President Sang works with Government Inspectorate
President Sang works with Government Inspectorate

(VOV) - President Truong Tan Sang has underscored the need to bolster the monitoring, inspection, and management powers of State authorities responsible for the fight against corruption.

President Sang works with Government Inspectorate
PM Dung highlights HCM City’s economic growth
PM Dung highlights HCM City’s economic growth

(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has praised HCM City for its impressive economic achievements during 2013.

PM Dung highlights HCM City’s economic growth
NA Chairman certifies revised Constitution
NA Chairman certifies revised Constitution

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on December 2 signed to certify the revised 1992 Constitution adopted at the freshly-ended sixth session of the 13th National Assembly.

NA Chairman certifies revised Constitution
Senior official speaks to voters in Can Tho city
Senior official speaks to voters in Can Tho city

Party Politburo member Le Hong Anh, National Assembly deputy representing Can Tho city, on December 2 met voters in the city’s Phong Dien district to hear their opinions on the recently-ended sixth session of the 13th National Assembly.

Senior official speaks to voters in Can Tho city
Vietnam, Belarus legislatures talk to forge ties
Vietnam, Belarus legislatures talk to forge ties

The National Assemblies of Vietnam and Belarus have agreed to further their cooperation by focusing more on coordination among its committees and speeding up the implementation of reached agreements.

Vietnam, Belarus legislatures talk to forge ties
President listens to HCM City voters’ opinions
President listens to HCM City voters’ opinions

President Truong Tan Sang on December 2 had meetings with voters in Ho Chi Minh City’s districts 1 and 3, during which the voters expressed their pleasure at the outcomes of the National Assembly’s sixth session with the adopting of the amended Constitution.

President listens to HCM City voters’ opinions
Going ahead with uniform measures for price controls
Going ahead with uniform measures for price controls

(VOV) - It is imperative to strictly control market prices to ensure balanced supply and demand of goods as the traditional lunar New Year festival (Tet) nears.

Going ahead with uniform measures for price controls
Hanoi People’s Council opens eighth session
Hanoi People’s Council opens eighth session

(VOV) - The capital city needs accelerate administrative reform, improve the investment environment, spur economic growth, ensure social welfare and improve the operational efficiency of People’s Councils at all levels.

Hanoi People’s Council opens eighth session
Hanoi advances its European relationships
Hanoi advances its European relationships

(VOV) - A high-ranking Hanoi municipal official delegation led by Party Secretary Pham Quang Nghi concluded its 11-day tour of four European countries on November 29.

Hanoi advances its European relationships
Conference reviews normative legal act law enforcement
Conference reviews normative legal act law enforcement

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Justice to work closely with relevant agencies to improve how laws regulating documents are enforced.

Conference reviews normative legal act law enforcement
Sixth NA session: a new renewal landmark
Sixth NA session: a new renewal landmark

(VOV) - The 13th National Assembly’s (NA) sixth session has been hailed as historic, ushering in a new period of national construction and defence.

Sixth NA session: a new renewal landmark
NA passes 1992 Constitution amendments
NA passes 1992 Constitution amendments

(VOV) - With 97.59% of votes in favour, the National Assembly passed the amended 1992 Constitution at its plenary session in Hanoi on November 28.

NA passes 1992 Constitution amendments
Vietnam to host Vesak 2014
Vietnam to host Vesak 2014

(VOV) - Vietnam will host the 2014 United Nations Day of Vesak themed "Buddhist Perspective towards Achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals"at Bai Dinh Pagoda in Ninh Binh province from May 7-11 next year.

Vietnam to host Vesak 2014
Chinese delegation visits Vietnam
Chinese delegation visits Vietnam

(VOV) - A delegation from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) led by its vice chairman Liu Xiaofeng has visited Vietnam.

Chinese delegation visits Vietnam
Cabinet members continue Q&A session
Cabinet members continue Q&A session

More Cabinet members went before the National Assembly on November 20 to answer deputies’ queries on a wide range of topics.

Cabinet members continue Q&A session
President attends Catholic solidary committee’s congress
President attends Catholic solidary committee’s congress

(VOV) - President Truong Tan Sang has praised the Vietnam Committee for Catholic Solidarity  (VCCS), at the sixth congress of Vietnamese Catholic representatives, which took place in Hanoi on November 20.

President attends Catholic solidary committee’s congress
Agriculture head fields questions
Agriculture head fields questions

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat was in the hot seat over the sector's poor management during a Q&A legislative session on November 19.

Agriculture head fields questions
Leaders congratulate outstanding teachers and students
Leaders congratulate outstanding teachers and students

(VOV) - President Truong Tan Sang has held a November 16 meeting with 104 teachers honoured for their outstanding service during the 2008–2013 period.

Leaders congratulate outstanding teachers and students
NA elects personnel, considers legislation
NA elects personnel, considers legislation

(VOV) -National Assembly (NA) deputies meeting on November 16 discussed the legislature’s personnel and debated a number of draft laws.

NA elects personnel, considers legislation
Party leader chairs anti-corruption meeting
Party leader chairs anti-corruption meeting

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a November 15 meeting of the Central Steering Committee on Corruption Prevention and Control in Hanoi.

Party leader chairs anti-corruption meeting
NA passes resolution on 2014 State budget allocations
NA passes resolution on 2014 State budget allocations

National Assembly (NA) deputies have adopted a resolution on the allocation of the 2014 State budget, after the proposal received 87.75 percent of the votes at the November 15 morning sitting.

NA passes resolution on 2014 State budget allocations
Vietnam has two new deputy PMs
Vietnam has two new deputy PMs

(VOV) - The National Assembly (NA) on November 13 approved the Prime Minister’s appointment of Vu Duc Dam and Pham Binh Minh as two new deputy prime ministers.

Vietnam has two new deputy PMs
NA discusses budgetary, personnel issues
NA discusses budgetary, personnel issues

The National Assembly (NA) on November 12 approved a resolution on the adjustments to the 2013 budget estimate and planned budget spending for 2014.

NA discusses budgetary, personnel issues
Corruption fight falls short of expectations
Corruption fight falls short of expectations

(VOV) - Most National Assembly deputies agree the number of corruption cases brought before the public’s eye is merely a drop in the ocean and current anti-corruption measures are not strict enough to serve as effective deterrents.

Corruption fight falls short of expectations
Lawmakers debate public grievances
Lawmakers debate public grievances

More attention from authorities will reduce citizen complaints from citizens, legislators agreed at a discussion on October 28.

Lawmakers debate public grievances
NA session debates key national issues
NA session debates key national issues

(VOV) - The year-end session of the National Assembly opened in Hanoi on October 21 to examine what Vietnam has done during the past three years and set orientations for the last two years of the 2011-2015 development plan.

NA session debates key national issues
High hopes for 6th NA session
High hopes for 6th NA session

(VOV) -The sixth session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) is expected to make major decisions on many important national issues.

High hopes for 6th NA session
VPFA unites Vietnamese and Polish people
VPFA unites Vietnamese and Polish people

(VOV) - The Vietnam-Poland Friendship Association (VPFA) held its third congress in Hanoi on October 19, electing a new 48-member executive board led by incoming Chairman and Former Natural Resources and Environment Minister Pham Khoi Nguyen.

VPFA unites Vietnamese and Polish people
Air Defence-Air Force asked to reinforce readiness
Air Defence-Air Force asked to reinforce readiness

The Air Defence-Air Force takes on a heavy responsibility defending national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, seas and islands and the socialist country in the wake of a changing world.

Air Defence-Air Force asked to reinforce readiness
Vice President receives international gemologists
Vice President receives international gemologists

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan on October 16 received gemologists from 23 countries attending the 33rd International Gemological Conference (IGC 33) in Hanoi. 

Vice President receives international gemologists
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