The People’s Court of the northern province of Hà Nam on Tuesday gave a jail sentence of nine years to Trần Thị Nga convicted of conducting anti-State propaganda. The court also imposed five years of house arrest to be served following the prison term.

President Trần Đại Quang reported on the outcomes of the third session of the 14th National Assembly and highlighted issues of concern during a meeting with constituents in districts 1, 3 and 4 in HCM City yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc stressed that not only the central government but also grassroots administrations must take action to build a transparent and facilitating Government while meeting with voters in the northern port city of Hải Phòng yesterday.
 

The third plenary session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) wrapped up yesterday after one month of working, marked by a busy law-making agenda.

More than 80 per cent of National Assembly deputies yesterday voted to approve the amended Law on Railways.

The third session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) spent the entire Friday morning discussing the (revised) draft Law on Public Debt Management, for the first time.

A draft amendment to the 2003 Law on Fisheries would allow provincial people’s committees to assign, lease and withdraw sea surface from organisations and individuals for aquaculture farming but a National Assembly working body says the Government or ministries should do the job.

Lawmakers have urged the Government to encourage the public private partnership that allow more involvement of private sector into railway business.

A law on foreign trade management is needed to better manage foreign trade activities as Việt Nam integrates deeper into the global economy, said lawmakers while discussing the draft law at the ongoing third session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) on Thursday.

Lawmakers spent a lot of time debating the age of responsibility for various crimes, including deliberately injuring people, rape and kidnapping when discussing amendments to the 2015 Penal Code at the ongoing third session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) yesterday.