The opening plenum in the morning saw the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and N.A. Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
N.A. deputies’ delegations nationwide attended the session via videoconferencing.
    |
 |
|
At the extraordinary session |
In his opening speech, Chairman Hue emphasized that in 2021, especially the third quarter, the fourth wave of COVID-19 with the spread of the Delta variant in almost all localities took a heavy toll on every socio-economic aspect.
Given the country’s urgent demand and basing on the Constitution, the Law on the Organization of the N.A., and resolutions of the N.A.’s second session, the N.A. Standing Committee decided to summon the first extraordinary meeting of the 15th N.A. so as to consider and make timely decisions on some major, important, and urgent issues relevant to the economy, society, finance, and budget with a view to providing timely support for the COVID-19 prevention and control program and the socio-economic recovery and development program, he noted.
During this extraordinary session, the N.A. is set to vote on a resolution on fiscal and monetary policies to assist the implementation of the socio-economic recovery and development program, he said, describing this resolution as particularly important to coping with the pandemic, addressing losses, recovering and developing the economy and society, reviving the labor market, and dealing with social security and welfare issues.
These are supplementary policies which have not been included in the fiscal and monetary measures approved in the socio-economic development, financial, public borrowing and debt repayment, and public investment plans for 2021 - 2025, he added.
The N.A. is set to debate and vote on a bill amending and supplementing some articles of the Law on Public Investment, the Law on Public - Private Partnership Investment, the Law on Investment, the Law on Electricity, the Law on Enterprises, the Law on Special Consumption Tax, and the Law on Enforcement of Civil Judgments.
During the meeting, the parliament will discuss and decide a resolution on piloting some special mechanisms and policies for the development of Can Tho in order to institutionalize the Party Central Committee and Politburo’s resolutions on this Mekong Delta city in a timely manner.
Besides, the N.A. Standing Committee and the Government had agreed to submit to the extraordinary session a supplementary report on the current COVID-19 prevention and control work, especially the response to the Omicron variant; the prevention, detection, and settlement of wrongdoings in the pandemic combat; the COVID-19 prevention and control program; along with the program on socio-economic recovery and development.
The extraordinary session holds considerable significance and attracts great attention from people nationwide, overseas Vietnamese, as well as the business community, Chairman Hue remarked.
Source: VNA