Creating and implementing a Party-building programme and boosting information about socio-economic development and Party-building tasks are two of the major duties for the Hanoi Party chapter in 2011.

Vietnam has reaped an average annual economic growth rate of over 7 percent and made considerable progress in poverty reduction, primary education universalization and healthcare services during the past decade.

National Assembly (NA) deputies representing Thai Nguyen province should always realise the responsibility of people’s representatives, said Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh.

President Nguyen Minh Triet on January 6 received a group of former experts from the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union who had been sent to Cambodia on an international mission after the country was liberated.

Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, has emphasised housing, especially for low-income earners, as a hot issue that unionists should take care of in the coming years.

Vietnam’s first ever general election on January 6, 1946 to elect the National Assembly is a resplendent milestone in the nation’s history, marking an outstanding advance in democratic institution and opening up a new development stage of the nation.

A ceremony to close the Catholic Church of Vietnam Jubilee Year 2010 was held at the La Vang parish, Hai Lang district, in the central province of Quang Tri on January 5.

The court sector should improve the quality of judgment to minimize unjust punishment, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

Vietnam is promoting the renewal process, laying a firm foundation to become a modern industrial country by 2020.

Vietnam on January 4 expressed deep condolences to Egypt and condemned the suicide attack in front of the Christian church of Al-Qiddissin in Egypt’s northern city of Alexandria on New Year’s Day.

Defending sovereignty and ensuring political security and social order still remain a regular and key task of the Party, the people and the army with the police force and the army playing the core.

National Assembly (NA) delegations from different localities held a meeting on January 4 to celebrate 65 years of the Vietnam National Assembly (January 6, 1946).

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened its 37 session in Hanoi on January 4 under the chairmanship of NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

Since its establishment, the Communist Party of Vietnam has held 10 Congresses. Each Congress is considered an important historical milestone in recognising the Vietnamese revolution’s victories, achievements and lessons.

Eighty years have passed since the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) which has, with brainpower, confidence and through steadfast effort, worked in the interests of all classes and the nation and for the country’s continuous development.

A meeting was held in Tien Giang province on January 2 to mark the 48th anniversary of Ap Bac victory, which was the first major victory by the Vietnamese revolutionary army against US-backed Saigon armed forces.

A commemorative house of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee was inaugurated in Son Duong district, the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on Jan. 2.

Work on the electronic version of the Complete works of Party documents is being carried out by the National Political Publishing House –Truth.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project to set up the National Centre for Judicial Records under the management of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ).

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged ministries and localities to implement synchronously and comprehensively 2011 socio-economic tasks and State budget estimates in all aspects right from the beginning of the year.

Vietnamese leaders on December 31 sent messages of congratulations to their Cuban counterparts on the country’s 52th National Day and the new year.

Vietnam has fulfilled its mission as Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2010, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on the final day of the country’s term.

The Office of the Vietnam National Assembly (NA) held a meeting on December 31 to review its activities in 2010 and discuss ways to conduct duties in 2011.

2010 saw a strong development of Vietnam-US relations as both countries maintained effective cooperation in various fields such as national security and defence, economy and education.

Vietnam is in the spotlight of economic development and persisted with its foreign policy for peace, cooperation and development of international relations.

The 55th anniversary of Vietnam-Indonesia diplomatic ties was celebrated on December 30 by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on December 30 chaired a Government conference on the implementation of the National Assembly (NA)’s resolutions on socio-economic tasks and State budget for 2011.

Generations of the National Assembly deputies of Hanoi met in the capital on December 29 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the first General Election of the Vietnam National Assembly (January 6, 1946).

Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan received delegation of 52 returning overseas students from the USA, Japan, England and other countries on December 29 in Hanoi.

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and the delegation of the National Assembly deputies of northern Thai Nguyen province on December 29 met with voters in Dinh Hoa district to inform them about the results of the 8th session of the 12th National Assembly.