The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on September 15 discussed reports of the Government, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuracy on the settlement of complaints and denunciations in 2017.

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on September 14 agreed on the necessity to amend the Law on Competition to address inadequacies in the 12-year-old legislation.

President Tran Dai Quang has stressed the need to ensure security and safety for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, slated for November 6-11 in the central city of Da Nang, describing it as a decisive factor to the success of the event. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the National  Defence Academy to continue reforming its training programme in conformity with combatant objects and the world’s current military tactics.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly Standing Committee is working on the Law on Planning, revisions to the Law on Credit Organizations, and a draft Law on Public Debt Management.

President Tran Dai Quang has asked the Ministry of National Defence to focus on a number of missions assigned by the Party, State and people, including the continued building of a revolutionary, regular, elite and modern people’s army.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong offered incense to commemorate late President Ho Chi Minh at House 67 in the presidential historical relic site in Hanoi on September 2.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc reiterated Party and State's care for war invalids and revolutionary contributors during his visit to Quang Minh War Invalids Collective Enterprise on September 1 as part of his trip to Hai Phong City.

VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang granted promotion decisions to Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) officers at a ceremony on Friday (September 1) in Hanoi in recognition of the Party and State for their contributions to the VPA and the national construction and development process.

A delegation of Party, State, National Assembly, Government and Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee leaders paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on September 1 on the occasion of the 72nd National Day (September 2).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged ministries, departments and localities to concentrate on addressing administrative procedure problems, especially removing tax and fee burdens imposed on businesses, while chairing the government’s regular monthly meeting in Hanoi on August 30.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hailed the Central Military Commission for well performing its military and national defence tasks during a conference in Hanoi on August 29. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has hailed coastal Duc Trach commune in the central province of Quang Binh for its achievements in new rural development and recovery from the marine pollution incident last year. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 23 chaired the first meeting of the Central Steering Committee on Defence Zones, which aimed to review the performance of the committee in building and operating defence zones in 2016 and the first six months of 2017.

The Government convened a meeting on law making on August 22, during which Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said many laws still hamper each other.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered incense to late President Ho Chi Minh at the Da Chong (K9) historical relic site in Ba Vi District on August 20, on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of August Revolution and National Day and the 48th death anniversary of the late leader. 

The southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is building particular policies to achieve more rapid and sustainable growth in the future.

Minister of Construction Tran Hong Ha admitted that there remain many shortcomings in urban planning while fielding questions raised by National Assembly (NA) deputies at the ongoing 13th session of the NA Standing Committee on August 16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has stressed that the reform of administrative procedures must be accelerated to bolster growth, noting that the public and business community still complain about prolonged and cumbersome administrative processes in many State agencies. 

The Prime Minister has signed decisions to apply disciplinary measures on four former leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the central province of Ha Tinh, whose violations are linked to the serious environmental incident caused by Formosa Ha Tinh.

Ho Thi Kim Thoa was dismissed from the position of Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade under a decision issued by the Prime Minister on August 16.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has signed the first-ever regulations on specific standards and assessment criteria for officials under the management of the Party Central Committee, Politburo and Secretariat.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly Standing Committee on August 14 began discussing the implementation of policies and laws on investing and carrying out Build-Operate-Transfer projects.

The fulfilment of the gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.7 percent in 2017 requires high political determination from ministries and departments as well as corporations, businesses and people, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed at a meeting in Hanoi on August 12.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is renewing its determination to fight corruption in accordance with Party resolutions on Party building and rectification. But some people are skeptical of the anti-corruption effort being led by the Communist Party of Vietnam. 

Numerous issues will be discussed at the 13th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee that opened in Hanoi on August 10.

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat has decided to relieve Ho Thi Kim Thoa of her membership at the Party delegation at the Ministry of Industry and Trade for her violations when she led the Dien Quang Lamp Joint Stock Company.

Government members looked into socio-economic performance in July and seven months during a regular meeting in Hanoi on August 3. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) to acquire feedback on the draft law on special administrative – economic zones and refine it to submit to the National Assembly at the October session for consideration. 

 Politburo member Tran Quoc Vuong has been assigned to embrace a mission as the permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) from August 1.