(VOV) - On November 9, National Assembly (NA) deputies discussed the bill on temporary detention and custody on Monday, agreeing that temporary detention agencies and criminal investigation agencies must be separate to ensure the human and civil rights of people in being temporarily held.

National Assembly deputies on November 5 heard a number of reports relating to the ratification of a protocol amending the WTO Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as part of their ongoing 10th session. 

All 68 Party Organisations under the Party Central Committee’s management nationwide have decided on socio-economic development orientations and strategies for 2015-2020, and prepared personnel for the Party’s upcoming 12th National Congress.

(VOV) -On November 3, National Assembly (NA) deputies continued to discuss the outcomes of the implementation of this year’s solution for boosting socio-economic development and plans for next year.

Hanoi’s 16th Party Congress for the 2015 – 2020 tenure wound up on November 3. 

The members elected to the Standing Board of the Hanoi Party Committee (16th tenure) were announced at the second day of sitting for the 16th Congress of the municipal Party Organisation on November 2.

(VOV) -On November 2, National Assembly (NA) deputies discussed Vietnam’s socio-economic performance in 2015 and development plans for 2016.

As many as 74 cadres were elected to the Hanoi Party Committee for the 2015-2020 tenure during the first sitting day of the municipality Party Organisation’s 16th Congress on November 1.

(VOV) -The Hanoi Party Organisation’s 16th Congress commenced on November 1, with 495 delegates representing more than 390,000 Party members in the city participating.

(VOV) - On October 31, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc worked with leaders from Hai Phong por city on socio-economic situation.

A press centre opened in Hanoi on October 30 to serve the upcoming 16th Congress of the municipal Party Organisation.

(VOV) -National Assembly (NA) deputies discussed the bill on Internet security at an October 29 working session in Hanoi.

Mobilising all resources and pushing forward with comprehensive and synchronous reform, industrialization and modernization will be the guiding principle for the next term from 2015-2020, Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi said ahead of the upcoming 16th Congress of the Hanoi Party Organisation.

The upcoming 16th Congress of the Hanoi Party Organisation aims to reassert the organisation’s determination to improve its leadership and capacity to speed up the capital city’s comprehensive reform, industrialisation, modernisation and sustainable development over the next five years.

Investigation agencies at all levels detected more than 57,460 social order violations involving 89,440 people in 2015, according to a Government report presented at the October 28 working session of the 13th National Assembly’s 10th session.

Building up manpower capacity is both an immediate and long-term task of the Hanoi authorities, in the hope of creating a firm foundation for local development.

Draft revisions to the Civil Procedure Code were high on the agenda at a plenary session of the ongoing 13th National Assembly (NA)’s 10th sitting on October 26. 

(VOV) -Party Secretary and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communications and Education Dinh The Huynh chaired the 16th session of the Central Theoretical Council in Hanoi on October 26.

(VOV) -On October 23, National Assembly (NA) deputies discussed documents to be submitted to the 12th National Party Congress including those reviewing 5 years of implementing resolutions of the 11th Party Congress, Party building work, and socio-economic development tasks for the next 5 years.

(VOV) -On October 22, National Assembly (NA) deputies discussed Vietnam’s 2015 socio-economic situation, its socio-economic development plan for next year, and State budget estimates and allocation plans for 2016.

National Assembly deputies gave opinions on the draft Law on Supervisory Activities of the National Assembly and People’s Councils during the second day of the legislature’s 10th meeting in Hanoi on October 21. 

National Assembly deputies heard the government reports on the State budget estimate for 2015 and budget allocation for 2016 during a plenary session in Hanoi on October 20.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivered a Government report on the 2015 socio-economic situation and the socio-economic development plan for 2016 during the 13th National Assembly (NA)’s just-opened 10th session on October 20.

(VOV) - On October 20, the 13th National Assembly (NA) opened its 10th session in Hanoi after a preparatory meeting to discuss and vote for the approval of the agenda of this meeting.

National Assembly (NA) deputies are expected to establish a national electoral council at the parliament’s 10th sitting, which is scheduled to convene on October 20.

A National Assembly (NA) delegation led by Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung paid a visit to the central province of Ha Tinh on October 17. 

Lawmakers on the last day of the 42nd National Assembly Standing Committee on October 16 agreed that unlawful residency registration and marriage registration would no longer be punishable under the penal code.

The Party Organisation, authorities and people of Ha Tinh province must not become complacent about their attainments but continue striving to accelerate local development, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung stressed at the central locality’s 18th Party Congress on October 17. 

The People’s Public Security Force has contributed significantly to Vietnam’s achievements over the last five years, Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at the Central Public Security Party Organisation’s sixth congress. 

The 12th Congress of the Party Organisation of Central Agencies Bloc (CAB) concluded on October 15 after three working days, electing a 55-member Party Committee for the 2015-2020 tenure and 34 delegates to join the upcoming 12th National Party Congress.