The sitting on June 8 of the NA's ninth session (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The ninthworking day of the 14th National Assembly (NA)’s ninth session on June 8 was marked with the ratificationof the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the Investment ProtectionAgreement (EVIPA), along with the country’s membership of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Convention105.
This was also the first dayof the ninth session lawmakers met in person at the NA’s building in Hanoi.
The sitting in the morningwas also attended by the EU Ambassador to Vietnam and representatives of 18 EUcountries’ embassies in Hanoi, namely France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, theNetherlands, Bulgaria, Romania, Ireland, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Austria,Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
After NA Chairwoman NguyenThi Kim Ngan reported on the outcomes of the ninth session’s online discussionfrom May 20 to 28, legislators voted on the resolutions ratifying the EVFTA,the EVIPA and the ILO’s Convention 105 (Abolition of Forced Labour Convention),which won the majority of support.
These activities werebroadcast live by Radio The Voice of Vietnam, the Vietnam Television and the NA’sTV channel.
Besides, parliamentariansalso agreed to supplement the ninth session’s agenda with the consideration ofa draft resolution on the reduction of the corporate income tax thatbusinesses, cooperatives, public service agencies and other organisations haveto pay in 2020.
On behalf of the PrimeMinister, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Le Minh Hung proposed the NAraise the charter capital at the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and RuralDevelopment. Chairman of the NA’s Committee for Economic Affairs Vu Hong Thanhdelivered a verification report on this issue.
Minister of Planning andInvestment Nguyen Chi Dung, on behalf of the PM, submitted a draft resolutionon recognising and allowing the enforcement of rulings issued by disputesettlement agencies under the EVIPA. A verification report on this draft waslater presented by Chairwoman of the NA’s Committee for Judicial Affairs Le Thi Nga.
In the afternoon, deputiesheld group discussions on several socio-economic issues./.
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