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).

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the opening ceremony of the 2014-2015 school year at the Defence Academy in Hanoi on September 16.

(VOV) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has urged revamping the socialist-oriented market economy as the good way to boost Vietnam’s economic development.

(VOV) - The Defence Ministry’s General Department of Techniques on September 10 hosted a solemn ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of its Traditional Day (1974- 2014) and receiving the Order of Military first class. 

President Truong Tan Sang toured the central province of Quang Tri on September 7-8, where he visited Con Co island district and inspected the new-style rural area building programme in Vinh Thanh commune, Vinh Linh district. 

(VOV) - The 8th session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) opened in Hanoi on September 8 during which full time NA deputies will dilate on six draft laws.

Hoang Binh Quan, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, on September 3 asked the Central Highlands to strengthen relations with its neighbours, Laos and Cambodia.

President Truong Tan Sang visited Tho Chau Island commune in Phu Quoc district in the southern coastal province of Kien Giang on September 3 to inspect the locality’s socio-economic and security and defence situation. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese Party and State leaders on September 2 paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum and offered incense at the Monument to fallen soldiers on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of National Day.

(VOV) - An incense-offering ceremony in commemoration of President Ho Chi Minh was held in HCM City on September 1 to mark the 69th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

(VOV) - Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong on August 29 visited Tan Trao Special National Historical Relic in the northern province of Tuyen Quang which was seen as the cradle of Vietnam’s revolution in the anti-French resistance war. 

President Truong Tan Sang commended the National Assembly (NA) Party Committee’s efforts to put the Politburo’s implementation strategy for judicial reforms into practice during a working session on August 27 with the committee in Hanoi.

(VOV) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on August 27 visited Binh Vang Industrial Zone in Vi Xuyen district and a number of local businesses as part of his trip to northern Ha Giang province.

(VOV) - The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics on August 27 hosted a symposium reviewing 45 years of carrying out President Ho Chi Minh’s testament.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on religious dignitaries to play a greater role in mobilising people to forge a sound security in their residential areas. 

(VOV) Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Ho Chi Minh City Party Organization Secretary Le Thanh Hai on August 23 led a high-level delegation to pay tribute to Vo Thi Thang who rendered great service to the nation at a funeral service in Ho Chi Minh City. 

The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Organisation held a national meeting on August 21 in Ho Chi Minh City to roll out guidelines on personnel work at Party congresses at all levels in preparation for the upcoming 12th National Party Congress.