Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong ordered taking prompt and drastic actions to fight drought and saline intrusion while visiting the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on March 16.

VOV.VN -  The National Assembly (NA) Office held a meeting on March 16 to announce the debut of the National Assembly’s Secretariat and preparations for the 11th session of the 13th legislature.

Major General Doan Duy Khuong has been named Director of the Hanoi Police at a ceremony in the capital city on March 16.

The Hanoi Fatherland Front on March 15 received 87 application papers from candidates running for the deputies of the 14th National Assembly (NA).

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited the Mekong Delta province of Long An on March 15 to inspect the local performance in socio-economic development, security-defence and in Party building. 

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on March 15 met with constituents in the central province of Ha Tinh to inform them about the 11th session of the 13th legislature.

VOV.VN - March 13 is the application deadline for self-nominated candidates for the 14th NA election and People’s Council election for the 2016-2021 term. 

Ho Chi Minh City has 78 self-nominated candidates running in the upcoming election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and the municipal People’s Council.

The 12th Party Central Committee’s second plenum from March 10-12 accomplished the items on its agenda and made decisions on important issues, the Committee said in its announcement on the plenum.

The Party Central Committee closed its second plenum in Hanoi on March 12 following three working days.

VOV.VN - The percentage of female deputies in the National Assembly is 24.4%. It’s lower in People’s Councils at all levels.

The 12th Party Central Committee mulled over the socio-economic development scheme for 2016-2020 on March 11, the second working day of its second plenum.

The National Assembly Committee for National Defence and Security convened its 21st plenary session in the central city of Da Nang on March 11 to sum up its activities during the NA’s 13th tenure. 

The 12th Party Central Committee convened its second meeting in Hanoi on March 10, under the chair of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. 

The second meeting of the 12th Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi on March 10 with the focus on the working agenda of the committee’s tenure, the socio-economic development plan in 2016-2020 and the introduction of nominees for senior managerial positions in State-run agencies.

There are more than 50 independent candidates running in the upcoming election of deputies to the National Assembly (NA) and all-level People’s Councils as of March 5, higher than the previous election. 

The 46th session of the 13th National Assembly Standing Committee concluded in Hanoi on March 9 after three days of sitting, fulfilling a pile of tasks.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong joined National Assembly members in Hanoi in a meeting with voters from Ba Dinh, Hoan Kiem and Tay Ho districts on March 8.

Nguyen Thien Nhan, Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) was introduced as a candidate for the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for 2016-2021.

The 46th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on March 7, expecting to complete preparations for the 11th meeting of the 13th NA scheduled for this month.

President Truong Tan Sang urged the northern province of Bac Ninh to balance industrial development and agricultural production during a visit on March 6.

Candidates to the 14th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for 2016-2021 must be eligible in line with the law, regardless of their backgrounds, Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) Nguyen Van Pha told the press.

Voters in District 1 and 3 in Ho Chi Minh City expressed their hope that the National Assembly will be productive in its operations, including soundly performing its supervision over executive agencies in its new tenure.

VOV.VN -  The 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee’s 46th session is set to open on March 7.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has stressed the quality of candidates as the most important factor of the upcoming election of deputies to the 14th NA and People’s Councils at all levels for 2016-2021.

The National Assembly Committee for Social Affairs convened its 14th plenary session in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 2 to prepare for the upcoming National Assembly sitting. 

VOV.VN -  Preparations are underway throughout the country for the upcoming elections of deputies to the National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2016-2021 period.

The 110th birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, a prominent leader of Vietnam’s revolution in the 20th century, was marked at his memorial site in Duc Tan commune, central Quang Ngai province, on March 1. 

The Prime Minister has asked the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee not to put the demonstration bill in the working agenda of the 13th NA’s 11th session slated for late March.

Phan Dinh Trac, a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), was named head of the CPVCC’s Commission for Internal Affairs under a decision by the Politburo.