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National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on April 5 paid a visit and extended greetings to the Ha Noi Archdiocese on the occasion of Easter 2026.

Viet Nam’s newly elected 16th National Assembly (NA) will kick off its first session in the capital city of Ha Noi on April 6, marking the start of a new legislative term with a packed agenda of reports and organisational decisions.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has written an article reviewing the 2021-2026 term and outlining expectations for the new tenure.

An inspection and supervision delegation of the Politburo and the Secretariat on April 4 held a conference in Son La to announce the results of the first phase of supervision and to outline plans for the second phase of inspection and supervision over the Standing Board of the Son La Provincial Party Committee.

Ministries, agencies and local authorities were urged to stick firmly to the growth target of at least 10% while maintaining macroeconomic stability, keeping inflation under control and ensuring major economic balances to build momentum for the rest of 2026.

The PM asked each ministry, sector, and locality to identify breakthrough impetuses, devise concrete measures, and assign clear responsibilities in order to achieve double-digit expansion.

Emphasising that the double-digit growth target remains unchanged, the PM called on participants to work out measures for renewing traditional growth drivers, promoting new ones, properly governing monetary and fiscal policies, stepping up public investment, and diversifying markets, products, and export supply chains.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stressed that foreign affairs and international integration activities must closely follow the country’s development requirements, making a direct contribution to the goal of achieving double-digit economic growth.

A delegation of the National Assembly (NA), led by Vice Chairman Vu Hong Thanh, extended greetings to the Khmer people in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 3 on the occasion of the 2026 Chol Chnam Thmay Festival.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has demanded rapid action and zero hesitation to expedite the National Oil Refining and Energy Centre project at Dung Quat Economic Zone (EZ) in the central province of Quang Ngai, urging a clear roadmap and all available resources to deliver fast and effective results.

During its first session schemed to start next week, the 16th National Assembly (NA) will consider and adopt a series of key resolutions on the five-year socio-economic development plan for 2026–2030, the national five-year financial plan, the public debt borrowing and repayment plan, and the medium-term public investment plan for the same period, said Pham Thi Hong Yen, a full-time member of the NA’s Committee for Economic and Financial Affairs.

Personnel affairs at the 16th National Assembly (NA)’s first session will follow a rigorous, systematic, and proper procedural process under the Party’s direct leadership, in line with the Constitution and the laws, Vice Chairwoman of the NA Committee for Deputy Affairs Ta Thi Yen told a press conference in Ha Noi on April 3.

The 16th National Assembly (NA) will consider key personnel matters at its first session, including the election of the NA Chairperson, State President, and Prime Minister, said Vice Chairman of the NA Office Nguyen Van Hien at a press briefing in Ha Noi on April 3.

A ceremony was held at the Party Central Committee headquarters on April 3 to confer noble orders on high-ranking leaders and officials of the Party and State in recognition of their particularly outstanding contributions to national construction and safeguarding.

At its second plenum, the Party Central Committee agreed in principle to transfer Viet Nam Television, the Voice of Viet Nam, the Viet Nam News Agency, the Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences, and the Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology from agencies under the Government to public non-business units under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam.

Tran Phong, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the central province of Khanh Hoa, and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, has received the Politburo's decision approving him as Secretary of the Khanh Hoa Party Committee for the 2025–2030 term.

The 56th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee concluded on April 2 after one and a half days of intensive and responsible discussions, completing its full agenda of key issues.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on April 2 reviewed a report on results of the supervision programme for 2025 and early 2026 while weighing the proposed oversight agenda for 2027.

Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Head of the National Steering Committee for Search, Collection, and Identification of Martyrs' Remains launched the “500-Day-and-Night Campaign to intensify the search, collection and identification of fallen soldiers’ remains” at the Special National Relic Site of Quang Tri Ancient Citadel on April 2.

Ho Chi Minh City is weighing a plan to waive bus fares for all residents as part of a broader push to curb traffic congestion and environmental pollution, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Tran Luu Quang said at a meeting on April 1.