The 15th National Assembly (NA) on June 6 elected via secret ballots Nguyen Thi Thanh as NA Vice Chairwoman and approved the Prime Minister's proposal to appoint Le Thanh Long as Deputy Prime Minister and Luong Tam Quang as Minister of Public Security, all for the 2021-2026 term, during its on-going seventh plenary session.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said mechanisms have been put in place for cooperation with cross-border social media platforms to remove harmful and false information in replying to National Assembly deputies' questions about measures to handle misleading advertising of functional foods and pharmaceuticals on online platforms.

The draft revised Land Law was the centre of disscusion at the 20th working day of the fifth session of the 15th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 21.

Deputies of the National Assembly are scheduled to discuss in group the law on personal identification and the amended law on telecommunication on June 10 morning.

Legislators discussed in groups the draft Law on Protection of Consumer Rights (revised) and draft E-Transaction Law (revised) in the morning of November 2 - the 11th working day of the 15th National Assembly’s ongoing 4th session.

Legislators debated a number of draft laws on May 26, the fourth day of the third session of the 15th National Assembly.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee announced resolutions on the establishment of the Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Organisation, the Young Parliamentarians Group and the Group of Female NA Deputies.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on August 11 had a meeting with full-time deputies of the 14th legislature who work at central agencies and did not run for seats in the 15th NA, and officials who are under the management of the NA Standing Committee and have already retired.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on April 14 examined preparations for the elections of deputies to the 15th legislature and members of all-level People’s Councils for 2021-2026 in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh.

The Hanoi Election Committee has handed over 72 dossiers from candidates for the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and 188 dossiers from candidates for the election of deputies to the municipal People’s Council in the 2021-2026 tenure to the city’s Fatherland Front Committee.

Consultative conferences have been held three times to select virtuous and talented candidates running for seats in the National Assembly in a democratic fashion and in line with existing regulations.

A majority of deputies of the 14th National Assembly (NA) agreed with the enactment of the Vietnam Border Guard Law as it will provide legal basis for the construction, management and protection of the national border and the building of a stronger border guard force.

National Assembly (NA) deputies voted to pass a draft law amending and supplementing certain articles of the Construction Law during the ongoing ninth session of the 14th NA in Hanoi on June 17.

The National Assembly approved the Law on Enterprises (revised) with 90.68 percent of votes in the morning of June 17.

The 14th National Assembly (NA) continued its ninth session on June 13 with the discussion on the supplementary assessment of the implementation of the NA resolution on the socio-economic development plan and State budget in 2019 and early 2020.

Lawmakers will continue with the nine session of the 14th National Assembly with plenary meetings at the NA building in Hanoi from June 8-18.

National Assembly (NA) deputies heard a proposal and a verification report on the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas for 2021-2030, during the on-going ninth session of the 14th NA on the morning of May 28.

National Assembly deputies will vote to pass the amended Labour Code in the morning of November 20, during the NA’s ongoing eighth session in Hanoi.

Party and State leaders and National Assembly deputies paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum on Oct. 21 before the opening ceremony of the 8th session of the 14th National Assembly.

Lawmakers continue their discussion about Vietnam’s participation in the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Convention 98 on the application of principles of the right to organise and bargain collectively at the ongoing seventh session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 7.