(VOVworld)- The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Wednesday approved the establishment of Dong Trieu town in Quang Ninh province, Dien Ban town in Quang Nam province, Bac Kan city in Bac Kan province and Ia H’Drai district in Kon Tum province.

Head of the National Assembly's Legal Commission Phan Trung Ly addresses the meeting

This is the first time the NA Standing Committee exercised its authority in approving administrative boundary adjustments at the district level according to the 2013 Constitution. The National Assembly’s Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong said that the government proposal on administrative boundary adjustments covered local advantages and disadvantages as well as constraints that localities needed to address in order to fulfill their targets. That day the deputies also discussed the revised Law on Statistics.