Laws passed at 6th NA session announced

These include the Law on Citizen Identity, Revised Law on Telecommunications, Law on Forces participating in the Protection of Security and Order at the Grassroots Level, Law on Water Resources, Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones, Revised Law on Real Estate Trading, and Revised Law on Housing.

State leader requests courts be true source of support for people

President Võ Văn Thưởng appreciated the court system’s activeness, creativity, and breakthrough solutions to improve its performance, thus helping curb crime growth, facilitate civil, business, and trade transactions, and protect people’s peaceful life.

The mystery behind the Army's current name

A friend pointed out that my using "National Army" for the People's Army of Việt Nam (PAVN) during the years leading up to Điện Biên Phủ caused confusion with the army in former South Việt Nam. Further, she referred me to Vietnamese articles on the Web saying that, by 1950, "People's Army" was already in use. I began to check. It turns out we were wrong.

Party leader praises Central Public Security Party Committee’s work

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Wednesday asked the Central Public Security Party Committee to continue to ensure national security and territorial sovereignty; have more effective measures in crime prevention and control for the people’s peaceful and happy life.

Coast guard forces of Việt Nam, Japan strengthen cooperation

The two sides reviewed their cooperative activities, including sending ships to visit each other and coordinating in non-combat exercises at sea, exchanging high-level delegations, completing procedures for a project on improving maritime law enforcement capacity for the Việt Nam Coast Guard

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