According to the five-week meeting’s agenda, which was announced at a press meeting yesterday, law-makers will also ratify a resolution on confidence voting procedures for positions elected or approved by the National Assembly or local People’s Councils. A resolution on collecting feedback on the draft version of the revised 1992 Constitution will also be passed.

Other amended laws that will obtain formal approval cover lawyers, co-operatives, electricity and the capital city. Deputies will also ponder laws on disaster risk reduction and anti-terrorism measures, as well as revised laws on science and technology and land and the amended Constitution.

According to Nguyen Sy Dung, deputy head of the NA’s Office, deputies will set aside 10 days to discuss the Government’s report on the implementation of socio-economic plans in 2012 and similar plans in 2013 and the execution of the estimated State budget for 2012 and 2013 as well as a project that aims to restructure the economy.

Two and a half days will be provided for question-and-answer sessions. A new feature of this meeting, Dung said, was that a majority of important programmes would be broadcast live. "There will be 13 live-broadcast sessions, an increase of five from the previous meeting. A number of them are debates and ratifications of resolutions," said Dung.

Regarding a media query about the amendments of the 1992 Constitution, head of the NA Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc said they would focus on major topics such as the political regime, human rights, and the basic rights and responsibilities of citizens and the State apparatus organisation.

The amendments will be discussed for two days and broadcast live. The whole amended Constitution will be available for public feedback between January and March of next year. "The new Constitution is scheduled to be ratified at the first NA meeting in 2014," Phuc said.