(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. 

(VOV) -On December 18, the Presidential Office held a press conference to announce 9 laws and 2 resolutions which have been approved at the 10th session of the 13th National Assembly (NA).

The 11th Party Central Committee continued the 13th meeting on December 16 with focus on draft reports on its performance. 

Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung presided over the second working day of the 11th Party Central Committee’s 13th meeting in Hanoi on December 15. 

The Ministry of National Defence has hosted a banquet for foreign guests and defence attachés in Hanoi on the occasion of the 71st founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22, 1944). 

(VOV) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered a key-note speech at the 13th plenum of the 11th Party Central Committee underway in Hanoi from December 14-22.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Le Hong Anh required key officials of all-levels Party Committees, organisations and inspection commissions to work harder in order to raise the efficiency of the Party’s inspection, supervision and discipline work. 

Vice Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has been elected as Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee with 97.24 approval.

The 13th National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committee will spend much of the two and a half working days of its 43rd session debating the implementation of the law on the NA’s organisation. 

Theoretical lessons on the formation and development of Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA) from 1946 to present were reviewed at a seminar in Hanoi on December 8, as part of activities celebrating the 70th anniversary of the first general NA election (January 6, 1946 - 2016).

Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong called for greater efforts to drive the legal and judicial reform in the future, stressing the necessity to rally all resources and political determination for the work.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has hailed the national target programme on new rural development for becoming a nationwide mass campaign since its launch five years ago. 

The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City opened the 20th session, the last in the eighth tenure (2011 – 2016), on December 8.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung joined National Assembly (NA) deputies in the northern city of Hai Phong at a meeting with Le Chan district voters on December 5 to inform them about the outcomes of the NA’s freshly finished 10th sitting.

(VOV) - The 9th National Patriotic Emulation Congress is being held in Hanoi to honor outstanding role models. The Congress creates an opportunity to reform reward and emulation activities in order to encourage the public to strive forward.

The ninth National Patriotic Emulation Congress was opened in Hanoi on December 7 on the theme of promoting solidarity, creativity and emulation for national construction and protection.

President Truong Tan Sang promised that the utmost efforts would be made in the remaining months of his term to successfully realise voters’ aspirations at a meeting with constituents of districts 1 and 3 in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung joined National Assembly (NA) deputies in the northern city of Hai Phong at a meeting with Le Chan district voters on December 5 to inform them about the outcomes of the NA’s freshly finished 10th sitting.

The ninth National Patriotic Emulation Congress is scheduled to commence in Hanoi on December 7, drawing 1,800 delegates who are role models in all spheres of life.

(VOV) - On December 5, President Truong Tan Sang and the delegation of the National Assembly (NA) deputies of Ho Chi Minh City met with voters in District 1. 

The 14th session of the Hanoi People’s Council (14th tenure) wrapped up on December 4 after four days of sitting, electing Nguyen Duc Chung as new Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee.

Vice Secretary of the Hanoi Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Hanoi Police Nguyen Duc Chung has been elected as Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee with 94.56% approval. 

The 14th session of the Hanoi People’s Council opened in the capital on December 1.

The Prime Minister has approved a law and judicial enforcement scheme that will run in Vietnam from 2015-2020.

The ninth National Patriotic Emulation Congress is scheduled for December 6 and 7 in Hanoi, the organizers said at a press briefing on November 30 in the capital.

(VOV) -President Truong Tan Sang has asked Vietnam’s Association of Historical Sciences to do its utmost to contribute to the compilation of the Vietnam History Collection at the request of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat.

(VOV) - The 10th session of the 13th National Assembly fulfilled its agenda and closed on November 27 after a month of work. VOV reviews the session.

The 10th session of the 13th National Assembly concluded on November 27 after more than one month of sitting, with 16 laws and several resolution adopted and 10 draft laws scrutinised.