VOV.VN - Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, State President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and many other Party, State and Government officials attended the opening ceremony of the 12th National Women’s Congress on March 7 morning in Hanoi.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan asked the Vietnam State Treasury (VST) to continue following orientations in its development strategy until 2020 with a vision to 2040 during a working session in Hanoi on March 3. 

Several issues of public interests were under focus at the Government’s regular press briefing in Hanoi on March 1.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries and sectors to work together to build growth scenarios for each sector and field and report to him every quarter, towards realising the targets of a 6.7 percent growth and 4 percent inflation in 2017. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a flag-raising ceremony on the navy’s two new Kilo-class submarines in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on February 28.

The Party inspection and supervision must be conducted regularly and thoroughly, ensuring openness and democracy, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has said. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated that the top priority of the University of Da Nang (UDN) is continuously improving training quality, towards becoming one of the top 50 research universities in Asia by 2035, during a working session with UDN on February 24. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s renewal process has seen remarkable achievements over the past 30 years. 

The National Assembly Standing Committee convened its 7th session in Hanoi from February 20-21, where deputies discussed a range of issues, including a draft law on amendments and supplements to the 2015 Penal Code.

VOV.VN - On February 21, the National Assembly Standing Committee debated the allocation of the central budget to implement the national target programme on building new-style rural areas in the Mekong Delta region between 2016-2020, at its 7th session in Hanoi.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau should develop agriculture, forestry and fisheries with a focus on shrimp farming and processing, and sea- and forest-based economic activities, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has said.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu to focus on developing hi-tech agriculture and sea-based economy. 

VOV.VN - The 14th National Assembly’s Standing Committee opened its seventh session in Hanoi on February 20.

VOV.VN - A meeting to celebrate the 70th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s first visit to Thanh Hoa province was held on February 20.

President Tran Dai Quang asked all armed units in Thanh Hoa province to strengthen their regular  drills and spare no effort in building up the capacity to tackle all emergencies for maintaining national security. 

VOV.VN - On February 18, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited late President Ho Chi Minh’s hometown in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, central Nghe An province.

VOV.VN - Discipline has been an important factor in ensuring the survival and development of the Communist Party of Vietnam over the past 80 years. The Party has been reforming itself and tighten internal discipline to improve its strength and transparency. 

NA deputies of Ho Chi Minh City need to continue improving the quality of their activities in building drafts law, especially those related to the improvement of the State apparatus, socio-economic development, defence-security and human right, President Tran Dai Quang has said. 

State President Tran Dai Quang and the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee will strengthen coordination to enhance people-to-people diplomacy and welcome international delegations to Vietnam as guests of the President and the VFF in 2017.

VOV.VN - The 14th National Assembly’s Standing Committee will hold its seventh session in Hanoi February 19-20.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the northern province of Bac Ninh to become one of the richest localities nationwide and lead the way for Vietnam’s development of electronic and high technology.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong lauded the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission for its achievements since it was re-established in December 2012 during a working session in Hanoi on February 11. 

VOV.VN - On February 10, the National Assembly Standing Committee and the Vietnam Fatherland Front  (VFF) discussed coordination regulations between the two agencies at a meeting in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for more cooperation between the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the Government to ensure better national policy making and the drafting of bills.

The 110th birth anniversary of the late Party General Secretary Truong Chinh was marked at a ceremony in the northern province of Nam Dinh on February 9. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has suggested the northern province of Nam Dinh attract more investment to give impetus to industry, agriculture and services. 

VOV.VN - The National Assembly Standing Committee has announced its working agenda with 10 meetings this year. 

VOV.VN - To mark his 110th birth anniversary, the People’s Army newspaper has carried an article by President Tran Dai Quang about Party General Secretary Truong Chinh, an outstanding theorist and leader, and a great personality of Vietnam’s revolution. 

The Government has detailed tasks for ministries in a recently issued resolution, pointing out the focuses of their activities at the start of 2017.

VOV.VN - On February 3, outstanding press works were awarded with Golden Hammer and Sickle Prizes as part of a contest marking the 87th anniversary of the communist Party in Vietnam.