State leadership to be elected during second week of 15th NA’s first session
The election of key positions in the State leadership will be the focus of the second and also the last working week, from July 26 to 28, of the 15th National Assembly’s first session.
Legislators at the first session of the 15th National Assembly (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The election of key positions in the State leadership will be the focus of the second and also the last working week, from July 26 to 28, of the 15th National Assembly’s first session.
On July 26, the NA is scheduled to elect the State President,the Prime Minister, the Vice State President, the Chief Justice of the SupremePeople’s Court, and the Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy.
Lawmakers will also made decisions about thestructure and the number of members of the Government, and vote on the appointment ofdeputy prime ministers, ministers, and other members of the Government; thevice chairperson and members of the National Defence and Security Council; andjustices of the Supreme People’s Court.
Deputies will look into the implementation of the socio-economic developmentand State budget plans during the first six months and tasks in the latter half of this year to fulfill the yearly plans; the socio-economic developmentplan for 2021 - 2025, which includes the intensification of the COVID-19 fight; andinvestment policy for the national target programmes on sustainable poverty reductionand new-style rural area building for 2021 - 2025.
Thesedebates will be broadcast live on radio and television.
Other issues on the working programme in the coming days include thefinancial plan, the public borrowing and debt repayment plan, and themedium-term public investment plan for 2021 - 2025; the approval of the 2019 State budget balance; and the thrift practice and wastefulness prevention in2020.
TheNA is also set to vote on many important resolutions during the final working days ofits first session.
The session’s closing ceremony on July 28 will bebroadcast live on radio and television./.
The 15th National Assembly adopted a resolution on the Government’s organizational structure for the 2021-2026 tenure in the morning of July 23, as part of the 15th legislature’s first session in Hanoi.
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Legislators at the first session of the 15th National Assembly (Photo: VNA) 
