Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired a Government meeting on lawmaking in Hanoi on July 27 and 28, focusing on the progress of a programme to build laws and ordinances and determining relevant tasks for the rest of this year. 

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations in collaboration with its Laos counterpart held a friendship exchange from July 25-27 in Laos’ Khammuane province, aiming to strengthen their cooperative ties and promote the Vietnam-Lao traditional relations. 

President Truong Tan Sang hosted a reception for a delegation of veterans from Division 313 and 314 in Military Zone 2 on the occasion of the National War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27). 

Vietnamese incumbent and former leaders offered incense and laid wreaths at the Monument to War Heroes and Martyrs on July 27 - the National War Invalid and Martyrs Day. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urged Vietnam’s stock market to become more transparent and effective in line with market economy principles during a ceremony to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the HCM City Stock Exchange (HOSE) on July 25. 

Vietnamese Minister of Defense Phung Quang Thanh arrived July 25 in Hanoi from France, where he had undergone treatment for a lung tumor, officially quashing rumors of his death.

(VOV) -President Truong Tan Sang on July 24 held a working session with Ba Ria –Vung Tau provincial authorities  to discuss local socio- economic development and national defense and security measures.

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.