Law makers discussed adjustments to the 2017 law and ordinance making programme as well as draft contents of the 2018 programme at the ongoing third session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) on May 23.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested ministries and sectors to make greater efforts in order to achieve a growth rate of 6.7 percent in 2017, thus contributing to the accomplishment of growth target set for 2016-2020 by the Central Party Committee and the National Assembly.

At the third session of the 14th National Assembly on May 22, the legislature heard the Government’s report on the implementation of socio-economic development and State budget tasks in 2016 and in the first months of 2017.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan delivered a report gathering the opinions and recommendations of voters nationwide to the National Assembly (NA) during the legislature’s third session on May 22.

The National Assembly (NA) heard reports on State budget balance and audit in 2015 by government members during a working session in Hanoi on May 22, under the chair of NA Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has called on the Party, people and army to strengthen solidarity to overcome challenges to fulfilling 2017’s socio-economic development missions.

The third plenary session of the 14th National Assembly opened in Hanoi on the morning of May 22 with the opening ceremony broadcast live on national television and radio channels.

The annual Vietnam Glory programme honouring national spirit and patriotism presented its awards to 30 organisations and individuals at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 20.

President Tran Dai Quang led a Party, State and Ho Chi Minh City official delegation to pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at the Ho Chi Minh museum in the City on May 18 on the occasion of the late leader’s 127th birth anniversary (May 19, 1890).

Party, State and Front leaders paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on May 18 on the occasion of the late leader’s 127th birth anniversary (May 19, 1890).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a meeting on May 17 with ministries and sectors to seek ways to address problems facing businesses.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on May 17 chaired the closing session of the NA Standing Committee.

The third session of the National Assembly is scheduled to take place from May 22 to June 21, the NA Standing Committee announced on May 17.

Top lawmakers have urged for fuller engagement with voters’ opinions in response to a report on voters’ proposals to the 14th National Assembly (NA)’s second session as well as the upcoming third session.

President Tran Dai Quang met female police role models of 2016 in Hanoi on May 16, during which he highlighted the important contributions by generations of Vietnamese women to the country’s achievements.

The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee reviewed personnel work at its 10th session in Hanoi on May 15 afternoon.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has underscored the need to reshape the awareness of the importance of guaranteeing public security and order in the new situation.

The 10th session of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee commenced in Hanoi on May 15.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong asked Hoa Binh province to pay more attention to sustainable poverty reduction while visiting the northern mountainous locality on May 14-15.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with constituents in Ba Dinh, Tay Ho and Hoan Kiem districts, Hanoi, on May 13 in preparation for the third session of the 14th National Assembly.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will finalise preparations for the 14th-tenure parliament’s upcoming third session during its 10th meeting from May 15-17.

The public and Party members across the nation applauded the outcomes of the fifth plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee in dealing with mistakes committed by Party officials and in outlining major orientations for socio-economic development. 

The fifth plenary meeting of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee closed in Hanoi on May 10, fulfilling all the set objectives after six days of working.

VOV.VN -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered his speech ending the 6-day session of the 5th plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee on May 10 in Hanoi.

The Politburo has appointed Nguyen Thien Nhan, Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, to be the new Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on May 7 visited Buddhist dignitaries in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of Lord Buddha’s 2561st birthday.  

Representatives from parliaments of 20 International Parliamentary Union (IPU) member nations and international organisations will gather at a conference themed “Climate change and actions of legislators” slated for May 11-13 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Dinh La Thang, a Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, has received an official warning and has no longer been part of the Politburo of the Party Central Committee for his past financial wrongdoings as head of the National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam).

The 12th Party Central Committee listened to several important schemes on economic issues during the first working day of its fifth plenary meeting on May 5.

The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) opened its fifth plenary meeting of the 12th tenure in Hanoi on May 5.