Vietnam Lawmaker Calls for Legislative Referenda

A member of Vietnam’s National Assembly has urged the body to consider a law on holding referendums on proposed legislation. Lawmaker and historian Duong Trung Quoc says ordinary citizens should be given a chance to raise their voices about important decisions in the country. “I have already spoken before the Assembly that it should put into practice one of the contents mentioned in the first constitution in 1946 about a law on referendum so that people can express their...

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