Member of the Politburo and President To Lam presided over the 5th session of the Council of National Defence and Security in Hanoi on July 18 morning.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son reaffirmed Vietnam's priorities when participating in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), including protecting vulnerable groups, promoting gender equality and digital transformation, and ensuring human rights, while delivering his opening statement at the 55th regular session of the council, which took place from February 26 to April 5.

The issues of fraud in labour export, high rates of labour absconding, and the quality improvement of overseas employment were among questions raised by the deputies, as Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) Dao Ngoc Dung took the floor on June 6 - the 13th working day of the ongoing 5th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA).

The 14th National Assembly adopted at its 5th session a resolution on continuing to improve and enforce policies and laws on the management and use of State capital and assets in enterprises and during the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs).

The 8th-tenure Lao National Assembly (NA) concluded its 5th session on June 28 after 18 days of sitting, adopting five newly-drafted laws.

The discussion at the National Assembly on the equitisation of State-owned enterprises during 2011-2016 attracted great interest of voters nationwide, with many urging more efforts to improve legal framework for the work.

Legislators have been discussing bills on education and cyber security at the 5th session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on May 29 morning.

Lawmakers spent the entire May 25 and the morning of May 26 to scrutinise the Government’s reports on socio-economic and State budget performance in 2017 and the first months of 2018.