Hanoi (VNA) – The Standing Committee of theNational Assembly approved the appointment of 16 ambassadors for the 2018-2021tenure during the committee’s 25th session in Hanoi on July 13.
Earlier, Standing Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Sonpresented Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s proposals on the designation.
The legislators voted on the proposal after hearing a reportdelivered by Chairman of the NA’s Committee for External Affairs Nguyen VanGiau assessing the PM’s proposals on the issue.
The NA Standing Committee began its 25th session on July 11.During the three-day meeting, the Committee considered three bills – the draftlaw on the Vietnam Coast Guard, the draft law on prevention and fightcorruption (revised) and the draft law on protecting state secrets.
Other items on the working agenda included the plans onallocating and using the unused medium-term investment capital from the Statebudget in 2016-2020, and on allocating medium-term public investment capital forthe national target programme on the East Sea and Islands, and a draftresolution of the NA Standing Committee on the environmental tax list, amongothers.-VNA