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The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened its 32nd session in Hanoi on March 11, under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

The Lao Government will strive to complete 12 hydropower dam projects in 2019 with a total capacity of 1,950MW, reported local media.

Memorial services for President Tran Dai Quang were held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the President’s home province of Ninh Binh on the morning of September 27.

The Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) recently held a minute’s silence in memory of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang who passed away on September 21 in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) in Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony on September 23 to pay homage to President Tran Dai Quang, who passed away on September 21 at the age of 62.

Many countries worldwide have extended condolences to Vietnam over the death of President Tran Dai Quang, while Cuba has declared national days of mourning for the Vietnamese President.

The General Assembly of the United Nations held a minute’s silence to remember Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, who passed away on September 21 in Hanoi.

Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang passed away at 10:05am on September 21 in Hanoi.

The hosting of the 14th Assembly of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) in September 2018 marks a milestone in the 24-year history of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV).

Vietnam shared experiences with Laos in casting votes of confidence on persons holding positions elected or ratified by the National Assembly or the provincial People’s Councils at a seminar in Vientiane on April 24.

The Vietnam Lawyers Association must enhance legal consultancy and provide legal support for impoverished people, ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups, President Tran Dai Quang said.

NA deputies said the Law on Forest Protection and Development had not clearly identified responsibility for forest protection nor encouraged people to participate in protecting the country’s trees.

Politburo member Dinh La Thang has received an official warning and has no longer been part of the Politburo of the Party Central Committee for his past wrongdoings as head of PetroVietnam.

Vietnam has made major strides in caring for, educating and protecting children over the past 27 years since the country became the first in Asia and second in the world to ratify the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1990.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has selected 10 outstanding events in tis sector in 2016.

The progress and solutions to implementing a project to teach foreign languages in the national education system through to 2020 was among major issues raised by deputies at the 13th NA.

All 914 questions that voters sent to the 13th National Assembly have been answered by authorised agencies, according to a report by head of the NA Ombudsman Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai.

The Government has built various measures to keep public debt within permitted levels, Minister – Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung has said.

The 14th National Assembly Standing Committee convened its third session in Hanoi on September 12 with a series of draft laws on the working agenda.

Vietnamese expatriates in Australia are hoped to make more contributions to the socio-economic development of Hanoi and Vietnam in general.