The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened its question-and-answer session on Monday morning with Minister-Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Đỗ Văn Chiến, with a focus on the implementation of ethnic minority group policies.

The National Assembly's Standing Committee has asked for changes to a draft law that includes animal welfare, animal rights and humane treatment of livestock to be explained.

Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday agreed that future Official Development Assistance loans are necessary for Việt Nam to meet its development potential, but they emphasised the need to spend these loans more effectively.

Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee said there is a need to collect feedback from the general population and incorporate them into the draft of the revised education law.

Measures to handle the assets of potentially corrupt officials remained the focus of debate in yesterday’s meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee to discuss the draft revised anti-corruption law.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee postponed a vote on a proposal made by the Finance Ministry to hike the environmental protection tax yesterday, urging serious consideration of its economic impacts.

The National Assembly Standing Committee began its 25th session yesterday with discussions on contentious points in the draft law on the Việt Nam Coast Guard.

The northern port city of Hải Phòng has achieved high growth in the first six months of 2018 and is moving towards maintaining its status as third-largest city in the country, an international trade hub and a driving force for national development, according to the head of the city’s People’s Council.

After three weeks of important discussions, the 14th National Assembly completed its working agenda of the fifth session, NA Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân said during the closing ceremony in Hà Nội yesterday.

The vote to approve the controversial draft Law on Special Administrative and Economic Units will be postponed until the sixth National Assembly session, to commence in October, instead of the on-going fifth. According to a special announcement released early on Saturday morning from the Government Office, the postponement aims to provide the Government with more time to study and complete debates on the draft law.