Hanoi (VNA) – The 11th sitting,also the last meeting of the 14th National Assembly, kicked off inHanoi on March 24 morning.

The opening session was broadcast live by Radio TheVoice of Vietnam, Vietnam Television and the NA’s television channel.

Prior to the opening ceremony, leaders of the Party,State and Vietnam Fatherland Front, and NA deputies paid floral tribute toPresident Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi.

A preparatory session began later, during which NAChairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan delivered remarks and NA Secretary General andhead of the NA Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc presented a report on the revision ofthe meeting’s working programme. NA deputies then discussed and voted toapprove the working programme of the session.

The 11th meeting takes place in thecontext when the entire Party, people and army are making efforts to realisethe Resolution adopted by the 13th National Party Congress andprepare for the elections of deputies to the 15th legislature andall-level People’s Councils for 2021-2026.

Apart from law building and decision making on thecountry’s major matters, the legislators will review the performance of State,NA and Government agencies over the past tenure.

Notably, they will devote much time to deciding theState’s leadership positions.

The deputies are scheduled to gather at plenarysessions for 12 days, scheduled to end on April 8.


The session will consider and vote on the revisedLaw on Drug Prevention and Control that was scrutised during the previousmeeting.

Deputies will spend four and a half days looking ata draft report on the 14th NA’s operation, along with working reportsof the President, the Government, the NA Standing Committee, the Council forEthnic Affairs and committees of the legislature, the Supreme People’s Court,the Supreme People’s Procuracy and the State Audit of Vietnam during 2016-2021.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front will present a reportsumming up opinions and petitions that voters and people nationwide send to the11th meeting, and the NA Standing Committee will deliver a report onthe supervision of the settlement of voters’ petitions sent to the 10th session.

The National Election Council will also report onits work since its inception to March 2021.

Seven days of the session will be spent to decidetop leadership positions of the State.

The 11th session will decide the numberof full-time deputies of the Hanoi People’s Council for the 2021-2026 term, andapprove the 11th meeting’s resolution.

The meeting is set to wrap up on April 8./.