Institutional and legal breakthroughs

The NA Standing Committee will review and adopt one ordinance and one resolution to further fine-tune the legal framework governing the People's Courts under the newly restructured organisational system.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on June 5 met with Eric Schmidt, former Chairman and CEO of Google, and a delegation of artificial intelligence (AI) experts visiting Vietnam.

Improving labour productivity is an urgent requirement and a major driver of Vietnam’s ambition to achieve double-digit economic growth in the new development phase, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung said at a meeting with delegates to the 14th Vietnam Trade Union Congress in Hanoi on June 5.

Police across the country have initiated criminal proceedings in 56 cases, involving 98 suspects, for violations of copyright and related rights, industrial property offences, and the production and sale of counterfeit goods. Administrative fines were also stepped up, with 216 individuals fined more than 850 million VND (32,600 USD) in the first month.

Veeramalla Anjaiah, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies in Indonesia, said the keynote address by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam at the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue came at a highly opportune moment and at a forum of particular significance to global and regional security.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on June 3 chaired the Government’s regular meeting for May, reviewing the country’s socio-economic performance in the first five months of the year, and outlining key tasks and solutions for the coming period.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has called for the issuance of new regulations in June to establish breakthrough mechanisms for the rapid deployment of key financial products and services at the Vietnam International Financial Centre (VIFC).

A defining feature of the year was the Politburo's issuance of four major resolutions covering science, technology and innovation, international integration, law-making and law enforcement reform, and private sector development. VCCI said the resolutions signalled a broader shift in governance, with policymaking increasingly focused on enabling growth, fostering innovation and unlocking development resources.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President of Vietnam To Lam met with representatives of some organisations and businesses in the Philippines on May 31 afternoon, part of his state visit to the archipelagic nation.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man has urged the NA Committee on Science, Technology and Environment to adopt a more strategic, creative and proactive approach in legislative work to ensure it keeps pace with reality.

Responding to reports that people with very small tax debts have been temporarily barred from leaving the country, representatives of Vietnam’s tax authority said at a press briefing on May 22 that such information did not fully reflect the handling process of tax agencies, leading to misunderstandings of the law.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man asked the NA Committee on Legal and Judicial Affairs to take the lead in legal thinking, uphold high legislative drafting standards, sharpen policy appraisal work, strengthen oversight of law enforcement, and proactively contribute to building institutions for development.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on May 11 reviewed the first session and began preparations for the second sitting of the 16th legislature, scheduled to open on October 20.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on May 11 called for sweeping reforms in both Vietnam’s foreign affairs and legal sectors, stressing that diplomacy and institutions must become key drivers of national development and double-digit growth.

Chairman Man also underscored the importance of broad consultations with citizens, businesses, affected groups and law enforcement officials to identify legal obstacles and ensure the review delivers “accurate, targeted and substantive” outcomes.

The first session of the 16th National Assembly (NA) concluded on April 24 after 12 days of intensive and efficient work, marked by strong reform-oriented thinking, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man said.

On the morning of April 23, the National Assembly is scheduled to discuss amendments and supplements to four tax-related laws including the Law on Personal Income Tax, the Value Added Tax Law, the Corporate Income Tax Law and the Special Consumption Tax Law. The move is intended to help address difficulties faced by businesses and citizens.

The northern province of Quang Ninh has set a target that by the end of the second quarter of this year, all fishing vessels entering and leaving local ports will be monitored and have their catch volumes declared through the electronic catch documentation and traceability system.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam praised the role of National Assembly’s deputies from ethnic minority groups in translating policies into practice and overseeing their implementation at a meeting in Hanoi on April 20 between leaders of the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front with ethnic minority lawmakers of the 16th legislature.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam presided over a ceremony in Hanoi on April 9 to present decisions appointing eight judges to the Supreme People’s Court.