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AIPA NEWS BULLETIN
SECOND QUARTERLY JANUARY - MARCH 2008
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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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