President Truong Tan Sang continued his working visit to northern mountainous localities on February 17 with Cao Bang and Bac Kan provinces the latest destinations. 

Truong Thi Mai, one of the three female members of the 12th tenure Politburo, officially assumed the role of head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission on Mass Mobilisation on February 17. 

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee on February 16 organised its first meeting on the structure, composition and number of candidates to stand for the upcoming 14th National Assembly election.

VOV.VN - The first consultative meeting on the number of candidates nominated by central agencies for the 14th National Assembly election was held in Hanoi on February 16.

Candidate preparations are a key part of preparations for the National Assembly (NA) and People’s Council elections, slated for May 22, said NA Secretary General Nguyen Hanh Phuc. 

VOV.VN - On February 15, the government convened a meeting to discuss the situation during the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) and the implementation of this year’s tasks. 

VOV.VN -  The 13th National Assembly Standing Committee will convene its 45th session on February 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) President Nguyen Thien Nhan offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh at a memorial site in the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on February 15.

President Truong Tan Sang on February 15 beat the drum to kick off the Tree Planting Festival 2016 in memory of late President Ho Chi Minh. 

President Truong Tan Sang has hailed the significance of the museum of former revolutionary prisoners in Hanoi to educating the public, especially young generations, about the country’s revolutionary traditions.