NA Standing Committee's 40th session wraps up

The 40th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee closed in Hanoi on December 11 after two days of working.

The 40th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee closed in Hanoi on December 11 after two days of working.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at the closing session of the 15th National Assembly Standing Committee's 40th sitting (Photo: Ho Long)
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at the closing session of the 15th National Assembly Standing Committee's 40th sitting (Photo: Ho Long)

The 40th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee closed in Hanoi on December 11 after two days of working.

Concluding the session, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that the NA Standing Committee completed the set agenda, including reviewing the legislature’s eighth session and discussing the preparations for the ninth one, approving its working programme and external affairs programme for 2025, as well as external relations and international cooperation activities for the NA's Ethnic Minority Council, committees, General Secretary, parliamentary friendship groups, and Office, and agencies of the NA Standing Committee.

It adopted in principle an ordinance on litigation cost, and decided to include five draft laws and one draft resolution in the legislative agenda for 2025.

The standing committee also discussed and passed a resolution on the restructuring of district- and commune-level administrative units in Ninh Binh province for the 2023 - 2025 period; and seven resolutions related to finance and budget.

The NA Chairman asked the Government and the Supreme People's Court to urgently direct the completion of the dossiers on the draft laws and resolutions to be presented to the legislature at its ninth session.

According to the top legislator, the ninth extraordinary session is expected to take place in February 2025 to amend several laws related to the implementation of the policy on restructuring and streamlining the organisational apparatus. In January 2025, the NA Standing Committee will hold a meeting to give preliminary opinions on these matters./.

Politics-Diplomacy

Vietnam proposes key priorities for advancing gender equality
Politics-Diplomacy

Vietnam proposes key priorities for advancing gender equality

Sharing Vietnam’s achievements, Thanh noted that women account for nearly one-third of Vietnam’s National Assembly members; 40% of Vietnam’s STEM workforce is female; 26.5% of businesses in the country are owned by women; women account for 68.5% of the country’s labour force, surpassing the global average of 48.7% and 14.4% of Vietnam’s peacekeepers are women, higher than the UN average of 10.2%.

Party chief begins official visit to Singapore
Politics-Diplomacy

Party chief begins official visit to Singapore

This is the first visit to Singapore by To Lam in his position as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, marking a new milestone in bilateral relations, and demonstrating Vietnam’s special attention to elevating relations with Singapore to new heights, in line with Vietnam’s foreign policy.

Vietnam – Proactive, responsible ASEAN member
Politics-Diplomacy

Vietnam – Proactive, responsible ASEAN member

Vietnam officially joined ASEAN on July 28, 1995. Throughout its participation, Vietnam has consistently prioritised the bloc’s unity and solidarity. The country has played an active and responsible role in shaping ASEAN’s strategic decisions, from promoting the formation of ASEAN-10 in the late 1990s to initiating key ASEAN documents that reflect its contributions.