(VOV) -The National Assembly Standing Committee convened its 44th meeting in Hanoi on January 11.

The 14th meeting of the 11th Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi on January 11, scheduled to discuss the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and finalise personnel preparations for the next tenure. 

(VOV) - On January 9, the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform convened a meeting  to review its performance in 2016 and set tasks for 2016.

(VOV) - On January 8, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Huynh Ngoc Son chaired the first session of the Social Order , Safety and Security Sub-Committee of the National Election Council in Hanoi.

(VOV) -The Party Central Committee’s Internal Affairs Commission on January 8 reviewed its performance in 2015 and discussed plans for 2016.

A grand ceremony was held in Hanoi on January 6 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first general election of the Vietnamese National Assembly. 

The successful first general election on January 6, 1946 went down in history of Vietnam’s revolution as a turning point, featuring the country as an independent state and a people’s democratic state – the first of its kind in Southeast Asia and Africa, said National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung. 

Top Vietnamese leaders paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on January 6 on the occasion of celebrating 70 years of Vietnam’s first General Election Day.

(VOV) - On the morning of January 6, 1946, Vietnamese people across the country, for the first time in their life, dressed up and went to polling stations to vote for people’s representatives and exercise their right to democracy.

Preparations for the 12th National Party Congress have been basically completed to date, said Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Le Hong Anh.

National Assembly deputies from previous terms have left a tremendous example for future tenures to follow, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said at a meeting with more than 100 former NA deputies in Hanoi on January 5. 

Southerners who experienced the first general election in Vietnam seven decades ago still have vivid memories of the historic event, which took place amid the enemy’s fierce sabotage in the south. 

The Political Bureau has requested Party Committees and organisations to make thorough preparations for the upcoming elections of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2016-2021 tenure.

(VOV) -A meeting of Hanoi National Assembly deputies was held on January 4 on the occasion of 70th anniversary of the first General Election of Vietnamese National Assembly.

(VOV) -A meeting of Hanoi National Assembly deputies was held on January 3 on the occasion of 70th anniversary of the first General Election of Vietnamese National Assembly.

President Truong Tan Sang visited several hi-tech agricultural farms in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on January 1. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has urged the Ministry of Public Security’s Mobile Police High Command to ensure absolute safety for the country’s major events, including the upcoming 12th National Party Congress, the elections of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and the People’s Councils at all levels for 2016-2020. 

(VOV) -  Celebrations to Vietnam’s 70th National Day and 40th Reunification Day, Party congresses at all levels, organisation of the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union’s General Assembly and signing FTAs are major domestic events in 2015.

Security-defence tasks are of paramount importance for the capital city of Hanoi, a major political, economic and cultural hub and also the heart of the entire nation, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has said. 

(VOV) - Over the past 70 years, the Vietnamese National Assembly’s legislation has created a firm legal foundation for the building of a law-governed Vietnamese state of the people, by the people, and for the people. It has also contributed significantly to national development and international integration.

The Government has made good progress in building legal documents but the work needs to be further accelerated in 2016, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. 

President Truong Tan Sang has requested public security forces to mobilise all its strength to safeguard national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity while maintaining political stability and peaceful environment for national development. 

(VOV) -The Nhan Dan (People) newspaper and Quan Doi Nhan Dan (People’s Army) newspaper have featured editorials on preparations for the upcoming 12th National Party Congress after the 13th session of the 11th Party Central Committee closed on December 21.

(VOV) - Over the past 70 years, Q&A sessions have reflected the National Assembly’s democracy and reforms. They have enhanced the legislative body’s supervisory role.

The 11th Party Central Committee has decided to convene the 12th National Party Congress in Hanoi from January 20-28, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong announced.

The 11th Party Central Committee gave feedback on a number of reports during the seventh working day of its 13th meeting in Hanoi on December 20.

The 11th Party Central Committee continued discussions on personnel for its 12th tenure during the sixth working day of its 13th meeting in Hanoi on December 19. 

(VOV) - The 1st National Assembly election on January 6, 1946 was a landmark in Vietnam’s history. 

(VOV) -  Prior to the national uprising to seize the reins of the government, a People’s Congress was held in the Tan Trao communal house in Tuyen Quang province on August 16, 1945, involving representatives of sectors, social strata, ethnic groups, political parties, national salvation organizations, and overseas Vietnamese. 

The 13th meeting of the 11th Party Central Committee entered the fifth day of working on December 18, with discussions focusing on the date, content and working agenda of the 12 th National Party Congress.