NA approves USD300m upgrade plan for railway sector The Standing Committee of the National Assembly has approved to allocate VND7trn (USD300m) from government bonds to upgrade the railway sector. This is also part of the VND15trn investment plan for 2016-2020 period submitted for approval since early 2017. Vu Anh Minh, chairman of Vietnam Railways, said the fund would be used to upgrade the trains' payload from 3.6 to 4.2 tonnes and improve the speed so that more trains would be able to run per day. Average train speeds are expected to reach 80-90km/h while freight trains would be able to travel at 50-60km/h. They will also upgrade 11 weak bridges and 11 tunnels, remove 800 illegal level crossings and set up 33km of barriers. "VND7trn will be used to fund several projects. VND1.4trn (USD59.81m) is to upgrade Hanoi-Vinh railway, VND1.8trn for Vinh-Nha Trang railway and VND1.9trn for Nha Trang-HCM City section," Minh said. The Hanoi-Vinh project has been given to the Management Board … [Read more...] about National Assembly approves $300m upgrade plan for railway sector
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Party chief meets Deputy Speaker of Hungarian National Assembly
CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (L) and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary Hende Csaba (Source: VNA) Budapest (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong met Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary Hende Csaba in Budapest on September 10. The two sides agreed to create favourable conditions for the two legislatures to exchange high-level delegations, as well as enhance exchanges between parliamentary agencies and friendship parliamentarians’ groups to share experience in law-making, supervision, personnel training. They vowed to step up collaboration between the two countries’ localities and offer all possible support to their friendship parliamentarians’ groups to effectively tap their role in developing ties between the two legislatures. Stressing the importance of economic, trade and investment cooperation in boosting bilateral relations, host and guest agreed to … [Read more...] about Party chief meets Deputy Speaker of Hungarian National Assembly
Full-time National Assembly deputies meet to discuss two laws
The amendments are expected to be approved at the upcoming 6th plenary meeting of the National Assembly. Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan stated that the conference aims to increase the quality of bills presented to the parliament, especially those which deal with complex issues and are subject to different opinions. She said that revisions to the law on corruption prevention are important in that they will concretise the Party’s resolutions on anti-corruption and address the shortcomings in the current law. Key matters to be discussed include dealing with increased assets which are not accounted for, who is required to declare their assets and whether or not to expand the scope of the law to the non-state sectors. Meanwhile a revised law on higher education will lay the legal foundation for the autonomy of tertiary educational institutions, helping them to improve their quality and thereby increasing Vietnam’s national competitiveness. … [Read more...] about Full-time National Assembly deputies meet to discuss two laws
Cambodia’s new National Assembly holds first session
The meeting was attended by 125 parliamentarians of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) that won all National Assembly seats in the sixth general election on July 29. Cambodia’s newly-elected National Assembly held its first meeting on September 5. Addressing the meeting, King Norodom Sihamoni called for the new law-makers’ loyalty and devotion to the people. After the King left the National Assembly for the Royal Palace, the National Assembly meeting was presided over by Samdech Heng Samrim, the oldest parliamentarian and Chairman of the fifth National Assembly and Honorary President of the CPP. Law-makers approved the list of the new parliamentarians and the operational regulations of the new parliament. Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh and diplomatic delegations, including ambassadors of ASEAN countries, attended the session, along with ambassadors from the US and the European Union. All the lawmakers-elect are expected to take an oath … [Read more...] about Cambodia’s new National Assembly holds first session
Cambodian National Assembly selects key positions
Cambodia's Chairman of the fifth National Assembly Samdech Heng Samrin (first, left) and Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen (right) (Photo: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) – The sixth National Assembly of Cambodia selected key positions and approved the cabinet during its first session in Phom Penh on September 5. All 125 parliamentarians, all from the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), elected CPP Honourary President Samdech Heng Samrin, who acted as Chairman of the fifth National Assembly, as Chairman of the National Assembly for another five-year term. They also voted for CPP lawmakers Nguon Nhel and Khuon Sodary as the first vice president and the second vice president, respectively. The parliament also elected chairpersons and vice chairpersons of the legislative body’s 10 commissions. They also approved the cabinet proposed by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen. The list includes Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, 10 deputy prime ministers, 17 senior ministers and 29 … [Read more...] about Cambodian National Assembly selects key positions