National Defence and Security Council Vice Preisdent, members named

National Assembly (NA) deputies voted to approve a resolution ratifying State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s proposal on the appointment of Vice President and members of the National Defence and Security Council on July 28 during the 15th legislature’s first session. The resolution...

15th National Assembly wraps up first session

The first session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) concluded in Hanoi on July 28. At the closing meeting, all 469 deputies present or 93.99 percent of total lawmakers voted to pass the session’s Resolution. Speaking at the event, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said after nine...

Four justices appointed to Supreme People’s Court

Four justices have been appointed to the Supreme People’s Court under a resolution adopted by the 15th National Assembly on July 28 during its first session. The resolution, endorsed by 95.39 percent of legislators, approved a proposal by the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s...

15th-tenure Government has 27 members

With 95.99 percent of yes votes, the 15th National Assembly (NA) on July 28 adopted a resolution on the organisational structure and number of members of the Government, under which the Government in the 2021-2026 tenure will have 27 members. According to the resolution, the 15th...

Parliament eyes average growth of 6.5-7 percent for five years

The National Assembly (NA) on July 27 approved a resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2021 - 2025, targeting an average annual growth rate of 6.5-7 percent during the period. Apart from the growth target, the resolution also aims at per capita GDP of 4,700-5,000...

Legislators discuss two important national target programmes

The 15th National Assembly mulls over investment policies in the National Target Programme on Sustainable Poverty Reduction and the National Target Programme on New-Style Rural Development for the 2021-2025 period during its working session in Hanoi on July 27. VNA Photo

Pham Minh Chinh re-elected as Prime Minister

Pham Minh Chinh was re-elected as Prime Minister of Vietnam for the 2021–2026 tenure during the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s first session on July 26. VNA Photo

Nguyen Xuan Phuc re-elected as President

Nguyen Xuan Phuc was re-elected as President of Vietnam for the 2021–2026 tenure during a plenum of the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s first session on July 26. VNA Photo

NA talks socio-economic development in 2021, next five years

The 15th National Assembly (NA) is spending the entire day on July 25, on discussing the implementation of the socio-economic development and State budget plans during the first six months, solutions for task performance in the year’s latter half, and the development plan for...

Lawmakers debate five-year public investment plan

Legislators discussed in groups the medium-term public investment plan in the 2021-2025 period as part of the first session of the 15th National Assembly on July 24 morning. Earlier, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung presented a proposal on the medium-term...

NA to include COVID-19 fight in first session’s resolution

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on July 23 assigned relevant agencies to add the issue of COVID-19 prevention and control to the agenda of the first session of the 15th NA. This content will be included in the first session’s resolution, he told representatives...

NA approves solution on Government’s organisation

The 15th National Assembly (NA) voted on a resolution on the Government’s organisational structure in the 2021-2026 tenure on July 23 as part of the ongoing first plenary session. All 470 deputies present, or 94.19 percent of the total number of lawmakers, voted yes. VNA Photo

National Assembly must continuously reform: top legislator

The National Assembly must continuously reform and perfect itself to improve its working quality, thus meeting requirements in the new period, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has said. Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi on July 22, the top legislator pointed out three key points...

Government proposes keeping structure at 15th NA’s first session

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on behalf of the Government, on July 22 proposed the National Assembly sustain the Government’s structure of 18 ministries and four ministerial-level agencies in the 14th term for the 15th tenure. Presenting the proposal as part of the 15th NA’s...