President Truong Tan Sang urged the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium Enterprises and ministries and agencies to step up cooperation to provide local businesses with ample support to develop strong Vietnamese brands and products as well as the country’s supporting industry 

Party Central Committee members continued discussing Politburo reports on personnel preparations for the next tenure during their ongoing 14th meeting on January 12.

(VOV) -The National Assembly Standing Committee convened its 44th meeting in Hanoi on January 11.

The 14th meeting of the 11th Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi on January 11, scheduled to discuss the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and finalise personnel preparations for the next tenure. 

(VOV) - On January 9, the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform convened a meeting  to review its performance in 2016 and set tasks for 2016.

(VOV) - On January 8, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Huynh Ngoc Son chaired the first session of the Social Order , Safety and Security Sub-Committee of the National Election Council in Hanoi.

(VOV) -The Party Central Committee’s Internal Affairs Commission on January 8 reviewed its performance in 2015 and discussed plans for 2016.

A grand ceremony was held in Hanoi on January 6 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first general election of the Vietnamese National Assembly. 

The successful first general election on January 6, 1946 went down in history of Vietnam’s revolution as a turning point, featuring the country as an independent state and a people’s democratic state – the first of its kind in Southeast Asia and Africa, said National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung. 

Top Vietnamese leaders paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on January 6 on the occasion of celebrating 70 years of Vietnam’s first General Election Day.