveillance and the combatagainst smuggling, counterfeits, and goods with low quality or unclear origin;along with measures for ensuring the smooth flow, export, and import of goods,especially agricultural products, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile,the natural resource and environmental issues to be raised include urbanland planning, use, and management; land auctioning, transfer, purchase, andthe settlement land-related complaints and denunciations; and waste release andtreatment.
Asidefrom the two ministers, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh and heads of some otherministries will also elaborate related issues./.
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The Q&A session in Hanoi on March 16 (Photo: VNA) 
