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AIPA NEWS BULLETIN

SECOND QUARTERLY                                                                     JANUARY - MARCH 2008

 

A.        STANDING COMMITTEE SESSIONS (January to March 2008)

 

During three sessions, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of Viet Nam discussed the following Laws:

1.   Law on Amendments and Complements to some articles of Civil Code

2.   Law on Value Added Tax (Revised)

3.   Law on Corporate Income Tax (Revised)

4.   Law on Amendments and Complements to some articles of Publication Law

5.   Law on Amendments and Complements to some articles of the Law on  Drug Control

6.   Law on Amendments and Complements to some articles of the Law on  Competition and Rewards

7.   Law on Biodiversity.

8.   Law on Execution of Civil judgments

9.   Law on Petroleum and Gas (Revised).

10. Law on High Technology.

11. Law on People’s Army Officers (Revised)

12. Law on Atomic Energy

13. Law on Health Insurance

14. Law on Amendments and Complements to some articles of the Law on Vietnam  Father Front

15. Law on Public Affairs

Adopted two Ordinances: 

16. Ordinance on Amendments and Complements to some articles of the Ordinance on  Handling the Administrative Violations

17. Ordinance on Seizure Procedures of Marine ships

 

B.        VISITS AND CONFERENCES

 

The National Assembly of Viet Nam welcomed visits by:

 

1.   Mr. Steny Hoyer, Leader of Democratic Party and Mr. Roy Blunt, Leader of Republican Party of the House of Representatives of the United States (2-2/1/2008)   

2.   Mr. Bae Ki Sun, Chairman of Korea–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group (2-  3/1/2008);

3.   Mr. Ken Marchant, MP, House of Representatives of the United States (7-14/1/2008);

4.   Mr Osvaldo Napoli, Chairman of Italia – ASEAN Friendship Group (5-12/1/2008);

5.   Mr. Mandur Laszló, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Hungary (5-9/1/2008);

6.   Mr Isaac V.FiGir, Speaker of the Federation State of Micronesia (5-14/1);

7.   Mr Kongxi Xengduon,Vice Chairman of National Assembly of Lao PDR  (20-  24/1/2008);

8.   Carlos Ominami, Deputy Speaker of the Senate of Chile (cuŃi tháng 1/2008);

9.   Ms Anne Marit Bjornflaten, Chairman of Committee on Justice of Norway (18-22/2)

10. Mr Xaysomphone Phomvihan, Vice President of National Assembly of Lao PDR  (24-271/2/2008);

11. Mr Eduard Oswald, Chairman of Finance Committee of German Parliament (27/2- 1/3);

12. Mr M.E.Nikolaev, Vice Speaker of the Council of Federation of Rusia (2-10/3/2008);

13. Chairman of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Senate of Brazil (16-17/3/2008);

14. European Parliamentarians (EP) to participate in the Workshop on EU and ASEAN  countries with integration of market economies (Hanoi, 15-18/3/2008);

15. Mr Solomon Passy, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of Bulgary (24-  29/3/2008);

 

Viet Nam National Assembly also sent delegations to participate in the following overseas conferences and visits:

 

1.  AIPA visit to Japan attended by Mr Ngo Duc Manh, Vice Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee and Mr Nguyen Van Phuc, Vice Chairman of Economic Committee (14 – 18/1/2008)

2.  16th Asia Pacific Parliaments Forum (APPF -16) by Mrs Tong Thi Phong, Vice President of the National Assembly and visit to New Zealand (18-29/1/2008);

3.  Visit to India by Mrs. Le Thi Thu Ba, Chairperson of Committee on Justice (22-29/1/2008);

4.  Visit to Malaysia and Indonesia by Mr. Ksor Phuoc, Chairman of the Ethnic Council (22-31/1/2008);

5.  Visit to Hungary and Cezch Republic by Mr Vu Viet Ngoan, Vice Chairman of Committee on Economy (20-31/1/2008);

6.  Executive Committee of Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly (APF)  at Burundi attended by MP. Tran Đong A (të 30/1-4/2/2008);

7.  Official visit by the President of the National Assembly, H.E. Nguyen Phu Trong to Australia, Japan and Republic of Korea  (9-23/3/2008).

8.  Consultants Conference of Asia Pacific in Ottawa, Canada by Mr. Ngo Anh Dzung, Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (8-17/3/2008);

 

 

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