(VOV) - National Assembly (NA) deputies have strongly opposed China’s escalating actions in the East Sea, considering this a flagrant violation of international law.

(VOV) -The 13th National Assembly (NA) opened its seventh session in Hanoi on May 20, with law building work consuming most of the agenda.

(VOV) - The 13th National Assembly will open its 17th session on May 20, expecting to approve 11 revised laws and 3 resolutions and make the first review of 16 revised laws.

(VOV) - On May 18, Chairman of the Presidential Office Dao Viet Trung presented gifts and conveyed President Truong Tan Sang’s regards to Vietnamese marine police and fisheries resources surveillance forces.

(VOV) -A delegation of Party, State, and Government leaders paid floral tributes at the late President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum in Hanoi on May 18, to mark his 124th birth anniversary (1890 - 2014).

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee wrapped up its 28th session on May 17 following discussion on the socio-economic, security and defence efficiency of Tan Rai and Nhan Co bauxite projects in the Central Highlands.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 15 had a meeting with voters in Hong Bang district, the northern city of Hai Phong, during which they expressed their anger at China’s recent act of deploying a drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. 

(VOV) -The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened its 28th meeting on May 15 in Hanoi. 

Continuing its ninth conference, the Party Central Committee convened a plenary session in Hanoi on May 13 under the chair of its Secretariat’s permanent member Le Hong Anh. 

A delegation of the Party Central Military Commssion and the Defence Ministry paid tribute to fallen combatants in northwestern Dien Bien province on May 6.