Addressing the meeting, the NA Vice Chairwoman briefed the Vietnamese expatriates on the political and socioeconomic situation in Vietnam and the country's development orientation in 2017 and later years.
Despite of impacts of the international and regional economic changes, Vietnam's economic growth rate reached 6.2 percent in 2016, and is expected to hit 6.6 percent in 2017 and reach between 6.5 percent to 7 percent per year, Phóng said.
The NA Vice Chairwoman noted that the NA has continuously reformed its structure and operations, proving its significant role in making laws and decision of critical issues, promoting a rule of law state. Also at the meeting, she highly valued the support from American friends and Vietnamese community in the US toward the country's progress of constructing and developing.
