(VOVworld) – Four cabinet members will be queried about pressing issues of voter concern at a two-and-a-half-day Q-and-A session conducted by the National Assembly, starting on Monday. The four cabinet members are the Minister of Industry and Trade, the Minister of Home Affairs, the Transport Minister, and the Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Four cabinet members to be questioned at the ongoing NA session.

This week the National Assembly will debate the revision and amendments to a resolution on votes of confidence on officials elected by the NA or People’s Councils and a project to revive school curricula and textbooks. Lawmakers will adopt new laws on the organization of the NA and the government; civil aviation; military service; social insurance; and citizen identification.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents a report on implementing NA resolutions on Q and A session. (Photo: Quang Trung)

Monday morning, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented a report on implementing NA resolutions on Q and A session. The report highlighted achievements in 7 basic areas, including agriculture and rural development, finance, and inspection. Despite initial positive results, many things still need to be done. The number of poor households among ethnic minority groups remains high, and administrative reform hasn’t kept up with development requirements especially in improving investment and the business environment. Public debt has been near the safe ceiling, putting tremendous pressure on the state budget. Corruption and waste prevention have fallen short of targets.

While discussing the report, deputies asked the government to find a way to correct the problem of farmers with bumper crops seeing small profits due to price declines. They underlined the need to attract enterprises to invest in agriculture and aquaculture to develop a market for agriculture and aquaculture products. Huynh Van Tinh, a representative for Tien Giang province, said:

“To deal with difficulties in attracting businesses to invest in agriculture, in the future, the government should outline methods, particularly in tariff and land policies. In regard to weak consumption of agriculture and aquaculture products, the government should design specific measures to ensure that farmers and fishermen will earn a profit. Due to overlapping management of agriculture, ministries should strengthen cooperation.”

Referring to administrative reform, NA deputies said that although some administrative procedures have been eliminated , it’s necessary to streamline cumbersome mechanisms, reduce personnel, and improve service quality.

Nguyen Ba Thuyen, deputy from Lam Dong province, urges the government to tighten criteria for sacking civil servants (Photo: Thao Nguyen)

Nguyen Ba Thuyen, a deputy from Lam Dong province, said: “I urge the government to take more drastic measures with a focus on redefining job positions and tightening criteria for sacking civil servants. It’s necessary to increase anti-corruption activities, putting greater focus on human and trust factors.”

 Deputies also asked the government to clarify issues related to counterfeit and fake goods, products of low quality, and speed up the promulgation of the policy on resettling people whose land has been acquired for the construction of hydropower plants.

In the afternoon, Vu Huy Hoang, Minister of Industry and Trade, was the first minister to answer questions, focusing on support industries, market management, and growth of manufacturing.