(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked cabinet members to clarify issues related to public and bad debts, the structure of budget revenue and spending and control measures to reduce non-performing loans to only 3%.

National Assembly (NA) deputies debated the draft Laws on Civil Status and Citizens’ Identity during their plenary sitting on October 28 as part of the ongoing 8th session of the 13th NA.

Legislators discussed draft amendments to the Law on the Organisation of the People’s Procuracy in a plenary meeting in Hanoi on October 27 as part of the ongoing National Assembly’s eighth session. 

National Assembly (NA) deputies voiced their opinions about the draft revised laws on housing and on real estate business during their plenary sitting at the legislature’s ongoing eighth session on October 24.

The General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDC) is collecting comments provided by businesses and customs officials on its three draft circulars guiding the implementation of the Law on Customs.

Deputies at the ongoing 8 th session of the 13th National Assembly on October 23 heard a number of reports and debated the draft revised Law on Social Insurance. 

National Assembly (NA) deputies debated the draft revised law on the organisation of the National Assembly at a plenary sitting on October 22 during the legislature’s on-going 8th session. 

The 13th National Assembly (NA) continued its 8th session on October 21 with group discussions focusing on socio-economic issues. 

As many as 3,729 opinions and proposals from members of the public were collected and will be presented during the eighth session of the National Assembly that commenced on October 20.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong beat the drum to open the 2014-2015 academic year at Hanoi’s People’s Security Academy (PSA) on October 17. 

President Truong Tan Sang met with more than 100 outstanding Vietnamese entrepreneurs in Hanoi on October 11, asking the business circle to uphold their role as a pillar in Vietnam’s industrialisation and modernisation, thus helping promote the strength of the national economy. 

(VOV) -A grand meeting was held at the My Dinh National Convention Centre in Hanoi on October 10 to mark the 60th anniversary of the capital city’s Liberation Day.

The National Assembly Standing Committee examined several Government reports on the implementation of socio-economic tasks in 2014 and draft plans for 2015 during the last day of the committee’s 32nd working session on October 9.

(VOV) - The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee convened in Hanoi on October 6 for its 32nd session which focuses on plans for socio-economic development and State budge estimates.

The 32nd meeting of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee, scheduled to take place in Hanoi from October 6-10, will focus on the contents of the upcoming eighth session of the 13th legislature.

Hai Phong should try to attract investment and foreign partners to become a mechanical engineering and shipbuilding centre of the country, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at a working session with key officials of the northern port city on October 3.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and National Assembly (NA) deputies in the northern city of Hai Phong met with voters in Kien An district on October 3.

Voters in central Ha Tinh province’s Cam Xuyen district stated on October 3 that the National Assembly (NA)’s social welfare policies aimed at workers and communities in rural areas had helped improve living standards.

As many as 400 revolutionary soldiers who once were imprisoned by the enemy during the resistance wars attended a meeting with President Truong Tan Sang in the capital on October 2 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Hanoi’s Liberation Day (October 10).

(VOV) -The General Department of Politics on September 30 hosted a solemn ceremony honouring former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu with the 65-year Party membership badge- a Party and State noble award for his positive contributions to national construction and defence.

(VOV) - The Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment will be grilled over issues related to their sector at the 31st session of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly (NA) in Hanoi on September 29.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung initiated the 27km underground cable connecting Ly Son island district in the central province of Quang Ngai to the national electricity grid on September 28. 

Authorities from central Quang Nam province need to do more to increase the number of local ethnic minority people escaping poverty and fully benefiting from the State’s social welfare policies. 

(VOV) - The 8th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) concluded in Hanoi on September 27 with re-election of senior positions and adoption of programs and resolutions on promoting great national unity and democracy.

The eighth Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on September 26 discussed and approved the organisation’s Charter and personnel plan for the eighth tenure (2014-2019). 

President Truong Tan Sang visited a number of localities in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on September 22-23 to monitor the construction of new-style rural areas, the allocation of farm land to ethnic minorities, the maintenance of security and the implementation of judicial reform.

President Truong Tan Sang paid a working visit to the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on September 21-22 to assess the local socio-economic situation, the implementation of administrative reform, and the new-style rural area building.

(VOV) - The Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Malta in Ho Chi Minh City on September 21 hosted a ceremony honouring the 50th Malta’s National Day (1964- 2014) and the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Malta diplomatic ties (1974-2014).

(VOV) - The Lao Party, State and people will work closely with the Vietnam Party, State and people to maintain and develop great special ties of solidarity and comprehensive cooperation, said Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavath Lengsavad.

Construction on the Parliament House and new Ba Dinh Hall is expected to be completed by October 20, just in time to hold the eighth session of the 13th National Assembly (NA).