Lawmakers will continue with the nine session of the 14th National Assembly with plenary meetings at the NA building in Hanoi from June 8-18.

Several deputies of the legislative National Assembly have expressed their disapproval over a proposal to convert around five million household businesses in Vietnam into enterprises legally.

The 44th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee will open in Hanoi on April 20, according to a communiqué of the NA Office.

National Assembly Deputy Bui Thi An speaks to Hải Quan online (Customs) newspaper about a confidence vote that will be held in late October for high-ranking officials in the National Assembly and people’s councils.

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

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies continued discussions on the country’s amended anti-corruption laws yesterday, June 13, during the NA’s fifth meeting in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top lawmakers on Wednesday urged for adjusting the jurisdiction of courts and competence of people’s committees at special administrative and economic zones.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers yesterday weighed in on the draft amendment to the corruption law, debating whether to apply a 45 per cent tax on extra personal income that public servants fail to declare.

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 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Law makers yesterday (Sept 15) discussed the Government’s proposal on further tax reduction and exemption for agricultural land use.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City lawmakers have demanded better management of food safety amid complaints that many eateries patronised by students, workers and others do not meet hygiene standards.

 Digital music revenues matched physical sales for the first time in 2014, thanks to strong growth in the streaming market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 13th National Assembly opened its 8th session in Hanoi on October 20, with priority issues being 18 draft laws and three draft resolutions.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee examined several Government reports on the implementation of socio-economic tasks in 2014 and draft plans for 2015 during the last day of the committee’s 32nd working session on October 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers yesterday heard a verification report on the revised Law on Investment. They also provided opinions on the revised Law on Civil Aviation 2006.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputies debated surrogacy rights while discussing amendments to the marriage and family law at the 13th National Assembly's seventh working session yesterday, May 27.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam offers no paternity leave whereas nearly half of the countries worldwide encourage involvement of fathers around childbirth, according to a new report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly will choose a list of key national programmes and projects funded by state budgets and government bonds that will be included in the country's middle-term investments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers in Viet Nam are considering offering a unilateral visa exemption for foreigners planning to stay in the country for a certain duration of time.