The National Election Council has published the official list of 864 candidates standing in 182 electoral units nationwide to elect 500 deputies to the 16th National Assembly.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his delegation visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to 200 policy beneficiary families, poor households and those facing particularly difficult circumstances in Thanh Xuan commune, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, on February 13.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man, accompanied by a delegation from the legislature and authorities of Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, on February 13 paid a pre-Lunar New Year (Tet) visit to the Party Committee and High Command of Military Region 9.

On March 15, 2026, voters across Viet Nam will go to the polls to elect deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

The 54th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is scheduled to take place on February 3 morning, according to the NA Office.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on February 2 chaired a ceremony to present 45-year and 30-year Party membership badges to members of the NA Party Committee.

Speaker of the Jordanian House of Representatives Mazen Turki El Qadi arrived in Ha Noi on February 2 afternoon, beginning an official visit to Viet Nam until February 5 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

At the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Mazen Turki El Qadi is paying an official visit to Viet Nam from February 2 to 5, 2026.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man paid tribute to late Government leaders in the southern province of Vinh Long on January 31, ahead of the 96th anniversary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (February 3, 1930-2026) and the Lunar New Year.

On behalf of Party and State leaders, the top legislator conveyed warm wishes for good health, happiness, and a joyful new year to the city’s leaders, Binh Thuy authorities, policy beneficiary families, and local residents.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man offered incense in tribute to late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, former Chairman of the 11th and 12th National Assembly, and late State President Tran Dai Quang, and paid a visit to former NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on January 28 on the occasion of the 96th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man had meeting with visiting General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith on January 26, affirming the Vietnamese NA's commitment to expanding cooperation with its Lao counterpart to new areas, contributing to the two countries' parliamentary ties and their special relationship.

The Party Committee of the National Assembly (NA) convened a conference on January 26 to provide a briefing on the outcomes of the 14th National Party Congress, under the chair of Politburo member, Secretary of the NA Party Committee and NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

The 14th National Party Congress has outlined strategic directions for national development, placing institutional refinement and the building of a socialist rule-of-law state at the core, with the Party organisation of the National Assembly (NA) acting as the political nucleus guiding the legislature in fully exercising its constitutional, legislative, supervisory and decision-making roles.

Over its 80-year history, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, the National Assembly of Viet Nam has continued to develop and renew itself, gradually improving the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of its operations, and increasingly affirming its firm position and role as the highest representative body of the people and the highest state power body of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on January 14 presented certificates of merit from the NA Standing Committee to three collectives and 11 individuals for their outstanding performance in the legislature’s digital transformation in 2025.

National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairmen Le Minh Hoan and Vu Hong Thanh separately visited the northern provinces of Lai Chau and Son La on January 13 to inspect preparations for the elections of the 16th NA and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term.

The National Assembly (NA) Office held a conference on January 13 to seek opinions from voters in the workplace about 122 persons nominated by the NA Standing Committee as full-time deputies of central agencies at the 16th NA.

Over the past eight decades, Viet Nam’s National Assembly (NA) has played a central role in safeguarding political stability, ensuring institutional continuity, staying attuned to public aspirations, and turning the country’s development goals into concrete outcomes, according to Rup Narayan Das, a former official of India’s Lok Sabha (lower house).

Over the past 80 years, Viet Nam's National Assembly has made remarkable strides, playing an immensely important role in the cause of national construction and development and truly embodying the nation's democratic regime under the leadership of the Communist Party of Viet Nam.