National Assembly Vietnamese

History

The Vietnamese legislative body was called the Parliament in the Constitution of 1946. He became the National Assembly in 1959. Vietnam always had a system monocaméral, as in all the socialist countries, which consider that a double chamber system returns has to divide the plain people.

In 1946, the members of Parliament were elected only for 3 years. They elected the President of the Republic for 6 years. There was thus a shift between the mandates.

Organization and operation

Election

The National Assembly is made up of 498 members elected for a 5 years mandate. The candidates are chosen by the Vietnamese Communist party and the Front of the Fatherland of Vietnam.

Only 1/3 of the members work full-time for the National Assembly.

Sessions

The Parliament meets in one month session twice a year. When it is not in session, legislative work is carried out by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly.

The duration of the sessions is often regarded as too short obtaining a work of quality. One also reproaches the legal absence of training of the deputies.

Vote

In theory the vote of the laws is carried out in the majority absolute of the members.

The revocation of a member of the National Assembly, the shortening or the extension of the duration of a legislative mandate or the revision of the Constitution must be voted in the majority of the 2/3.

Capacities

Legal attributions

According to article 83 of the Constitution of Vietnam, the National Assembly is the representative body highest. She holds only the capacities constituting and legislative.

Article 84 described its attributions:

Development and modification of the law and the constitution.
Election and revocation of the principal figures of the State: President and Vice-president of the State, President and Vice-president of the National Assembly, members of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Prime Minister. She also appoints the President of the supreme popular Cour and the supreme popular Parquet.
Examination of the management reports of the President of the State, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the Government, the supreme popular Court and the supreme popular Parquet floor;
Control of the government

It is in particular qualified for certain matters:

the war and with peace
ethnos groups and the religions
the organization and the work of the official institutions
the policy financial-monetarist main road and in particular the budget and the taxes
the socio-economic development plan of the country;

Political limits

Actually the role of the National Assembly is relatively weak even if it is in continual progression. Its legislative work is narrowly controlled by the government and mainly consists in applying the policy of the Party.

The role of control of the government is difficult since many members of the Parliament also occupy a ministerial position.

The Standing Committee of the National Assembly

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