The draft Law on Belief and Religion should institutionalise the Party’s viewpoints and the 2013 Constitution in order to ensure the right to belief and religious freedom of all people, as heard at an expert consultation held in Hanoi on July 23. 

State President Truong Tan Sang lauded the achievements of the Supreme People’s Procuracy while attending a ceremony to mark the sector’s 55th founding anniversary in Hanoi on July 23. 

The Government Inspectorate held a press conference in Hanoi on July 23 to disclose the inspection results from the first half of this year. 

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang’s financial gifts were handed over to authorities in the Lao provinces of Luang Prabang and Houaphanh to build cultural and educational facilities on July 22. 

Voters in Ba Dinh, Hoan Kiem, and Tay Ho districts, Hanoi hailed the practical achievements of the ninth session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) while meeting Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on July 18. 

The Politburo convened a national congress in Hanoi on July 16 to update and direct enforcement of its directive on strengthening Party leadership over ensuring national security and order in the new global context. 

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hailed the visit by permanent Vice President of the Lao Front for National Construction Tong Yerthor in Hanoi on July 15, saying it is taking place as Vietnam prepares for the 12th National Party Congress that will debate ties between the two Fronts. 

Vietnamese at home and abroad are invited to voice their feedback on the draft amended Criminal Code from July 15-September 14, as specified in a decision recently signed by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. 

(VOV) -On July 14, the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee began its 39th session in Hanoi  to review the outcome of the previous meeting and discuss preparations for the 10th NA session.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved Decree 17/CT-TTg on increased security measures to manage and control radioactive devices in the country.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Presidium held its fourth meeting in Hanoi on July 8, with a focus on how to revise the organisation’s religious and ethnic missions. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung reiterated that building new-style rural areas is a strategic policy of the Party and State while meeting with voters from Thuy Nguyen district, northern Hai Phong city, on July 6. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with newly accredited Vietnamese ambassadors and chiefs of the country’s overseas representative offices in Hanoi on July 2, pinning high hopes on their performance in the 2015-2018 term. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called for a strong army able to respond to emerging challenges presented by today’s increasingly complicated, rapidly changing and unpredictable world. 

(VOV) -On July 1, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung received ambassador and heads of representative agencies of Vietnam abroad before their departure for assuming office.

Party and State leaders officiated a celebration of the 100th birth anniversary (July 1) of the late Party chief Nguyen Van Linh in his hometown, the northern province of Hung Yen, on June 30. 

State and Party leaders offered incense to pay tribute to Nguyen Van Linh in his hometown, northern Hung Yen province, on June 29 as part of a ceremony marking the late Party General Secretary’s 100th birthday (July 1). 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired the Government’s monthly meeting on June 29, requesting ministries, sectors, and localities employ concrete measures to increase socio-economic performance in the last half of 2015. 

The 13th National Assembly’s month-long ninth session successfully addressed numerous important issues of the country, according to opinions of many voters. 

The 13th National Assembly (NA) closed its month-long ninth session in Hanoi on June 26, fulfilling its scheduled agenda and deciding on key country issues. 

Up to 440 lawmakers, or 89.07% of the total, approved the nomination of 15 judges to the Supreme People’s Court during a plenary session in Hanoi on June 26. 

The VND336.7 trillion (US$16 billion) construction project of an international airport in southern Dong Nai province was approved by a majority of the National Assembly deputies on June 25 morning.

Deputies voted to pass a number of draft and revised laws during the ongoing ninth session of the 13th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 25. 

A resolution on the Long Thanh International Airport project was adopted by the National Assembly deputies with an 86.64% rate of approval on the morning of June 25. 

A majority of deputies voted to pass the revised Law on State Audit at the ongoing ninth session of the 13th legislature in Hanoi on June 24. 

As many as 95 delegates gathered at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on June 23 to discuss preparations for setting up a level 2 field hospital as part of the country’s participation in UN peacekeeping missions. 

The National Assembly deputies examined draft amendments to the Law on Administrative Procedures during their plenary session in Hanoi on June 23. 

National Assembly (NA) deputies adopted the law on promulgating normative legal documents and the resolution on lump-sum social insurance payments for workers at the NA’s ninth session on June 22. 

President Truong Tan Sang has praised the revolutionary media as real soldiers who, with pens and paper as their weapons, have made worthy contributions to the cause of national liberation, construction and defence.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s revolutionary press has progressed significantly over the years, contributing to national renovation, development, and international integration.