(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly has finished conducting votes of confidence on 44 individuals it either elected or approved. This is one way the Assembly exercises its oversight responsibility – by assessing the performance of individuals through a vote. Votes of confidence improve the performance of the State apparatus and motivate national development.

(VOVWORLD) - At its latest plenum earlier this month, the Party Central Committee adopted a resolution on continuing to reform and improve social policies. Under the resolution, Vietnam’s social policies will be made universal and comprehensive so that no one is left behind.

(VOVWORLD) - The 8th Congress of Vietnamese Catholics on national construction and defense opened in Hanoi on Thursday. The event demonstrates the Vietnamese Party and State’s policy of freedom of religion and belief and national unity. The Communist Party of Vietnam has always considered religion a spiritual need of the people. Vietnam’s consistent views on freedom of belief and religion are reflected in the legal system.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Government has issued a decree on encouraging and protecting cadres who are dynamic, creative, daring to think, daring to do, and daring to take responsibility. Decree 73 is a step to concretize the Party Politburo’s Conclusion on the policy of encouraging and protecting dynamic and creative officials. Policies to build a contingent of talented and dedicated cadres and Party members, who contribute effectively to sustainable national development have been applauded by the public.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his high-ranking Vietnamese delegation have just finished their activities at the high-level general discussion session of the 78th UN General Assembly and visits to the United States and Brazil from September 17 to September 26. National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and his high-ranking Vietnamese delegation also successfully concluded official visits to Bangladesh and Bulgaria from September 21 to September 26. The latest trips of the leaders of the Vietnamese Party and State, along with other recent diplomatic achievements, have improved Vietnam’s international status.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Socio-Economic Forum 2023, organized by the National Assembly of Vietnam on Tuesday in Hanoi, emphasized the message of promoting internal resources to respond to external challenges and uncertainties. This is an important lesson Vietnam learned from coping with harsh difficulties and challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic. Vietnam is urged to strengthen internal forces while effectively tapping "external forces" to create motivation for sustainable development.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam became the 158th member state of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Referred to as the Convention against Torture, or CAT Convention) in 2015. Vietnam has adopted several measures to implement the Convention, showcasing its determination and consistent policy in ensuring human rights.

(VOVWORLD) - After several rounds of revisions, the draft revised Land Law now has specific policies to ensure land for community activities as well as policies on land allocation, land rent, and land use for ethnic minority people in disadvantaged areas. National Assembly deputies insisted that the revisions will address the shortage of residential and productive land and help improve the living conditions and ensure the sustainable development of ethnic minority regions.

(VOVWORLD) - The Party’s cadre work made an important contribution to Vietnam’s achievements in socio-economic development and national security and defense in the first half of the 13th tenure of the Party Central Committee. The Communist Party of Vietnam continues to fine-tune mechanisms and policies to build a contingent of cadres to meet the needs of the country's development and strengthen the Party’s leadership capacity.

(VOVWORLD) - Since the 13th National Party Congress, Vietnam's fight against corruption and negativity has achieved several outstanding results, becoming an irreversible trend. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is Head of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption and Negativity, chaired a meeting on Wednesday to launch important tasks of the Steering Committee, affirming Vietnam’s determination to fight corruption and negativity.