The 11th Party Central Committee convened its 12th plenary in Hanoi on October 5 under the chair of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Non-party members of the Vietnam Fatherland Front - Ho Chi Minh City branch and religious dignitaries in the city on October 1 contributed their opinions to draft documents to be submitted to the city’s 10th Party Congress and the 12th National Party Congress. 

(VOV) - The draft Law on Association compiled by the Ministry of Home Affairs was discussed this week by the National Assembly Standing Committee. 

(VOV) - On September 30, President Truong Tan Sang visited the Vietnam Embassy and held talks with embassy staff and former Cuban experts in Vietnam as part of his official visit to Cuba.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung conferred the Labour Order, first class, on the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission during its national patriotic emulation congress and 65th founding anniversary in Hanoi on September 30. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked for strengthened coordination to ensure the strict implementation of laws related to corruption prevention. 

Politburo members contributed their opinions on the draft documents and personnel plans for the 16th Party Congress of the capital city of Hanoi on September 25. 

(VOV) -The 41st session of the National Assembly Standing Committee concluded in Hanoi on September 25 with a series of laws and draft laws under discussion.

The National Assembly (NA)’s Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs should replicate good examples and practices to benefit ethnic minorities, said NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung. 

The central province of Khanh Hoa convened the 17th Party Congress for the 2015-2020 tenure on September 22 with the presence of 350 delegates representing more than 35,000 local Party members. 

The 10th Vietnam People’s Army (VPA)’s Party Congress for 2015-2020 commenced in Hanoi on September 22 with the attendance of 450 delegates representing hundreds of thousands of Party members in the VPA. 

(VOV) -On September 21, the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee discussed draft revised law on export and import duties at the 41st session.

The Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform convened its 22nd session in Hanoi on September 18 to scrutinise projects on combating negative phenomena in judicial activities. 

The Government’s report on outcomes of international economic integration since Vietnam joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was scrutinised at the National Assembly Standing Committee’s 41st meeting on September 18.

Increasing coordination between ministries and Vietnamese representative offices in foreign countries is necessary to more effectively implement the external affairs policy of active and proactive international integration. 

A draft of the revised Penal Code was yesterday discussed at the opening of the 41st session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee in Hanoi.

The official website of the 12th National Party Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, slated for early 2016, made its debut on September 14. 

(VOV) -The 13th National Assembly Standing Committee opened its 41st session on September 14 in Hanoi.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) was established on September 10, 1955, with the purpose of promoting national unity during the resistance for national liberation and reunification. It has played an important role in building up national unity to fulfill historic tasks. 

The Government Cipher Committee on September 12 received the Ho Chi Minh Order for the second time for its decisive role in protecting national secrecy over the past 70 years, but is warned of enormous challenges stemming from global uncertainties and visible cyber warfare. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had a meeting with young scientists on September 11 who have made outstanding achievements recognised nationally and internationally. 

(VOV) -The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will discuss a report on anti-corruption during its 41st session to be held from September 14- 21.

(VOV) -President Truong Tan Sang applauded the tremendous achievements and 70-year glorious tradition of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) at a September 7 ceremony marking the 70th anniversary.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on September 2 offered incense to commemorate late President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day.

The 70th National Day was marked with a grand meeting and the largest-ever parade in the country at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi September 2 morning. 

(VOV) - President Ho Chi Minh read the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945, to inform the world of the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the first worker-peasant state in Southeast Asia. 

(VOV) - September 2, 1945, marked the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. That day opened a new era of national independence and socialism in Vietnam’s history.

(VOV) - International friends have continued to praise the success of Vietnam’s August Revolution of 1945, which reflected the desire for freedom and justice of colonized nations. 

(VOV) - On September 1, a delegation of the Party Central Committee, the Presidential Office, the National Assembly, the Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee paid their respects to President Ho Chi Minh and fallen soldiers on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day.

A string of activities has been organised across the country in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2).