An overview of the 7th plenary session of the 15th-tenure National Assembly. — VNA/VNS Photo Quang Hải

The 15th National Assembly (NA) convened its 7th sitting in Hà Nội on Monday morning, with the opening session broadcast live by several national and NA television and radio channels.

Legislators are set to review and pass 10 bills, including the draft amended laws on social insurance, archives, and the organisation of people's courts as well as the law on defence industry, security, industrial mobilisation, and the law on roads.

Also tabled will be three draft resolutions on piloting some specific mechanisms and policies for development in the central province of Nghệ An, on piloting a new model of urban administration and specific mechanisms and policies for the central city of Đà Nẵng, and on the 2025 law and ordinance building programme, and adjustments to the 2024 programme.

The lawmakers will provide feedback on 11 bills, including amended draft laws on notarisation, trade unions, and cultural heritage, as well as the draft laws on geology and minerals, and fire prevention, fighting, and rescue.

The election of the President and the National Assembly Chairman will also be held in this session.

They will discuss issues regarding socio-economic development, the State budget, taxation, and the NA’s supervision work. They will opine and decide on investment policies for a number of major projects, such as the construction of the Gia Nghĩa (Đắk Nông) - Chơn Thành (Bình Phước) section of the western wing of the North-South Expressway, and the ratification of the document on the UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), among many other matters.

The NA will also conduct question and answer sessions, and review and decide on personnel matters within its authority.

Prior to the opening of the meeting, leaders of the Party, State and Việt Nam Fatherland Front, and NA delegates laid wreaths at the Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum to pay respect to the late president. — VNS