NA’s Q&A session starts with questions on public security matters
The question-and-answer session as part of the 14th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee started on August 10 with questions on issues under the management of the public security ministry.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue addresses the session (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The question-and-answer session aspart of the 14th session of the 15th National Assembly(NA) Standing Committee started on August 10 with questions on issues under themanagement of the public security ministry.
Opening the session which was broadcast live on national television and radio, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said that basingon proposals of 58 NA deputy delegations, the NA Standing Committee has chosen twogroups of issues for the Q&A session – those under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
In the field of public security, the questions will focus onState management over cybersecurity, the safety of national cybersecuritysystem in the current period, and measures to prevent and strictly handlehigh-tech crimes.
The implementation of resolutions of the NA and NA Standing Committee of theNational Assembly related to crime prevention and control, especiallydrug-related crimes, credit shark, and usury will also be included in theagenda of the session, along with the implementation of the issuance of citizenidentification cards, the issuance and use of the new version of ordinary passports, and thebuilding of a national database on population.
In the field of culture, sports and tourism, questions will focus on the implementation of policies and laws that aim to make tourism aspearhead economic sector, tasks and solutions to boosttourism recovery after COVID-19, as well as policies to support businesses andemployees in the tourism industry.
The questions will also cover issues related to policies to encouragethe engagement of the society in the development of sector; the management,conservation, renovation and promotion of the value of national historical relics;solutions to prevent the degradation of social and behavioral morality;and the building of cultural lifestyles, said the NA leader.
Concluding the session, the NA Standing Committeewill issue a resolution on the session, which will be the foundation for theimplementation and supervision over related activities./.
Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue presided over a meeting on July 29 to discuss the amendment of two resolutions on the classification of cities and administrative units.
The 14th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will open on August 9 and last for three days, during which full-time legislators are scheduled to consider and approve two draft resolutions.
The draft Law on Land (revised) will be tabled for discussion for the first time by the 15th National Assembly during its fourth session and the amendments would be completed within 2023, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said at a working session with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in Hanoi on August 8.
The 15th National Assembly (NA)'s Standing Committee convened its 14th session in Hanoi on August 9 afternoon, under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
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NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue addresses the session (Photo: VNA) 
