NA Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong (standing) speaks at the press conference on January 11 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 15th National Assembly (NA) fulfilled the entire agenda of its first extraordinarysession, lasting for four and a half days, and came to success.
Vice Chairman of the NA OfficeVu Minh Tuan made the remark at a press conference held on January 11 afternoon to announcethe session’s outcomes.
He noted that with high consensus, theparliament adopted the law amending and supplementing some articles of the Lawon Public Investment, the Law on Public - Private Partnership Investment, theLaw on Investment, the Law on Housing, the Law on Bidding, the Law onElectricity, the Law on Enterprises, the Law on Special Consumption Tax, and theLaw on Enforcement of Civil Judgments.
It also ratified four resolutions,namely the resolution on fiscal and monetary policies supporting thesocio-economic recovery and development programme, the one on investment in theeastern North - South expressway project for 2021 - 2025, another on pilotingsome special mechanisms and policies for Can Tho city’s development, and theresolution of the first extraordinary session.
At the conference, NA SecretaryGeneral and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong, along with representativesof parliamentary agencies fielded questions raised by the press.
Regarding the case of COVID-19 testkit overcharging at the Viet A Technologies JSC, Cuong said the resolution ofthe extraordinary session and remarks by NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue affirmedthe parliament’s viewpoint on assigning the Government, all-level authorities,and sectors to perform anti-pandemic tasks.
Those duties include improving the managementcapacity by State agencies, especially the health sector, over medicine andmedical supplies; enhancing control over public procurement as well as theinspection and assessment of the quality of medicine and medical supplies; and earlydetecting any wrongdoing that takes advantage of the pandemic to seek illegalprofit.
The session’s resolution alsorequested prompt and drastic actions to investigate the irregularities relatedto the Viet A company and strictly deal with violating organisations andindividuals without exceptions, according to Cuong./.
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NA Secretary General and Chairman of the NA Office Bui Van Cuong (standing) speaks at the press conference on January 11 (Photo: VNA) 
