VietNamNet Bridge – Headed by National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, the committee on drafting amendments to the 1992 Constitution held a meeting with key Ha Noi leaders yesterday, Feb 27.

Headed by National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, the committee on drafting amendments to the 1992 Constitution held a meeting with key Ha Noi leaders yesterday, Feb 27.

Reports presented by the capital city’s representatives at the meeting showed that the draft received strong support from all walks of life in the capital city.

Citizens offered feedback on diverse issues, ranging from land ownership and political and social organisations to local authorities and people’s councils.

Ha Noi Party Committee Secretary Pham Quang Nghi said that the municipal authorities highly valued these opinions.

Hung agreed that collecting people’s opinions on the draft was an important act that let individuals exercise their right to choose the direction taken by the country.

The National Assembly’s Economic Committee focused on the same topic during its seventh plenary meeting, also held yesterday in Ha Noi and presided over by Chairman Nguyen Van Giau.

Deputies focused on State economic management, land reclamation, the relationship between central and local budgets and State investment in culture, society, education, science–technology and the environment.

The Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee also collected opinions from its members on the revised Constitution.

Participants agreed that the revised document upheld the feeling of national unity, which would motivate further national building, defence and development.

Tran Van Ta, President of the Viet Nam Association of Certified Public Accountants, said the revised Constitution highlighted the rights of the people.

The document also recognised Viet Nam as a socialism-oriented market economy with goals for long-term development, cooperation, equality and competition.

This is the first time that the Constitution has issued regulations on environmental protection and sustainable development, as well as mechanisms on three independent constitutional institutions: the Constitutional Council, the National Election Council and the State Audit Office of Viet Nam.

These institutions also contributed ideas on the role and position of the VFF and State apparatus, as well as social welfare, youth training and rewards for those who rendered services to the country.

Meanwhile, in a working session with the People’s Council of northern Yen Bai Province, Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong put stress on the need to collect farmers and ethnic minorities’ feedback on the revised Constitution.

He also asked the provincial Fatherland Front to continue raising public awareness about the feedback collection process.

Source: VNS