State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc takes oath at swearing-in ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The 15th National Assembly’s first session entered the seventh working day in Hanoi on July 26 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

After electing the State President by secret ballots in the morning, NA Secretary General Bui Van Cuong presented the draft Resolution on the election of the State President. As a result, all 483 deputies present voted yes to the resolution, or 96.79 percent of the total number of lawmakers.

Later, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc took oaths and delivered a speech at the swearing-in ceremony, which was televised nationwide.

Presided over by NA Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai, the legislature also discussed the approval of 2019 State budget settlement, and thrift practice and wastefulness prevention in 2020 in the plenary session. Fourteen deputies offered their opinions on reports by the Government, the NA’s Finance-Budget Committee and the State Audit Office.

Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc also explained several issues raised by lawmakers.

Under the chair of NA Chairman Hue, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented a proposed list of candidates for the election of Prime Minister, Vice State President, Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy.

In the afternoon, all 479 present lawmakers, or 95.99 percent of the total, adopted a Resolution on the election of the Prime Minister.

PM Pham Minh Chinh later took oaths and delivered a speech at a ceremony which was live broadcast nationwide.

Legislators also ratified Resolutions on the election of the Vice State President, Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy.

A swearing-ceremony where Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh took oaths was also televised nationwide.

The legislature also discussed in groups about the number of Government members and proposed personnel for the Supreme People’s Court.

As scheduled on July 27, the NA will look into investment policies in the National Target Programme on Sustainable Poverty Reduction and the National Target Programme on New-style Rural Development for the 2021-2025 period.

In the afternoon, they are due to discuss in a plenary session the 2021-2025 national financial plan and public debt payment, the mid-term public investment plan for 2021-2025.

They are also scheduled to adopt resolutions on the 2021-2025 socio-economic development plan, the 2022 programme on law and ordinance building, and the establishment of the NA’s thematic supervision teams for 2022./.