Management, use of urban land focus of NA on May 27
Management, use of urban land focus of NA on May 27

Lawmakers will spend the entire day on May 27 to examine the implementation of policies and laws on the planning, management and use of land in urban areas in the period from the time the 2013 Land Law took effect to the end of 2018. 

Management, use of urban land focus of NA on May 27
Land use, management in urban areas to heat up NA debate
Land use, management in urban areas to heat up NA debate

 Legislators will deliberate the implementation of policies and laws on land planning, use and management in urban areas since the Land Law 2013 took effect until 2018 on May 27 during the seventh session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi.

Land use, management in urban areas to heat up NA debate
Fifth working day of National Assembly’s seventh session
Fifth working day of National Assembly’s seventh session

The fifth working day of the 14th National Assembly’s seventh session took place in Hanoi on May 24 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

Fifth working day of National Assembly’s seventh session
Three bills to be tabled for discussion at NA on May 24
Three bills to be tabled for discussion at NA on May 24

The National Assembly will examine three bills during May 24, which are the draft revised Law on Tax Management, the draft law on adjustments and supplements to a number of articles of the laws on the organisation of the Government and local administrations and the laws on cadres, civil servants and public employees.  

Three bills to be tabled for discussion at NA on May 24
Legislators to mull over draft revised laws on May 23
Legislators to mull over draft revised laws on May 23

The draft revised bills on alcohol harm prevention, audit and libraries will top the agenda at the ongoing 14th National Assembly (NA)’s seventh session on May 23.

Legislators to mull over draft revised laws on May 23
NA’s second working day focuses on education, architecture laws
NA’s second working day focuses on education, architecture laws

The National Assembly (NA) discussed the draft revisions of the Law on Education and the Law on Architecture at the ongoing seventh session in Hanoi on May 21.

NA’s second working day focuses on education, architecture laws
Legislators review 2017 State budget balance
Legislators review 2017 State budget balance

Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung presented a report proposing the National Assembly’s approval of the 2017 State budget balance during the seventh session of the 14th NA in Hanoi on May 20. 

Legislators review 2017 State budget balance
Anti-corruption committee looks to ramp up efforts in key cases
Anti-corruption committee looks to ramp up efforts in key cases

The Standing Board of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption has urged authorised agencies to step up the fight against corruption and exert greater efforts to finalise the investigation, prosecution, and judgment of eight serious cases which have attracted public concern by the end of this year.

Anti-corruption committee looks to ramp up efforts in key cases
Draft education, architecture laws in focus on May 21
Draft education, architecture laws in focus on May 21

The draft revised Law on Education and the draft Law on Architecture are on top of the agenda of the parliament on May 21.

Draft education, architecture laws in focus on May 21
First statement on NA’s seventh session
First statement on NA’s seventh session

The seventh session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) opened in Hanoi on May 20.

First statement on NA’s seventh session
Prime Minister issues Directive on sustainable development
Prime Minister issues Directive on sustainable development

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed Directive No. 13/CT-TTg on sustainable development on May 20, asserting that sustainable development is a consistent policy of the Party and State of Vietnam.

Prime Minister issues Directive on sustainable development
Deputies discuss adjustments to Law on Insurance Business
Deputies discuss adjustments to Law on Insurance Business

The draft Law on amendments and supplementations to a number of articles of the Law on Insurance Business was put into discussion during the 14th National Assembly’s seventh session on May 20.

Deputies discuss adjustments to Law on Insurance Business
Government, agencies settle 2,290 out of 2,293 petitions of voters: NA report
Government, agencies settle 2,290 out of 2,293 petitions of voters: NA report

The Government and Government agencies have settled 2,290 out of 2,293 petitions that voters submitted to the sixth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA), the NA Standing Committee’s ombudsman board reported at the opening session of the 7th sitting of the 14th NA on May 20.

Government, agencies settle 2,290 out of 2,293 petitions of voters: NA report
Q1’s GDP sees 6.79 percent growth: Government report
Q1’s GDP sees 6.79 percent growth: Government report

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh presented the Government’s report on the implementation of socio-economic development in the first quarter of 2019 and measures for the remaining months of the year at the opening meeting of the 7th session of the 14th National Assembly on May 20. 

Q1’s GDP sees 6.79 percent growth: Government report
Seventh session of 14th National Assembly begins
Seventh session of 14th National Assembly begins

The 7th session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) opened at the NA Hall in Hanoi at 9 am on May 20 in a ceremony broadcast live on national television and radio.

Seventh session of 14th National Assembly begins
Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on birth anniversary
Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on birth anniversary

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, the President, National Assembly, Government and Vietnam Fatherlands Front paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on May 19 on the occasion of the late President’s 129th birthday. 

Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on birth anniversary
Vietnamese uphold Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality, and lifestyle
Vietnamese uphold Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality, and lifestyle

VOV.VN - The 8-year-old movement to study and follow Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality, and lifestyle has achieved significant results. Celebrating the 129th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh on May 19, Vietnamese people and officials are reflecting on the great leader’s teachings. 

Vietnamese uphold Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality, and lifestyle
Party Central Committee’s 10th plenum concludes
Party Central Committee’s 10th plenum concludes

The 10th plenum of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam wrapped up in Hanoi on May 18 after nearly three days of working, completing all items on the agenda. 

Party Central Committee’s 10th plenum concludes
Party Central Committee completes 10th meeting’s agenda
Party Central Committee completes 10th meeting’s agenda

The 12th-tenure Party Central Committee held the concluding session of its 10th meeting in Hanoi on May 18 morning under the chair of Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong.

Party Central Committee completes 10th meeting’s agenda
Party Central Committee's 10th plenum enters second working day
Party Central Committee's 10th plenum enters second working day

The Party Central Committee members discussed in groups important reports on the morning of May 17, the second day of the committee's 10th plenary meeting.

Party Central Committee's 10th plenum enters second working day
Seventh NA session due to open on May 20
Seventh NA session due to open on May 20

VOV.VN - The National Assembly (NA) is set to convene its 7th session on May 20, and conclude the session on June 14, the NA’s General Secretary Nguyen Hanh Phuc said at a press conference in Hanoi on May 17. 

Seventh NA session due to open on May 20
Implementation of Party platform on national construction progresses
Implementation of Party platform on national construction progresses

VOV.VN - The 12th Party Central Committee convened its 10th Conference in Hanoi on May 16 to discuss a draft report on the 10-year implementation of the Platform on National Construction in the transitional period to socialism.

Implementation of Party platform on national construction progresses
Party Central Committee commences 10th meeting
Party Central Committee commences 10th meeting

The 12th-tenure Party Central Committee opened its 10th meeting in Hanoi on May 16.

Party Central Committee commences 10th meeting
Party leader, President presides over Political Bureau’s meeting
Party leader, President presides over Political Bureau’s meeting

Party General Secretary, President Nguyen Phu Trong on May 15 presided over a meeting in Hanoi of the Political Bureau to give ideas on the preparations for the coming 10th plenum of the Party Central Committee, the seventh session of the National Assembly (NA), and on a number of other important issues.

Party leader, President presides over Political Bureau’s meeting
Party chief, President chairs meeting with key officials
Party chief, President chairs meeting with key officials

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting with key officials in Hanoi on May 14 with a focus on work performance in April and recommendations on issues of major attention in the time ahead by the four offices of the Party Central Committee, National Assembly, the President and the Government.  

Party chief, President chairs meeting with key officials
Foreign media highlight UN Vesak Day 2019 in Vietnam
Foreign media highlight UN Vesak Day 2019 in Vietnam

International media have given much space to reporting on the United Nations (UN) Day of Vesak 2019 in Vietnam’s northern province of Ha Nam.

Foreign media highlight UN Vesak Day 2019 in Vietnam
Scientists raise opinions on socio-economic development strategy
Scientists raise opinions on socio-economic development strategy

Scientists gave opinions on the country’s socio-economic development strategy for 2021-2030 with a vision towards 2045 during their meeting with the subcommittee on socio-economic affairs of the 13th National Party Congress in Hanoi on May 13. 

Scientists raise opinions on socio-economic development strategy
UN Day of Vesak 2019 highlights Lord Buddha’s legacy and philosophy
UN Day of Vesak 2019 highlights Lord Buddha’s legacy and philosophy

VOV.VN -The 16th UN Day of Vesak 2019 solemnly opened at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Kim Bang district of northern Ha Nam province on May 12 with more than 1,650 international delegates from 112 countries and territories across the globe and over 20,000 Vietnamese Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns and followers in attendance.

UN Day of Vesak 2019 highlights Lord Buddha’s legacy and philosophy
Prime Minister urges Hai Phong to invest more in digital economy
Prime Minister urges Hai Phong to invest more in digital economy

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested the northern port city of Hai Phong invest in technology and digital economy, and attract high-tech businesses to gain higher added values. 

Prime Minister urges Hai Phong to invest more in digital economy
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