NA approves investment policy for $8.4-billion Lào Cai-Hà Nội-Hải Phòng railway project The initiative is expected to serve as a catalyst for rapid and sustainable economic development along the Lào Cai-Hà Nội-Hải Phòng economic corridor while strengthening national defence and security, and promoting the industrialisation and modernisation. 15:12 | 19/02/2025
Conference makes final preparations for NA’s 9th extraordinary session Notable proposals include a draft parliament resolution on special mechanisms and policies for developing urban railway networks in Hà Nội and HCM City by 2035, guidelines and special policies for building nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuận Province. 11:46 | 07/02/2025
NA prepares for political system reform in 2025 NA Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn announced that in February 2025, the NA will hold the 9th extraordinary session to discuss and decide on the apparatus of NA agencies, those under the NA Standing Committee, and Government agencies after restructuring. 11:28 | 17/12/2024
NA passes Geology and Mineral Law, Fire Safety Law The National Assembly (NA) on Friday approved the Geology and Mineral Law with an overwhelming majority of 446 out of 448 deputies voting in favour, representing 93.11 per cent of its members. 15:34 | 29/11/2024
NA appoints new finance, transport ministers and NA General Secretary The appointments received high approval rate from the National Assembly. 10:39 | 29/11/2024
NA's 4th working week to focus on question-and-answer session As scheduled, the Prime Minister or a Deputy Prime Minister will answer deputies’ queries and clarify relevant issues at the session on November 12 afternoon. 08:23 | 11/11/2024
NA urges specialised committees to focus on important complex laws on tax, electricity, investment Top legislator Mẫn highly appreciated the efforts of the committees and requested they prepare content for the NA and the NA Standing Committee, ensuring timely and high-quality submissions, especially reviewing and assessing draft laws presented at the upcoming plenary session. 08:26 | 08/08/2024
NA Standing Committee’s 35th session concludes Full-time legislators gave opinions on the organisation of the NA forum on supreme supervision activities, reviewed outcomes of the 7th session of the 15th NA, which took place from May 20 to June 29, and discussed preparations for the 8th sitting. 10:19 | 12/07/2024
15th NA’s seventh session continues with focus on key legislative issues Amended Law on Value-Added Tax, the amended Trade Union Law, the Law on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Pharmaceutical Law, the revised Cultural Heritage Law, the Law on Geology and Minerals are on the agenda. 07:41 | 17/06/2024
NA Standing Committee’s 34th session opens NA Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn said during the three-day meeting, full-time legislators will opine on eight draft laws and three draft resolutions to be submitted and approved at the second phase of the legislature’s seventh meeting from June 17-27. 14:10 | 11/06/2024
