Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 7 met with ambassadors and heads of Vietnam's representative offices abroad before they take on their new assignments.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has underscored the need to highly focus on restructuring and streamlining the Government apparatus to make it stronger, more effective, and more efficient as a means of boosting national development in the time ahead.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam has asked Ninh Thuan province to prepare necessary conditions, alongside the Government, ministries, agencies and localities, for restarting the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Plant project to feed Vietnam’s growing economy and diversify the country’s energy sources.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested continuing to review and find out shortcomings in legal documents and propose amendments and supplements, thus removing "bottlenecks" to achieve double-digit economic growth.

Rearranging the organisational apparatus is a difficult task but it is essential, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed on December 4 at a Government conference to carry out the review of the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, issued by the Party Central Committee in 2017, which seeks to streamline the political system for greater efficiency.

Nine ministries and agencies under the Government will be consolidated under a resolution on streamlining and optimising the political system, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra told the Vietnam News Agency.

President Luong Cuong, head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, had a working session with representatives of the Supreme People's Procuracy in Hanoi on December 3, during which he urged the sector to further enhance the quality of the enforcement of the right to prosecution and supervision of judicial activities.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 3 visited southern Dong Nai province to inspect the progress of the Long Thanh International Airport project and the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway project.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam met with voters in Hanoi on December 3, answering many of their questions regarding development orientations for Vietnam in the coming era of national advancement.

State President Luong Cuong requested the court sector to strictly carry out the Party’s policy on building an elite, streamlined, strong, efficient, and effective apparatus at a working session with the Supreme People’s Court on December 2.

Five ministries and two government agencies will be merged and dissolved to streamline and optimise the political system, according proposals announced at a national conference held on December 1.

Politburo member and National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on December 1 highlighted the removal of institutional bottlenecks while addressing a national conference reviewing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW issued by the 12th Party Central Committee.

VOV.VN - Vietnam aims to achieve a GDP growth rate of approximately 8% in 2025 to create momentum for the two-digit growth rate in the 2026-2030 period, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN - The Politburo and the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam organized a national conference in Hanoi on December 1 to concretise the results of the implementation of Resolution 18-NQ/TW of the 12th Party Central Committee in 2017 regarding the renewal and restructuring of the political system.

VOV.VN - The State apparatus has become too cumbersome and overlapping in many places, hindering national development, and without streamlining it, the country will not be able to develop to reach its full potential, Party General Secretary To Lam has affirmed.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly will accompany the government, agencies, and organizations within the political system in striving to achieve the highest possible socio-economic development goals for 2025, top legislator Tran Thanh Man said at the closing ceremony of the year-end session in Hanoi on November 30.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly on November 30 passed a resolution banning e-cigarettes in Vietnam, which will take effect in 2025.

VOV.VN - With a majority of votes in favour (92.48%), the National Assembly on November 30 approved the North-South high-speed railway project with an estimated investment of US$67.3 billion to be implemented under the public investment model.

VOV.VN - With a majority of votes in favour (458/461), the National Assembly of Vietnam on November 30 approved a resolution on the establishment of centrally-governed Hue city, starting from January 1, 2025.

The National Assembly (NA) on November 29 morning passed the Geology and Mineral Law with an overwhelming majority of 446 out of 448 deputies voting in favour, representing 93.11% of its members.

The National Assembly (NA) on November 28 voted to approve a resolution on the election of Le Quang Tung as member of the Standing Committee and General Secretary of the 15th legislature, within the framework of its ongoing 8th session.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly of Vietnam has agreed to raise the retirement age for military officers by an additional 1-5 years under a law approved at its ongoing session in Hanoi on November 28.

VOV.VN - Commandos of the Vietnam People’s Army are actively training and showcasing their combat skills in preparation for the International Defense Exhibition 2024 scheduled to be held in Hanoi in December.

VOV.VN - With a majority of votes in favour (454/455), the National Assembly passed the amended Law on Human Trafficking Prevention at its ongoing session in Hanoi on November 28.

VOV.VN - With a majority of votes in favour, the National Assembly approved the amended Trade Union Law at its ongoing eighth session in Hanoi on November 27.

VOV.VN - National Assembly deputies have candidly agreed that the current administrative apparatus remains cumbersome and therefore must be streamlined in a revolution to make its operation more productive, effective, and efficient in order to propel the nation into a new era, as highlighted by Party General Secretary To Lam in his recently published article.

The Law on the Value Added Tax was adopted at the 8th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) in Hanoi on November 26 and is set to come into force in July next year.

The 15th National Assembly (NA) passed the revised Notary Law with 450 out of 453 deputies present at the session on November 26 afternoon voting in favour.

The number of cases handled by People’s Courts at all levels so far this year has risen 7.73% over the same period in 2023, while the number of cases solved has increased 8.4%, reported Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Le Minh Tri at the National Assembly (NA)’s eighth session on November 26.

VOV.VN - The Party Central Committee convened its plenum in Hanoi on November 25, discussing the streamlining of the political system’s organizational structure, the resumption of the nuclear power project and personnel affairs, according to a press communique of the plenum.