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The First Extraordinary Session of 16th National Assembly
16th National Assembly
Extraordinary Session
16th NA wraps up first extraordinary session
Lawmakers passed 15 laws and six legal resolutions and gave first-round consideration to seven other draft laws.
Politics-Diplomacy
Lawmakers clear full agenda at first extraordinary session: NA Secretary General
More than 2,000 opinions were delivered in group discussions and plenary sessions. They were frank and substantive, closely grounded in practical realities, and focused on clearing obstacles, with specific, practical and feasible amendments proposed for the draft laws and resolutions submitted to the session.
NA approves key laws, resolutions to advance development, reform
One of the two adopted laws amends and supplements several provisions within 10 laws concerning administrative procedures and business conditions in agricultural and environmental sectors. The other amends and supplements some provisions of the Law on Vietnamese Guest Workers under Contracts.
NA approves 30.7-billion-USD national target programme for culture, rural development
Legislature approves 30% income tax cut for small enterprises, business households
Key laws, resolutions to be adopted on NA extraordinary session's final working day
NA passes law amending 10 laws concerning agriculture, environment
NA approves revised law to modernise legal education
Aug 23, 2026 22:17
With 466 of 475 participating deputies voting in favour, or 93.20%, the NA passed the revised Law on Dissemination and Education of Law, which will take effect on March 1, 2027.
NA passes laws on defence, security and State compensation
Aug 23, 2026 22:17
With 473 of 474 participating deputies voting in favour, or 94.6%, the NA passed the Law on Prevention and Combating the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The 36-article law, comprising four chapters, will take effect on July 1, 2027.
Legislators debate policies to unlock marine resources, form new growth poles
Aug 23, 2026 10:25
Minister of Finance Ngo Van Tuan said sea-reclaimed urban projects are intended not merely to create land, but to develop new green, modern and smart offshore urban areas with national iconic significance, potentially serving as new growth poles and attracting strategic investors.
Lawmakers debate real estate, budget, nuclear project changes
Aug 23, 2026 10:24
The draft revised real estate law is intended to turn Party and State guidelines into statute, codify tested resolutions that have been tested in practice, and shift power under the two-tier local administration model. It seeks to cut investment and business conditions, accelerate digital transformation, improve market transparency and predictability, strengthen market regulation, and clear practical bottlenecks to support a healthy property market.
Lawmakers debate real estate bill to shield buyers, curb price rigging
Aug 23, 2026 10:24
Under Article 20 of the draft Law on Real Estate Business, buyers may pay up to 70% of the contract value before receiving the property and up to 95% before obtaining an ownerhsip certificate, with the remaining 5% held in escrow or secured through another mechanism. The draft also features regulations on bank guarantees for off-plan housing.
National Assembly adds three items to agenda of first extraordinary session
Aug 21, 2026 22:09
The NA Standing Committee recommends adding three items to the agenda: separating the Ninh Thuan nuclear power project into independent projects; mechanisms and policies for sea-reclamation urban development projects to be incorporated into the draft Law on Urban Development; and a draft NA resolution on reducing personal income tax and corporate income tax for individuals and businesses.
Lawmakers discuss measures to develop affordable rental housing
Aug 21, 2026 22:08
The amendments to the 2023 Housing Law aim to further institutionalise the Party and State's policies on improving the socialist-oriented market economy, creating a favourable, transparent and secure legal environment with lower compliance costs, improving the investment and business climate, and simplifying administrative procedures for construction investment.
Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Organisation for 16th tenure set up
Aug 21, 2026 22:08
Under the resolution, the Presidium comprises one chairperson, three vice chairpersons and one secretary-general. Politburo member and NA Permanent Vice President Do Van Chien has been appointed Chairperson of the Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Organisation for the 16th-tenure NA.
“Electronic proceedings” stipulated for first time as Criminal Procedure Code revised
Aug 20, 2026 18:34
Regarding electronic proceedings, the draft provides for electronic case files, digitisation of documents, data connectivity and sharing, electronic delivery and receipt of procedural documents, and online trials, marking a step towards modernising criminal proceedings.
Bill seeks to narrow application scope of death penalty for six offences
Aug 20, 2026 18:33
Lawmakers on August 20 discussed the Government's proposal and a verification report on the draft revised Penal Code, which narrows the application scope of the death penalty for six offences, retaining it for only four, namely treason, murder, terrorism and illegal drug production.
Amendments to bills aim to close loopholes in criminal laws
Aug 20, 2026 14:31
The amendments to the Penal Code focus on four major areas - revising and supplementing provisions on offences and penalties; revising provisions on grounds for exclusion, postponement and exemption from criminal liability and the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution; and ensuring consistency, feasibility and sound legislative drafting.
Amendments needed for transparent, coordinated land, housing and real estate policies: PM
Aug 19, 2026 23:19
Regarding the Housing Law, the PM said the Constitution provides that the State creates conditions for citizens to exercise their right to have a place to live. Therefore, policy thinking should shift from “having to own a home” to “having a place to live.”
NA begins second phase of first extraordinary session, focusing on land, housing policies
Aug 19, 2026 23:18
The 16th National Assembly began the second phase of its first extraordinary session on August 19, hearing presentations on policy orientations for drafting the Law on State Budget (consolidated); amending the 2024 Land Law, the 2023 Housing Law, and the Law on Real Estate Business; and the integration of four national target programmes into a single one.
NA considers consolidated law to streamline public finance management
Aug 19, 2026 23:18
Consolidating the Law on State Budget 2025 and the Law on Public Investment 2024 (amended and supplemented in 2025) is necessary to establish a consistent public finance management mechanism; minimise procedures, time and compliance costs; and improve the mobilisation, management and use of State budget resources to support growth.
Amendments to Land Law aim to achieve three key goals
Aug 19, 2026 23:18
The Government has identified three major objectives: promptly institutionalising Party policies on land, private-sector development and national digital transformation; addressing urgent practical obstacles to unlock resources and support the goal of double-digit economic growth; and building a modern, streamlined and effective land management system through stronger decentralisation and administrative reform.
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