VOV.VN - Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan has proposed that the National Assembly issue a resolution on banning e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products before the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms is reviewed for amendment in the near future.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will set up a gold exchange at an appropriate time when it is able to meet all necessary conditions, said Nguyen Thi Hong, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), at the question-and-answer round of the National Assembly in Hanoi on November 11.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly continued its year-end sitting in Hanoi on November 11 with a question-and-answer session, focusing on three critical sectors, namely banking, health care and information-communication.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for greater efforts to achieve and exceed all 15 targets set for the year, in which the GDP growth rate in the fourth quarter must be between 7.4% and 7.6% to enable the whole year's GDP to reach over 7%.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese government has submitted a proposal for a national program on drug prevention and control till 2030, with an estimated budget of VND22.5 trillion (more than US$920 million) to the ongoing session of the National Assembly.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 8 met with Vietnamese students and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Chongqing as part of his working visit to the Chinese locality for major regional summits.

VOV.VN - Party leader To Lam asked the Ministry of Justice to help remove legal obstacles and barriers in order to unlock resources for national development, during his working session with the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the Ministry in Hanoi on November 7.

A conference was held in Hanoi on November 5 to review the task of codifying legal documents in 2019-2023 and publicise the code, with Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long attending.

Party General Secretary To Lam has freshly penned an article on building an elite, streamlined, strong, efficient, valid and effective political system.

Legislators continue discussions at the hall on the implementation of the State budget in 2024, and the State budget estimates, and the central budget allocation plan for 2025 on November 5 as part of the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s ongoing eighth session.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung, and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan provided insights into their respective sectors and addressed pressing concerns raised by lawmakers at the 15th National Assembly’s eighth session in Hanoi on November 4.

VOV.VN - Deputies to the ongoing eighth session of the National Assembly on November 4 discussed the implementation of socio-economic development and budgetary tasks in 2024 and gave opinions on tasks for 2025.

The third working week of the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s 8th session will, between November 4 and 9, address several key issues, focusing primarily on legislative and inspection activities.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh outlined major orientations to develop Vietnam’s education-training system on par with developed countries in the world, at a meeting of the National Committee for Education and Training Innovation in Hanoi on November 2.

VOV.VN - After implementing the Renovation process for four decades, Vietnam is entering a new era said to be the area of advancement that demands human rights and civil rights must be recognized, respected, ensured, and protected effectively.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will lag behind its international peers unless the transformation process is hastened amid a rapidly progressing global context, warned Party General Secretary To Lam during a recent meeting with ranking officials to be nominated to the Party Central Committee of the new term.

Party General Secretary To Lam on October 30 emphasised that the fight against corruption, wastefulness, and other negative phenomena should not be abused to hinder development or pursue personal gains.

National Assembly (NA) deputies on October 30 morning discussed a bill which is built to remove difficulties in planning, and implementing business investment activities and bidding as part of the legislature's ongoing 8th session.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam chaired a meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena in Hanoi on October 30.

Party General Secretary To Lam on October 29 urged the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education to keep innovating in popularising the Party and the State’s policies and laws to the public.

The amendments to the draft Law on Public Investment (amended) specify five major policy groups, deeply reflecting the spirit of breakthrough, reform, and decentralisation of power advocated by the Party Central Party, the Politburo, the National Assembly, and the Government.

National Assembly (NA) deputies debated the draft Public Investment Law (revised) on October 29, as part of their ongoing eighth session.

General Secretary of the Party Central Committee To Lam attended a ceremony in Hanoi on October 28 to celebrate the 75th traditional day of the committee’s Commission for External Relations (November 1, 1949-2024).

The National Assembly (NA) is scheduled to discuss a report by a supervision delegation and a draft Resolution of the legislature on the results of the thematic supervision on the implementation of policies and laws regarding the management of the real estate market and the development of social housing within the framework of its ongoing eighth session in Hanoi on October 28.

The 15th National Assembly continued its 8th session in Hanoi on October 26, focusing on group discussions that shape socio-economic landscapes for 2024 and 2025.

Bui Van Cuong was relieved from the post of General Secretary of the National Assembly (NA) on October 25, the fifth working day of the ongoing 8th session of the 15th-tenure parliament.

VOV.VN - Foreign workers employed in enterprises, organizations, or sectors are eligible to join trade unions in Vietnam if they meet certain conditions, according to the draft Trade Union Law (amended) presented at the ongoing session of the National Assembly.

Party General Secretary To Lam’s article entitled “Promoting Party characteristics in building a law-governed socialist State in Vietnam” brings a breath of fresh air and creates new vitality to the promotion of building and perfecting the Vietnamese rule-of-law socialist State of the people, by the people, and for the people in a faster and more effective manner.

State President Luong Cuong, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man, and other Party and State leaders as well as NA deputies on October 23 visited an exhibition featuring the “Nhat bao Quoc hoi (National Assembly Daily) with the first general election (in 1946).

Continuing the agenda of the 8th session, the 15th National Assembly on October 22 heard a report and provided feedback on the draft revised Law on Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking.