State leader urges improvement of prosecution work, judicial supervision
State leader urges improvement of prosecution work, judicial supervision

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.

State leader urges improvement of prosecution work, judicial supervision
PM inspects Long Thanh International Airport project progress
PM inspects Long Thanh International Airport project progress

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.

PM inspects Long Thanh International Airport project progress
Party leader To Lam addresses Hanoi voter concerns about development orientation
Party leader To Lam addresses Hanoi voter concerns about development orientation

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.

Party leader To Lam addresses Hanoi voter concerns about development orientation
State President calls for leaner, more efficient apparatus of court sector
State President calls for leaner, more efficient apparatus of court sector

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.

State President calls for leaner, more efficient apparatus of court sector
National apparatus overhaul to see reduction of five ministries
National apparatus overhaul to see reduction of five ministries

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.

National apparatus overhaul to see reduction of five ministries
NA Chairman pledges to keep reforming legislative work
NA Chairman pledges to keep reforming legislative work

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.

NA Chairman pledges to keep reforming legislative work
PM: Vietnam aims to achieve 8% GDP growth rate in 2025
PM: Vietnam aims to achieve 8% GDP growth rate in 2025

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.

PM: Vietnam aims to achieve 8% GDP growth rate in 2025
Party conference evaluates state apparatus streamlining gains
Party conference evaluates state apparatus streamlining gains

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.

Party conference evaluates state apparatus streamlining gains
It’s high time to streamline the State apparatus!
It’s high time to streamline the State apparatus!

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.

It’s high time to streamline the State apparatus!
National Assembly pledges to support Government in fulfilling development goals for 2025
National Assembly pledges to support Government in fulfilling development goals for 2025

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.

National Assembly pledges to support Government in fulfilling development goals for 2025
National Assembly unanimously bans e-cigarettes, starting in 2025
National Assembly unanimously bans e-cigarettes, starting in 2025

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

National Assembly unanimously bans e-cigarettes, starting in 2025
US$67.3 billion high speed railway project sails through National Assembly
US$67.3 billion high speed railway project sails through National Assembly

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.

US$67.3 billion high speed railway project sails through National Assembly
Hue to become centrally governed city as of January 1, 2025
Hue to become centrally governed city as of January 1, 2025

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.

Hue to become centrally governed city as of January 1, 2025
Legislature approves Geology and Mineral Law, Fire Safety Law
Legislature approves Geology and Mineral Law, Fire Safety Law

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.

Legislature approves Geology and Mineral Law, Fire Safety Law
NA approves appointment of new ministers of finance, transport
NA approves appointment of new ministers of finance, transport

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.

NA approves appointment of new ministers of finance, transport
National Assembly agrees to raise retirement age for military officers
National Assembly agrees to raise retirement age for military officers

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.

National Assembly agrees to raise retirement age for military officers
Commandos show combat skills ahead of International Defence Expo 2024
Commandos show combat skills ahead of International Defence Expo 2024

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.

Commandos show combat skills ahead of International Defence Expo 2024
National Assembly passes amended Law on Human Trafficking Prevention
National Assembly passes amended Law on Human Trafficking Prevention

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.

National Assembly passes amended Law on Human Trafficking Prevention
New Trade Union Law adopted, foreign workers allowed to join trade unions
New Trade Union Law adopted, foreign workers allowed to join trade unions

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.

New Trade Union Law adopted, foreign workers allowed to join trade unions
National Assembly deputies voice strong support for administrative apparatus streamlining
National Assembly deputies voice strong support for administrative apparatus streamlining

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.

National Assembly deputies voice strong support for administrative apparatus streamlining
Law on Value Added Tax secures legislature's approval
Law on Value Added Tax secures legislature's approval

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.

Law on Value Added Tax secures legislature's approval
National Assembly adopts revised Notary Law
National Assembly adopts revised Notary Law

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.

National Assembly adopts revised Notary Law
Courts show strong performance in handling economic, corruption cases: Chief Justice
Courts show strong performance in handling economic, corruption cases: Chief Justice

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.

Courts show strong performance in handling economic, corruption cases: Chief Justice
Party communique on organization restructuring, nuclear power development, personnel
Party communique on organization restructuring, nuclear power development, personnel

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.

Party communique on organization restructuring, nuclear power development, personnel
Party Central Committee examines key national issues in Hanoi
Party Central Committee examines key national issues in Hanoi

VOV.VN - The 13th Central Party Committee convened its plenum in Hanoi on November 25 to discuss many important issues, with Party General Secretary To Lam in the chair.

Party Central Committee examines key national issues in Hanoi
National Assembly discusses Vietnam Airlines restructuring plan
National Assembly discusses Vietnam Airlines restructuring plan

VOV.VN - The National Assembly is scheduled to examine the restructuring plan of the Vietnam Airlines Joint Stock Company in its ongoing eighth session in Hanoi on November 25 to help the aviation firm to overcome the consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Assembly discusses Vietnam Airlines restructuring plan
Vietnamese citizens advised not to travel to Ukraine
Vietnamese citizens advised not to travel to Ukraine

Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Pham Thu Hang has advised Vietnamese citizens not to travel to Ukraine unless absolutely necessary.

Vietnamese citizens advised not to travel to Ukraine
Disciplinary measures imposed on Party organisations, members
Disciplinary measures imposed on Party organisations, members

The Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Secretariat met on November 20 to consider disciplinary actions against Party organisations and members found to have committed violations.

Disciplinary measures imposed on Party organisations, members
Lawmakers back investment policy for North-South high-speed railway project
Lawmakers back investment policy for North-South high-speed railway project

Lawmakers on November 20 afternoon expressed their strong support for the investment policy for the North-South high-speed railway project, emphasising that it is time to go ahead rather than stepping back as this is a development trend of the country.

Lawmakers back investment policy for North-South high-speed railway project
NA deputies scrutinise investment policy for North-South high-speed railway project
NA deputies scrutinise investment policy for North-South high-speed railway project

Legislators looked into the investment policy for the North-South high-speed railway project on November 20 afternoon, part of the ongoing second phase of the 15th National Assembly’s eighth session.

NA deputies scrutinise investment policy for North-South high-speed railway project
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