National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan speaks at the 9th meeting of the NA Standing Committee (Photo: VNA)

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will finalise preparations for the National Assembly’s third session scheduled for May 22. During the meeting on May 15-17, the NA Standing Committee will give opinions on a report giving additional assessment of the implementation of socio-economic development and the state budget plan for 2016 and 2017.

Other issues on the agenda include a draft decree of the Government stipulating some special mechanisms and policies for Hai Phong city, and a draft resolution on the settlement of bad debt at credit institutions and on state budget balance.
The NA Standing Committee will discuss a report on the supervision of the handling of voter’s opinions sent to the parliament’s second session last November. Deputies will look into the North-South expressway project and amendments to a draft law revising a number of articles of the 2015 Penal Code.