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Party Theoretical Council meets The Theoretical Council of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee held its first session in Hanoi, January 29, in the presence of Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh. The Council consists of 36 members, including five permanent members, with Politburo member Nguyen Phu Trong as Chairman. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chairman Trong said that the Central Theoretical Council is an advisory agency of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat. It gives advice on political theory which serves as a basis for the Party to build policies for basic political theory programmes and projects at the State-level, thus directly assisting the Party's leadership. Addressing the meeting, General Secretary Manh praised the achievements gained by theoretical cadres under the leadership of the Party. The Party leader also pointed out weaknesses and outstanding issues theoretical work, including the failure to meet revolutionary requirements of the renovation process. (VNA) **** NA's standing committee prepares 11th session The National Assembly Standing Committee met in Hanoi from January 22-29, under the leadership of NA Chairman Nguyen Van An. During the meeting, the committee assessed the results of the recent 10th session of the 10th National Assembly and gave opinions on preparation for the coming 11th session. The NA Standing Committee passed a resolution announcing the date for elections to the 11th National Assembly and the establishment of the election council. Under the resolution, the 11th National Assembly election will be held on Sunday, May 19, 2002. The NA Standing Committee also passed a resolution defining the implementation of some points in the resolution on amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the 1992 Constitution. The NA Standing Committee remarked on the application of new education programmes and the use of new text books for the first and sixth grades in the 2002-2003 school-year at the national level. The Standing Committee commented on the draft Law on Organisation of the People's Court (revised), the draft Law on Organisation of the People's Procuracy (revised) and the draft Law on amendments and supplements to a number of articles of the Labour Code. The Committee also gave opinions on the draft Pricing Ordinance. (VNA) **** More Tet gifts given to poor people Local authorities, organisations and companies throughout the country are conducting many gratitude activities in a bid to bring a joyful Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) for those families enjoying priority policy and for the poor people. The Red Cross Society and the Committee for Population, Families and Children of Quang Ninh northern province have called on businesses to practice thrift during the Tet holiday to spend part of their money for the poor families and Agent Orange victims. Responding to the campaign, many companies have sent their donations to buy Tet gifts for 600 poor children in mountainous and island communes. The provincial Red Cross has given 100 packages of Tet gift to disabled elder people and Agent Orange victims. The provincial People' s Committee has supported poor households and policy beneficiaries with VND 6 billion in total to help them enjoy the Tet holiday. The People's Committee of Nam Dinh northern province has spent VND 400 million to subsidy nearly 6,000 isolated elderly people, orphans, homeless disabled people and over 2,000 poor households. The provincial Fatherland Front has also spent VND 88.8 million to help over 900 disadvantaged people. This year, Ca Mau southern-most province has reserved VND 2 billion to buy Tet gifts for priority policy beneficiaries. The Public Engineering Corporation No 5, on January 29, visited and presented Tet gift to Vietnamese Heroic Mother Pham Thi Nien whose husband and four sons were war martyrs. The corporation built a house of gratitude for her in last September with a capital of VND 25 million. The corporation is taking care of nine Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and has built four houses of gratitude. **** Women's equality should be ensured: vice presidentVice State President Nguyen Thi Binh has said that the National Committee for the Advancement of Vietnamese Women (NCAVW) should ensure women's right to equality and improve the quality and effectiveness of women's participation in political, economic and socio-cultural activities. Ms Binh told an annual conference, opened in Hanoi this morning, January 29, to review what was done in 2001 and work out directions for this year's action plan. Ms Binh also said that favourable conditions should be created for women to take part in managerial work and policy planning. The NCAVW will give further training to female candidates standing for the coming elections of the 11th National Assembly in 2002. The NCAVW will collaborate with relevant ministries to readjust social insurance policy for women and regulations on women's retirement and training ages. Last year, the committee successfully defended the national report on the implementation of the United Nations' Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and finalised the 2001-2010 strategy and the Plan of Action in the 2001-2005 period for the advancement of women. (VNA) **** Ambassador meets Chinese experts' familiesVietnamese Ambassador to China Bui Hong Phuc has met representatives of families of Chinese experts who made contributions to Vietnam's revolutionary cause. The meeting was held in Beijing on January 28 on the occasion of Lunar New Year Festival. Ambassador Bui Hong Phuc thanked the Chinese Party, government, people and the Chinese People's Liberation Army for their precious assistance to the Vietnamese people's struggle for national liberation and national construction. He wished the traditional and time-honoured friendship and comprehensive co-operation between the parties, governments and people of Vietnam and China, constant development. Earlier, Ambassador Bui Hong Phuc called on a number of families of Chinese experts who had rendered contributions to Vietnam's anti-French colonialist struggle. (VNA) _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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