NA passes two tax laws, Law on Thrift and Anti-Wastefulness
NA passes two tax laws, Law on Thrift and Anti-Wastefulness

With a majority of votes in favour, the National Assembly (NA) adopted the amended Law on Tax Administration, the amended Law on Personal Income Tax, and the Law on Thrift and Anti-Wastefulness on the morning of December 10.

NA passes two tax laws, Law on Thrift and Anti-Wastefulness
Party leader requests thorough preparations for 14th National Party Congress
Party leader requests thorough preparations for 14th National Party Congress

Party General Secretary To Lam has requested all sub-committees in charge of preparations for the 14th National Party Congress to complete all assigned tasks on schedule, ensuring the successful organisation of the important political event.

Party leader requests thorough preparations for 14th National Party Congress
PM vows punishment for falsifying IUU data
PM vows punishment for falsifying IUU data

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ordered tougher action against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and warned that officials who falsify or misreport data will face strict punishment, as the country seeks to have the European Commission (EC) lift its “yellow card” warning in 2025.

PM vows punishment for falsifying IUU data
Tougher cybercrime laws needed to combat rising high-tech crime
Tougher cybercrime laws needed to combat rising high-tech crime

VOV.VN - Lawmakers have called for urgent improvements to cybercrime legislation and tougher oversight of digital platforms, warning that high-tech fraud has become increasingly dangerous and complex despite recent progress in crime prevention.

Tougher cybercrime laws needed to combat rising high-tech crime
PM urges rapid completion of key infrastructure projects in 2025
PM urges rapid completion of key infrastructure projects in 2025

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged ministries, localities, project investors, and contractors to accelerate the completion of key infrastructure projects assigned for 2025, ensuring progress, quality, safety, and efficiency.

PM urges rapid completion of key infrastructure projects in 2025
Party chief calls for disability policies centred on social inclusion, equality
Party chief calls for disability policies centred on social inclusion, equality

VOV.VN - Policies for people with disabilities should shift from a healthcare-centred approach to a social-inclusion model, aiming to empower these people, expand opportunities, and reduce inequality, reflecting the Party and State’s commitment to human rights for all citizens, said Party General Secretarary.

Party chief calls for disability policies centred on social inclusion, equality
President calls on Military Region 7 to further modernise armed forces
President calls on Military Region 7 to further modernise armed forces

VOV.VN - President Luong Cuong on December 9 urged Military Region 7 to continue enhancing its overall military strength and accelerating force modernisation, saying the region must be fully prepared to meet national defence requirements in a rapidly changing security environment.

President calls on Military Region 7 to further modernise armed forces
Lawmakers debate 2025 judicial performance, anti-corruption results
Lawmakers debate 2025 judicial performance, anti-corruption results

The 15th National Assembly (NA) scrutinised 2025 judicial performance, crime prevention, anti-corruption results, and citizen petition handling during the ongoing 10th session in Hanoi on December 9.

Lawmakers debate 2025 judicial performance, anti-corruption results
Secretariat’s permanent member calls for better Party building work
Secretariat’s permanent member calls for better Party building work

The Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission must focus on provide advice on and preparing personnel matters and other necessary conditions to ensure the successful 14th National Party Congress, said Politburo member and permanent member of the committee's Secretariat Tran Cam Tu on December 8.

Secretariat’s permanent member calls for better Party building work
Party chief requests Military Region 9 to build elite and modern forces
Party chief requests Military Region 9 to build elite and modern forces

Party General Secretary To Lam has demanded Military Region 9 to build revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern forces, with a strong political foundation, enhanced training quality and combat proficiency, mastery of modern weapons, and absolute readiness to fight and win in all conditions amid new forms of warfare.

Party chief requests Military Region 9 to build elite and modern forces
National Assembly begins final working week of its 15th-term final session
National Assembly begins final working week of its 15th-term final session

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s National Assembly on December 8 began the final working week of its 10th session, the concluding meeting of the 15th Legislature, with votes scheduled on a wide range of key draft laws and resolutions.

National Assembly begins final working week of its 15th-term final session
Openness and democracy promoted through public consultation on draft Party documents
Openness and democracy promoted through public consultation on draft Party documents

VOV.VN - The Communist Party of Vietnam has opened its draft political documents for nationwide public consultation, a move that reflects the Party’s effort to broaden democratic input and show greater openness ahead of its 14th National Party Congress.

Openness and democracy promoted through public consultation on draft Party documents
Lawmakers to approve many important laws, resolutions in last working week
Lawmakers to approve many important laws, resolutions in last working week

Lawmakers are scheduled to vote to pass many important laws and resolutions during the final working week of the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s 10th session from December 8–11.

Lawmakers to approve many important laws, resolutions in last working week
Vietnam maintains macro stability, accelerates public investment
Vietnam maintains macro stability, accelerates public investment

VOV.VN - Vietnam reaffirmed macro-economic stability and moved to accelerate public investment disbursement as a key growth driver amid rising external risks, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh concluded at a monthly Government meeting for November held in Hanoi on December 6.

Vietnam maintains macro stability, accelerates public investment
National Assembly passes several draft laws on December 5
National Assembly passes several draft laws on December 5

The National Assembly (NA) on December 5 afternoon voted to pass the Law amending and supplementing several articles of the Law on Judicial Records, the revised Law on Civil Judgment Enforcement, and the amended Law on Judicial Expertise.

National Assembly passes several draft laws on December 5
Legislature scrutinises specialised court model at int’l financial centre
Legislature scrutinises specialised court model at int’l financial centre

The 15th National Assembly on December 5 discussed the draft law on the establishment of a specialised court at the International Financial Centre (IFC) at its ongoing 10th session.

Legislature scrutinises specialised court model at int’l financial centre
Draft Party document signals shift in anti-corruption strategy
Draft Party document signals shift in anti-corruption strategy

VOV.VN - The Communist Party of Vietnam is signaling a sharper shift in its anti-corruption strategy in the draft political report for its coming 14th National Congress, with experts saying the document shows a stronger commitment to tackling graft at its roots.

Draft Party document signals shift in anti-corruption strategy
Lawmakers demand flexible rules as Vietnam merges anti-poverty schemes
Lawmakers demand flexible rules as Vietnam merges anti-poverty schemes

The Government’s plan to merge three national target programmes into one drew broad debate at the 15th National Assembly’s ongoing 10th session in Hanoi on December 5, with deputies insisting that the move will not diminish support for ethnic minority and mountainous communities.

Lawmakers demand flexible rules as Vietnam merges anti-poverty schemes
Vietnam eyes first free trade zones by 2026 to pilot breakthrough policies
Vietnam eyes first free trade zones by 2026 to pilot breakthrough policies

VOV.VN - Vietnam plans to launch its first free trade zones (FTZs) in 2026 under a proposal discussed by the government at a meeting on December 5, as the country seeks to pilot breakthrough policies to spur growth and strengthen its competitiveness.

Vietnam eyes first free trade zones by 2026 to pilot breakthrough policies
Lawmakers call for stronger local autonomy in rural and ethnic development projects
Lawmakers call for stronger local autonomy in rural and ethnic development projects

VOV.VN - The National Assembly on December 5 discussed a major investment plan for a unified national target programme on rural development, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development for ethnic minority and mountainous areas through 2035, with lawmakers urging stronger decentralisation and clearer accountability for local authorities.

Lawmakers call for stronger local autonomy in rural and ethnic development projects
Lawmakers scrutinise foreign judges for IFC, back new energy framework
Lawmakers scrutinise foreign judges for IFC, back new energy framework

The 15th National Assembly (NA) held group discussions in Hanoi on December 4 as part of its 10th session to review a draft Law on Specialised Courts at the planned International Financial Centre (IFC) and a draft Resolution on mechanisms and policies for national energy development for the 2026–2030 period.

Lawmakers scrutinise foreign judges for IFC, back new energy framework
217 persons from central agencies to be nominated as deputies of 16th NA
217 persons from central agencies to be nominated as deputies of 16th NA

As many as 217 individuals from central-level agencies and units are expected to be nominated as deputies of the 16th National Assembly (NA), according to the first consultation of the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on December 4.

217 persons from central agencies to be nominated as deputies of 16th NA
Institutional breakthrough seen as key to Vietnam’s developed nation goal
Institutional breakthrough seen as key to Vietnam’s developed nation goal

VOV.VN - An institutional breakthrough is essential for Vietnam to become a high-income developed country, with legal bottlenecks and governance barriers needing urgent removal, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Trinh Van Tung of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.

Institutional breakthrough seen as key to Vietnam’s developed nation goal
Vietnam People's Army must stay steadfast in five pillars in new context
Vietnam People's Army must stay steadfast in five pillars in new context

Party General Secretary To Lam has outlined five major pillars that the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) must remain steadfast to be fully prepared for the new phase of development.

Vietnam People's Army must stay steadfast in five pillars in new context
Legislature reviews performance reports of State President, Government on December 4
Legislature reviews performance reports of State President, Government on December 4

The 15th National Assembly (NA) is discussing the performance reports for the 2021–2026 term of the State President and the Government, along with the draft performance report for the 15th term of the NA on December 4, part of the ongoing 10th session.

Legislature reviews performance reports of State President, Government on December 4
Law on State of Emergency sails through National Assembly
Law on State of Emergency sails through National Assembly

VOV.VN - With a majority of votes in favour, the National Assembly passed the Law on the State of Emergency at its ongoing year-end session in Hanoi on December 3.

Law on State of Emergency sails through National Assembly
Key lawmakers endorse amendments to Environmental Police Ordinance
Key lawmakers endorse amendments to Environmental Police Ordinance

VOV.VN - The Standing Committee of the National Assembly reviewed and adopted amendments and supplements to several articles of the Environmental Police Ordinance at a meeting in Hanoi on December 3.

Key lawmakers endorse amendments to Environmental Police Ordinance
NA inaugurates museum, introduces 80th-anniversary commemorative stamps
NA inaugurates museum, introduces 80th-anniversary commemorative stamps

The inauguration ceremony of the National Assembly (NA)’s museum, together with the launch of new publications and a commemorative postage stamp set marking the 80th anniversary of the Vietnamese legislature, took place in Hanoi on December 2.

NA inaugurates museum, introduces 80th-anniversary commemorative stamps
NA Chairman hails publisher’s pioneering role on ideological front
NA Chairman hails publisher’s pioneering role on ideological front

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has commended the Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House for its remarkable achievements over the past 80 years, while outlining numerous key directions for the institution to focus on in the time ahead.

NA Chairman hails publisher’s pioneering role on ideological front
Lawmakers call for strict management of rare earths nationwide
Lawmakers call for strict management of rare earths nationwide

VOV.VN - Lawmakers on December 1 emphasised the urgent need for a strict management framework for rare earths, a strategic national resource, to ensure economic efficiency while safeguarding national defence and controlling environmental risks.

Lawmakers call for strict management of rare earths nationwide
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