National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin at the Vatican on the afternoon of April 11 (local time), as part of his official visit to Italy.

The 16th National Assembly will strive to be truly worthy of being a legislature of the people, by the people, and for the people, serving as the highest representative body of the people and the supreme organ of State power, embodying the socialist rule-of-law State, and working toward the overarching goals of a prosperous people, a strong democratic, equitable, and civilised nation.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man has requested subcommittees of the National Election Council to stay highly vigilant in the final days before the election of deputies to the 16th NA and People’s Council at all levels for the 2026 – 2031 tenure, aiming to ensure a democratic, lawful, safe election and a true nationwide festival of the people.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man called for greater transparency and fight against abuse in recruitment of public employees when the NA Standing Committee discussed the draft amended Law on Public Employees on September 29 as part of its ongoing 49th session.

Over the past six months, NA agencies have advised and supported the legislature in completing the largest volume of law-making work since the beginning of the term, reviewing and passing 38 laws and 52 resolutions, and giving feedback on six other draft laws.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man has praised the vital role of journalism in national development, commending generations of journalists for their steadfast contributions to the cause of national construction and defence over the past century.