(VOV) -  Prior to the national uprising to seize the reins of the government, a People’s Congress was held in the Tan Trao communal house in Tuyen Quang province on August 16, 1945, involving representatives of sectors, social strata, ethnic groups, political parties, national salvation organizations, and overseas Vietnamese. 

The 13th meeting of the 11th Party Central Committee entered the fifth day of working on December 18, with discussions focusing on the date, content and working agenda of the 12 th National Party Congress. 

(VOV) -On December 18, the Presidential Office held a press conference to announce 9 laws and 2 resolutions which have been approved at the 10th session of the 13th National Assembly (NA).

The 11th Party Central Committee continued the 13th meeting on December 16 with focus on draft reports on its performance. 

Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung presided over the second working day of the 11th Party Central Committee’s 13th meeting in Hanoi on December 15. 

The Ministry of National Defence has hosted a banquet for foreign guests and defence attachés in Hanoi on the occasion of the 71st founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22, 1944). 

(VOV) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered a key-note speech at the 13th plenum of the 11th Party Central Committee underway in Hanoi from December 14-22.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Le Hong Anh required key officials of all-levels Party Committees, organisations and inspection commissions to work harder in order to raise the efficiency of the Party’s inspection, supervision and discipline work. 

Vice Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has been elected as Chairman of the Municipal People’s Committee with 97.24 approval.

The 13th National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committee will spend much of the two and a half working days of its 43rd session debating the implementation of the law on the NA’s organisation.