Hanoi (VNA) – Lawmakers continued theirdiscussions on the implementation of the socio-economic development plan andstate budget in 2017, as well as orientations and measures for 2018 on November1 as part of the ongoing fourth sitting of the 14th NationalAssembly.

Opinions raised at the working session focused on how to improve growthquality, the role of science-technology policies, measures to balance the statebudget and make effective mid-term public investment, and the combination offinancial solutions with growth target and economic restructuring.

They also touched upon infrastructure development, logistics strategies, settlementof loss-making projects, organic agricultural development, food safety, socialwelfare, health care, health insurance, sustainable poverty reduction anddevelopment gap between urban and rural areas.

Issues relating to education, environmental protection, natural disaster andclimate change response, culture, tourism, administrative reform, nationaldefence and security were tabled.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and Ministerof Finance Dinh Tien Dung cleared up questions raised by the deputies.

The lawmakers are scheduled to further debate socio-economic and state budgetissues on November 2 morning. The working session will be broadcast live onnational television and radio channels and widely covered by the media.

In the afternoon, they will talk the delay of a new curriculum andtextbook programme.-VNA