VOV.VN -On February 18, the National Assembly Standing Committee discussed the revised Law on Journalism. 

Preparing the agenda for the upcoming NA session in March was one of the key tasks of the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC), according to NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

President Truong Tan Sang continued his working visit to northern mountainous localities on February 17 with Cao Bang and Bac Kan provinces the latest destinations. 

Truong Thi Mai, one of the three female members of the 12th tenure Politburo, officially assumed the role of head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission on Mass Mobilisation on February 17. 

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee on February 16 organised its first meeting on the structure, composition and number of candidates to stand for the upcoming 14th National Assembly election.

VOV.VN - The first consultative meeting on the number of candidates nominated by central agencies for the 14th National Assembly election was held in Hanoi on February 16.

Candidate preparations are a key part of preparations for the National Assembly (NA) and People’s Council elections, slated for May 22, said NA Secretary General Nguyen Hanh Phuc. 

VOV.VN - On February 15, the government convened a meeting to discuss the situation during the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) and the implementation of this year’s tasks. 

VOV.VN -  The 13th National Assembly Standing Committee will convene its 45th session on February 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) President Nguyen Thien Nhan offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh at a memorial site in the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on February 15.

President Truong Tan Sang on February 15 beat the drum to kick off the Tree Planting Festival 2016 in memory of late President Ho Chi Minh. 

President Truong Tan Sang has hailed the significance of the museum of former revolutionary prisoners in Hanoi to educating the public, especially young generations, about the country’s revolutionary traditions. 

Vo Van Thuong, the youngest member of the 12th -tenure Politburo, has been appointed as head of the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission. 

Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited the northern province of Ha Nam on February 13 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong offered incense to late President Ho Chi Minh at Da Chong (K9) historical relic site in Hanoi’s outlying Ba Vi district on February 11. 

VOV.VN -Under the Communist Party of Vietnam’s leadership, Vietnam has made important progress in national construction and defense over 30 years of renewal. 

President Truong Tan Sang paid a visit and delivered greetings to locals and authorities of the southern province of Tay Ninh on February 8, the first day of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

VOV.VN -State President Truong Tan Sang, on behalf of the Party and State, extended his seasonal greetings and best wishes to all Vietnamese people throughout the country and abroad on the eve of the traditional lunar New Year holiday.

Politburo member Hoang Trung Hai, the newly-assigned Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, extended his best wishes to the municipal Department of Public Security and the High Command of the capital city on February 6 on the occasion of the Lunar Near Year festival (Tet). 

VOV.VN - President Truong Tan Sang urged local authorities and people to make full use of its advantages in location, industrial manufacturing, trade and service to become a rich province during his pre-Tet visit to Long An province on February 6.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked Military Zone 5 to further uphold the entire people and political system, enhance defensive capacity, and develop people’s national defence.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong signed a decision assigning tasks to Politburo members on February 4. 

VOV.VN - Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has been named Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee for the 2015-2020 tenure.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung offered incense to commemorate late President Ho Chi Minh at House No. 67 in Hanoi on February 4 on the occasion of the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet). 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong praised the Party Central Committee’s Office for its outstanding performance as an advisor of the Party Central Committee, the Political Bureau and the Secretariat.

Heads of State and Party leaders from around the world on February 3 cabled congratulatory messages to Nguyen Phu Trong, who was re-elected General Secretary of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. 

President Truong Tan Sang visited and extended congratulations to Hung Yen and Ha Nam authorities and people ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. 

VOV.VN - Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong met with 150 outstanding artists, intellectuals and scientists to celebrate the lunar New Year and the 86th anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

VOV.VN - On February 3, Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong extended New Year greetings to former leaders of the Party, State, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), and central agencies.

VOV.VN - Activities have been held across the country to mark the 86th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).