14th NA first session completes its working agenda
14th NA first session completes its working agenda

VOV.VN - The 1st session of the 14th National Assembly concluded on July 29 after 9 days sitting.

14th NA first session completes its working agenda
Parliament approves State budget balance for 2014
Parliament approves State budget balance for 2014

The 14th National Assembly (NA) deputies approved on July 29 a resolution on the State budget balance for 2014 with 82.59% of them having “yes” vote. 

Parliament approves State budget balance for 2014
Macro-economy stability, foundation for sustainable growth: PM
Macro-economy stability, foundation for sustainable growth: PM

The socio-economic situation in the first six months of 2016 reaped positive outcomes with the macro-economy being stable, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc reported at the first session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on July 29.

Macro-economy stability, foundation for sustainable growth: PM
New Government to apply itself to ensuring peace for growth: FM
New Government to apply itself to ensuring peace for growth: FM

The new Government wants to maintain a peaceful environment and create optimal conditions for national development, said Pham Binh Minh, who has been re-elected Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam. 

New Government to apply itself to ensuring peace for growth: FM
Legislators discuss state budget for 2014
Legislators discuss state budget for 2014

Legislators heard a report on the audit of the 2014 State budget during the seventh working day of their first National Assembly session in Hanoi on July 28. 

Legislators discuss state budget for 2014
Party, State leaders meet ethnic minority legislators
Party, State leaders meet ethnic minority legislators

Party and State leaders met with 86 deputies of the 14h National Assembly, who are from ethnic minority groups, in Hanoi on July 28.

Party, State leaders meet ethnic minority legislators
NA approves Government members’ appointment
NA approves Government members’ appointment

The 14th National Assembly on July 28 approved a list of 27 members of the Government proposed by Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

NA approves Government members’ appointment
NA committee on culture, education, youngsters convenes first plenary
NA committee on culture, education, youngsters convenes first plenary

The National Assembly (NA) Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children convened its first plenary sitting in Hanoi on July 27.

NA committee on culture, education, youngsters convenes first plenary
Cabinet members in 2016-2021 tenure
Cabinet members in 2016-2021 tenure

VOV.VN - The new Cabinet in the 2016-2021 tenure comprises 27 members, including one Prime Minister (PM), five deputy PMs and 21 ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies.

Cabinet members in 2016-2021 tenure
Sixth working day of 14th National Assembly’s first session
Sixth working day of 14th National Assembly’s first session

Deputies at the first session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) continued working on personnel for senior positions on the sixth working day, July 27

Sixth working day of 14th National Assembly’s first session
NA Chairwoman pays tribute to fallen soldiers
NA Chairwoman pays tribute to fallen soldiers

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan laid a wreath and offered incense to commemorate fallen soldiers at Mai Dich cemetery in Hanoi on July 27.

NA Chairwoman pays tribute to fallen soldiers
NA elects key positions, adopts cabinet structure
NA elects key positions, adopts cabinet structure

VOV.VN -  On July 27, deputies to the 14th National Assembly elected the Vice President, Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court, and Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People’s Procuracy in closed voting. 

NA elects key positions, adopts cabinet structure
Deputies hope new Government meets voters’ aspirations
Deputies hope new Government meets voters’ aspirations

Many deputies have pinned high hopes on the Government for the 2016-2021 tenure after hearing Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s inaugural address on July 26, in which he pledged to build a pure Government that acts to serve the people and spur growth.

Deputies hope new Government meets voters’ aspirations
First session of 14th legislature: government personnel discussed
First session of 14th legislature: government personnel discussed

The 14th National Assembly (NA)’s first session convened a plenary sitting in Hanoi on July 26 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

First session of 14th legislature: government personnel discussed
PM proposes number of Government members remain unchanged
PM proposes number of Government members remain unchanged

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered a report on the structure of the Government for the 2016-2021 tenure on July 27 during the 14th National Assembly’s first session. 

PM proposes number of Government members remain unchanged
Legislators elect high-ranking officials
Legislators elect high-ranking officials

Legislators cast secret ballots to elect the Vice State President, Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy in Hanoi on July 27, the sixth working day of the 14 th National Assembly’s first session.

Legislators elect high-ranking officials
Leaders pay tribute to heroic martyrs
Leaders pay tribute to heroic martyrs

A delegation of top Vietnamese leaders laid wreaths and paid tribute to heroic martyrs at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs in Hanoi on July 27 on the 69th National War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day. 

Leaders pay tribute to heroic martyrs
First session of 14th legislature: government personnel discussed
First session of 14th legislature: government personnel discussed

The 14th National Assembly (NA)’s first session convened a plenary sitting in Hanoi on July 26 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

First session of 14th legislature: government personnel discussed
Candidacy for high-ranking positions proposed
Candidacy for high-ranking positions proposed

President Tran Dai Quang has proposed candidates for the positions of Vice President, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy. 

Candidacy for high-ranking positions proposed
Biography of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
Biography of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc

Nguyen Xuan Phuc was voted in as Prime Minister of Vietnam at the first session of the 14th National Assembly on July 26 afternoon. 

Biography of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
Nguyen Xuan Phuc re-elected as Prime Minister
Nguyen Xuan Phuc re-elected as Prime Minister

As many as 485 out of 489 deputies present at the July 26 plenary session of the 14th National Assembly, or 98.18 percent, voted for Nguyen Xuan Phuc as Prime Minister for the 2016-2021 tenure. 

Nguyen Xuan Phuc re-elected as Prime Minister
United resolve needed to perform focal tasks: President
United resolve needed to perform focal tasks: President

President Tran Dai Quang has called for united resolve and concerted efforts of the entire Party, army and people in realising six focal tasks set in the 12th Party Congress’s Resolution.

United resolve needed to perform focal tasks: President
Deputies put trust in new State leader
Deputies put trust in new State leader

Deputies at the 14th National Assembly have expressed confidence in Tran Dai Quang, who was re-elected as the State President in the July 25 election with 98.18 percent of votes.

Deputies put trust in new State leader
14th NA’s Law Committee convenes first plenary meeting
14th NA’s Law Committee convenes first plenary meeting

The Law Committee of the 14th National Assembly convened its first plenary meeting on July 25. 

14th NA’s Law Committee convenes first plenary meeting
Nguyen Xuan Phuc proposed for Prime Minister post
Nguyen Xuan Phuc proposed for Prime Minister post

President Tran Dai Quang proposed Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister since April 2016, as the only candidate for the post of Prime Minister in the 2016-2021 tenure on July 26 morning during the first session of the 14th National Assembly.

Nguyen Xuan Phuc proposed for Prime Minister post
PM presents Government’s apparatus at legislative session
PM presents Government’s apparatus at legislative session

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented a report on the organisational structure of the Government in the 2016-2021 tenure at the first session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) in Hanoi on July 25. 

PM presents Government’s apparatus at legislative session
Legislators complete work on fourth day of 14th NA’s first session
Legislators complete work on fourth day of 14th NA’s first session

Legislators continued their plenary session in Hanoi on July 25 under the chair of National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Legislators complete work on fourth day of 14th NA’s first session
Biography of President Tran Dai Quang
Biography of President Tran Dai Quang

Tran Dai Quang was elected State President at the first session of the 14th National Assembly on July 25. 

Biography of President Tran Dai Quang
Tran Dai Quang re-elected as President
Tran Dai Quang re-elected as President

Tran Dai Quang was re-elected as President of Vietnam for the 2016 – 2021 tenure during a plenum of the 14th National Assembly (NA)’s first session on July 25. 

Tran Dai Quang re-elected as President
Imperative issues should be under parliament’s supervision: deputies
Imperative issues should be under parliament’s supervision: deputies

Most of the National Assembly (NA) deputies at the plenary session on the morning of July 25 agreed that in 2017, the parliament should focus its supervision on pressing issues that are of great interest and have major impact on society and the economy. 

Imperative issues should be under parliament’s supervision: deputies
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