NA leader attends conference of southern localities’ People’s Councils
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended a conference gathering permanent members of the People’s Councils of 21 southeastern and Mekong Delta provinces and cities in Tan An city, the Mekong Delta province of Long An, on July 11.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (centre) speaks at the conference on July 11 (Photo: VNA)
Long An (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) ChairwomanNguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended a conference gathering permanent members of the People’sCouncils of 21 southeastern and Mekong Delta provinces and cities in Tan Ancity, the Mekong Delta province of Long An, on July 11.
People’s Councils have the functions of supervising the compliancewith the Constitution and laws and making decisions about important issues oftheir localities.
At the event – the sixth of its kind for southeasternlocalities and the eighth for Mekong Delta ones in the 2016-2021 tenure, participantsshared experience in improving the quality and efficiency of provincial People’sCouncils’ activities, including preparing for, organising and chairing People’sCouncil sessions, and supervising the settlement of public opinions and theimplementation of industrial infrastructure and resettlement projects.
In her speech, Chairwoman Ngan spoke highly of thecombination of the two regions’ conferences.
She said the People’s Councils of southern provinces andcities have fulfilled their duties, thus greatly helping with localsocio-economic development, social security, and defence-security ensuring.
She highlighted their reformed sessions and improved qualityof supervision and many other activities, noting the councils have applied someof the NA’s experiences to their activities and that they have also paidattention to external activities, experience sharing and training of theirmembers.
The top legislator also emphasised heavy responsibilities ofall-level administrations, including People’s Councils, in the time ahead suchas preventing disease outbreaks, promoting production and business activitiesand socio-economic development, caring for people’s lives, along with preparingfor all-level Party congresses towards the 13th National PartyCongress and the election of deputies to the 15th-tenure NA andall-level People’s Councils for 2021-2026.
Given this, she asked for continued reform and improvementof activities of People’s Councils so as to further affirm them as the bodiesof the State power at local levels and the representatives of the people’s willand aspirations.
People’s Councils need to show their determination toachieve their localities’ development targets for 2020, thereby contributing tonational socio-economic development, according to her.
The seventh conference of permanent members of People’sCouncils in southeastern localities will be held in Binh Duong province, while the ninth conference of permanent members of People’s Councils in Mekong Delta localities will be organisedin An Giang./.
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National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (centre) speaks at the conference on July 11 (Photo: VNA) 
