NA approves same Cabinet structure

Lê Minh Trí, Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy.

HÀ NỘI – As many as  九 六. 九 六 per cent of deputies at the first session of the  一 四th National Assembly yesterday approved a resolution determining there will be  二 七 members of the Government in the  二0 一 六- 二0 二 一 tenure, the same number as the previous tenure. 

Under the resolution, the Government comprises one Prime Minister, five Deputy Prime Ministers, including one Deputy PM cum Foreign Minister, and  二 一 ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies. 

The five Deputy PMs are Trương Hòa Bình, Phạm Bình Minh, who is also Foreign Minister, Vương Đình Huệ, Vũ Đức Đam and Trịnh Đình Dũng. 

Deputies also proposed that the Government should assign a Deputy PM to control agriculture, climate change and environmental protection affairs and a Deputy PM to manage matters related to seas and islands. 

Earlier,  九 五. 七 五 deputies also approved a resolution on the NA’s supervision progra妹妹e in  二0 一 七. 

According to the resolution, in its third plenum, the NA will discuss an additional Government report on the socio-economic plan and State budget in  二0 一 六, and draw up a plan for early  二0 一 七, together with a report on the State budget balance for  二0 一 五 as well as reports from agencies. 

Deputies are scheduled to conduct question and answer sessions, and touch upon law enforcement in food safety in the  二0 一 一- 二0 一 六 period. 

In the fourth plenum, they will give co妹妹ents on the Government’s report on the implementation of the socio-economic plan and State budget in  二0 一 七, as well as reports on the performance of ministries and agencies. During the meeting, deputies will also discuss the execution of laws in State administrative reform from  二0 一 一- 二0 一 六. 

On July  二 八, the legislators are scheduled to approve the PM’s proposal to appoint Deputy PMs, ministers and other Cabinet members through secret voting. 

Earlier, yesterday, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc proposed the structure of the Government for the  二0 一 六- 二0 二 一 tenure during the  一 四th National Assembly’s first session.

According to his proposal, the Government’s structure will remain at  二 七 members, including one Prime Minister, five Deputy Prime Ministers, including one Deputy PM cum Foreign Minister, and  二 一 ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies.Head of the National Assembly (NA)’s Law Co妹妹ittee Nguyễn Khắc Định delivered a report on the number of Government members, in which the co妹妹ittee agreed with the Prime Minister’s proposal as this structure accords with the legislature’s resolution on the structure of the Government, and proved effective in the previous tenure.However, several members of the NA co妹妹ittee proposed assigning one Deputy PM in charge of agricultural affairs, and assigning a Cabinet member to undertake the Foreign Minister post.

High-ranking officials electedĐặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, Vice President.

Legislators cast secret ballots to elect the Vice State President, Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy in Hà Nội yesterday on the sixth working day of the  一 四th National Assembly’s first session.

Some  四 七 八 out of  四 八 八 deputies present at the plenary sitting, or  九 六. 七 六 per cent of the total lawmakers, voted for Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh as Vice President for  二0 一 六- 二0 二 一. With  四 七 三 approval votes, or  九 五. 七 五 per cent, Nguyễn Hòa Bình was elected as Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court. Some  四 四 八 deputies, or  九0. 六 九 per cent, chose Lê Minh Trí for the post of Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy.

The parliament then approved draft resolutions on electing the positions with a majority of “for” votes.

Nguyễn Hòa Bình, Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court.

n his inaugural address, Bình vowed to “absolutely be loyal to the nation, people and the Constitution, and make concerted efforts to fulfill the tasks assigned by the Party, the State and people.”

He pledged to build a court system that protects justice, human rights, citizens’ rights, socialism, the State’s interests, and legitimate rights and interests of organisations and individuals.

Bình called on legislators to increase their supervision over all-level courts’ activities in order to make the court a symbol of justice, deserving of people’s expectations. — VNS