National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on January 8 called on the procuracy sector to speed up its work on especially serious corruption and economic cases, and exert greater efforts to promote anti-corruption and the fight against crime. 

The 30th session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will be held on January 10 in Hanoi, said a statement of the NA Office.

The sub-committee in charge of documents for the 13th National Party Congress held it first meeting in Hanoi on January 7 under the chair of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and President Nguyen Phu Trong. 

The public security sector must carry forward its core role in maintaining national security and social order and safety in any situation, said Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked for taking businesses and people as the centre for development during a national conference between the Government and localities that closed in Hanoi on December 28. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s GDP growth rate surged 7.08% this year, the highest for the past 11 years, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc while chairing the last monthly cabinet meeting in Hanoi on December 27.

The 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee convened its ninth session on December 25, under the chair of Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Military Zone 9 High Command held a get-together on December 22 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Southwest border defence war (January 7, 1979 - 2019).

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on December 22 approved an ordinance on amendments and supplements to several articles of four ordinances related to planning.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong had a meeting in Hanoi on December 21 with outstanding elderly villagers and village leaders from different ethnic minority groups across the country.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has lauded Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper’s contributions to national construction and development, as well as the armed forces. 

Military Zone 1 armed forces need to constantly uphold the Party’s military-defence guidelines and policy, as well as their duties to defend the country in the new circumstances, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presided over the second meeting in Hanoi on December 18 of the Socio-Economic Subcommittee, one of several subcommittees set up to prepare for the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Streamlining the apparatus is a hard, sensitive, and complex task that takes time, said Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong. 

 Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong said the central coastal city of Da Nang should develop stronger and faster in the national industrialisation and modernisation period, while working with the municipal Party Committee on December 13.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong asked the northern port city of Hai Phong to develop a strong sea-based economy during a meeting between the Politburo and the municipal Party Committee in Hanoi on December 13.

The National Assembly will mull over the adoption of six bills at the seventh session to be opened on May 20, 2019.

The National Assembly Standing Committee wrapped up its 29th session on December 11, completing all items on the working agenda of the two-day meeting.  

The Presidential Office held a press conference in Hanoi on December 11 to announce the President’s order to promulgate nine laws which were adopted at the sixth session of the 14th National Assembly.

The northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh should bring into play the full potential of its land, people and culture to become a tourism locality, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in a working session with local officials on December 11.

The Central Public Security Party Committee convened a conference in Hanoi on December 10 to review the party work in 2018 and set tasks for 2019, as well as recommended personnel planned for positions in the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee for the 2021-2026 tenure. 

The National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committee started its 29th session in Hanoi on December 10. 

The 15th People’s Council of Hanoi on December 6 conducted a vote of confidence on officials holding positions elected by the council during its ongoing seventh session. 

Permanent members of the sub-committee in charge of documents for the 13th National Party Congress convened the first meeting in Hanoi on December 5 under the chair of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong. 

The 15th People’s Council of Hanoi convened its seventh session on December 4 to review the city’s performance in socio-economic development and national defence and security in 2018, and set forth solutions for 2019. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has required the Government to renew management work and address the shortcomings that have been revealed by the National Assembly and the people. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated that despite coping with difficulties, the Party and State have always paid heed to building the modern regular army at a working session with the Defence Ministry in Hanoi on November 29.

VOV.VN -The Party and State of Vietnam always consider the overseas Vietnamese community an integral part of the nation, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said, while voicing his hope that Vietnamese expats would continue making practical contributions to national development.

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat has decided to give a reprimand to Bui Quang Vinh, former member of the Party Central Committee and former Minister of Planning and Investment, for his responsibility for wrongdoings in Mobifone’s acquisition of 95 percent of AVG shares.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the agriculture sector to switch from the mindset of agricultural production to an agricultural economy and international integration in order to create a revolution in the development of agriculture, farmers and rural areas.