The sub-committee on Party regulations of the 13th National Party Congress convened its first meeting in Hanoi on January 23. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan lauded the important achievements in Party inspection and discipline in 2018 during a conference held by the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission in Hanoi on January 23. 

The Commission for Internal Affairs of the Party Central Committee has made significant contributions to the fight against corruption, it was affirmed at the commission’s meeting on January 22. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked Hanoi to promptly build a pilot management project in the model of urban administration and submit to the Politburo for consideration. 

Improving the efficiency of the management and use of economic resources is an urgent task to deal with weaknesses of the national economy and spur development, according to a resolution recently issued by the Politburo. 

It is a must to ensure the rate set for personnel reduction in targeted agencies and take synchronous solutions to ensure workforce quality, said Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh. 

 Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on January 10 asked the entire army to make all-out efforts to complete targets and tasks set for 2019.

 The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee’s 30th session started on January 10 in Hanoi under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has asked the NA Office to carry out more reforms in order to better its performance in providing consultations for the legislature in all spheres. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 8 pointed out several shortcomings of the environment sector when attending the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s conference to carry out the National Assembly and Government’s resolutions on socio-economic development in 2019.

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.