NA: resolutions on mid-term public investment plan, CPTPP adopted

NA: resolutions on adjusting mid-term public investment plan, CPTPP adopted

The 14th National Assembly adopted a resolution on adjusting the mid-term public investment plan for the 2016-2020 period with an 89.48 percent approval rate during its ongoing sixth session in Hanoi on November 12.
NA: resolutions on adjusting mid-term public investment plan, CPTPP adopted ảnh 1At the meeting (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 14th National Assemblyadopted a resolution on adjusting the mid-term public investment plan for the2016-2020 period with an 89.48 percent approval rate during its ongoing sixthsession in Hanoi on November 12.

Accordingly, the total foreign capital will be raised from300 trillion VND (13 billion USD) to a maximum of 360 trillion VND, whilecapital in key national projects will be cut down from 80 trillion VND to 70trillion VND.

The total public investment was capped at a maximum of 2quadrillion VND.

With 96.7 percent of the vote, the Comprehensive andProgressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was passed, alongwith related documents.

Also on the same day, deputies discussed in groups theamended Law on Taxation Management as well as the law on amendments and supplementsto articles of the Law on Public Investment.

The legislature assigned the Government, the SupremePeople’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuracy, and relevant agencies to reviewbills and other legal documents, thus proposing amendments and supplements toensure full delivery of commitments in the CPTPP.

The Prime Minister will be responsible for directing centraland local agencies towards realising the CPTPP, paying attention to workforcetraining to tap into the deal’s opportunities, as well as raising publicawareness of its contents.

They also discussed in groups the draft revision of the Lawon Criminal Procedure and the draft Law on Preventing and Combating the HarmfulEffects of Alcohol and Beer. –VNA

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