Complete all program content
Accordingly, the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly took place right after the great success of the 11th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee to review and decide on many important and historical contents, closely linked to the requirements of innovation, institutional improvement, and organizational arrangement of the political system for rapid and sustainable national development.
After 35 working days (phase 1 from May 5 to May 29, 2025; phase 2 from June 11 to June 27, 2025) with a spirit of innovation, responsibility and high determination, on the basis of urgent and thorough preparation and scientific and effective program arrangement, the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly has completed all the contents of the proposed program.
The National Assembly considered and approved the Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; approved 34 laws and 13 legal resolutions, gave opinions on 6 other draft laws; considered and decided on the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units, shortening the term of the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term, deciding on the election date of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term, establishing the National Election Council; considered and decided on organizational and personnel work under its authority.
In addition, the National Assembly reviewed and decided on financial matters, state budget, investment policies for important projects; conducted questions and answers; reviewed reports on summarizing voters' and people's petitions, reported on the results of monitoring the settlement of voters' petitions, and a number of other important matters.
Notably, regarding the improvement of institutions and laws and the consideration and decision on important issues within its authority to implement the policy of restructuring the apparatus of the political system, the National Assembly considered and passed a Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, creating a constitutional basis for streamlining the apparatus of the political system and perfecting the model of organizing two-level local governments.
The National Assembly thoroughly discussed and unanimously approved the Resolution on the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units. At the same time, the National Assembly Standing Committee issued 34 Resolutions on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units of 34 provinces and cities. Accordingly, after the arrangement, the whole country has 34 provincial-level administrative units including 6 centrally-run cities and 28 provinces (a decrease of 29 provinces, equivalent to 46.03%) and 3,321 commune-level administrative units, including 2,621 communes, 687 wards and 13 special zones (a decrease of 6,714 units, equivalent to 66.91%).
At the Session, the National Assembly passed 14 laws and 2 legal resolutions to implement the organization of the 2-level local government model according to the Party's policy and new provisions of the Constitution, ensuring the organization of the political system in the direction of streamlining, efficiency, effectiveness, and efficiency, promoting decentralization and delegation of power; stipulating transitional contents to resolve issues arising when converting the local government model from 3 levels to 2 levels, ensuring unified, continuous, smooth, and stable operation of the local government apparatus, without affecting the rights and normal operations of people and businesses.
The National Assembly has passed many important contents to create breakthroughs for the country's development, including Resolution No. 197/2025/QH15 on a number of special mechanisms and policies to create breakthroughs in law-making and law enforcement and Resolution No. 198/2025/QH15 on a number of special mechanisms and policies to develop the private economy to promptly institutionalize Resolution No. 66-NQ/TW and Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW of the Politburo - two of the "four pillars" important to help the country rise up, contributing to creating breakthrough changes in the work of law-making and law enforcement to meet the requirements of national development in the new era, creating "pushes, levers, fulcrums" to create new momentum, liberating resources and productivity of the private economy...
At the session, the National Assembly considered and approved the Resolution on shortening the term of the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term; the election date of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term. Accordingly, the election date of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term is Sunday, March 15, 2026. The National Assembly considered and approved the Resolution on the establishment of the National Election Council; elected Mr. Tran Thanh Man, Chairman of the National Assembly as Chairman of the National Election Council and approved the proposal of the Chairman of the National Election Council on the list of Vice Chairmen and members of the National Election Council.
The National Assembly considered and approved a Resolution on the number of members of the Standing Committee of the 15th National Assembly. Accordingly, the number of members of the Standing Committee of the 15th National Assembly is 20 people, including: the Chairman of the National Assembly, 6 Vice Chairmen of the National Assembly and 13 members of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly.
The National Assembly considered and decided to dismiss Mr. Y Thanh Ha Nie Kdam from the position of Member of the Standing Committee of the 15th National Assembly, and from the position of Chairman of the National Assembly's Council of Nationalities for the 15th National Assembly term to take on other duties; elect Mr. Lam Van Man and Mr. Hoang Duy Chinh as members of the Standing Committee of the 15th National Assembly; elect Chairman of the National Assembly Council...
In addition, the National Assembly reviewed and discussed the following reports: additional assessment of the results of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and state budget in 2024; the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and state budget in the first months of 2025; results of the implementation of thrift practice and waste combat in 2024; results of the implementation of the national goal on gender equality in 2024; synthesis of opinions and recommendations of voters and people sent to the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly and the results of monitoring the settlement and response to voters' recommendations sent to the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly... At the same time, the National Assembly spent 1.5 days to question the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Education and Training.
Ensure requirements on organizational arrangement of political system
Answering reporters' questions about the National Assembly's supervision roadmap when organizing two-level local governments, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Law and Justice Nguyen Phuong Thuy stated that the implementation of the policy of organizing two-level local governments and arranging provincial and communal administrative units according to the Resolution just passed by the National Assembly at the 9th Session has concretized the major policies and orientations of the Central Committee and the Politburo since the beginning of the year. This is a continuous implementation process with urgent, drastic and quick progress. Up to now, the basic tasks have closely followed the set progress, ensuring the requirements of arranging the organization of the political system to be streamlined, operating effectively and efficiently.
The National Assembly has passed a Resolution on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Law on Organization of Local Government and a series of other relevant laws and resolutions, to serve as a legal basis for implementing the policy on streamlining and streamlining the apparatus to implement the two-level local government model. The Government as well as relevant agencies are urgently preparing other necessary conditions to ensure that the two-level local government will officially operate smoothly and seamlessly from July 1, 2025.
As the agency exercising supreme supervisory power, the National Assembly will regularly monitor, review and evaluate the implementation of laws and resolutions of the National Assembly on this content to promptly perfect institutions and policies as well as remove difficulties and obstacles, if any, in the process of implementing the policies of the Party and State.
During this implementation process, if any issues arise that are of great concern to public opinion and voters, the National Assembly Standing Committee will also request the Government to have a detailed summary report on that content to report to the National Assembly for discussion and consideration at the next session.
"The arrangement of provincial and communal administrative units is an important issue, of great concern to all agencies in the political apparatus from the central to local levels as well as all classes of people. Based on the monitoring program approved by the National Assembly, in the coming time, the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Nationality Council, the National Assembly Committees, and the National Assembly delegations will develop a monitoring program. This will be a priority in the coming time," said Ms. Nguyen Phuong Thuy.
Closely linking construction with law enforcement organizations
Responding to questions from the press about the National Assembly's plan to ensure that laws and resolutions are soon put into practice, Ms. Nguyen Phuong Thuy emphasized that at the 9th Session, the National Assembly passed a large volume of documents. To implement these laws and resolutions, the Government, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and agencies in the political system must make maximum efforts to ensure strict implementation of the laws and resolutions recently passed by the National Assembly.
"The National Assembly supports and creates the best conditions for documents, laws and resolutions proposed by agencies to be considered by the National Assembly, and if qualified, they will be passed at the session. Organizing the implementation of laws and resolutions is the main responsibility of the Government, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. The National Assembly has assigned the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Government, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy and relevant agencies and organizations to promptly implement the laws and resolutions passed at the 9th Session, ensuring close connection between law-making and law enforcement, fairness, strictness, consistency, timeliness, effectiveness and efficiency," said Ms. Nguyen Phuong Thuy.
At the same time, the National Assembly also requested the Government to resolutely direct relevant ministries and branches to develop and submit to competent authorities for promulgation of detailed regulations and instructions for the implementation of laws and resolutions to ensure that laws and resolutions are implemented immediately after coming into effect.
Among the laws and resolutions passed at the 9th Session, many documents took effect immediately upon their adoption or from July 1 to serve the implementation of the two-level local government model. In the past time, the Government promptly issued 28 decrees on promoting decentralization and delegation of power as well as redistributing authority to agencies and organizations at the central level as well as local governments at all levels. Agencies continue to issue necessary decrees, resolutions, circulars and directives to ensure the implementation of laws and resolutions of the National Assembly. The agencies are planning further implementation work and will continue to implement it.
"During this process, the National Assembly, National Assembly agencies, and National Assembly deputies also regularly monitor, supervise, and promptly report to competent authorities any problems, obstacles, and difficulties that may arise so that timely solutions can be found," Ms. Nguyen Phuong Thuy emphasized.
Ms. Nguyen Phuong Thuy shared that this is also an issue that the leaders of the Party and the State are very concerned about. In the recent past, the Politburo and the Secretariat have met weekly to listen to reports on the implementation of preparations for the official operation of the two-level local government model; and have issued a series of conclusions to urge, inspect, and regularly remind agencies in the political system.
"With the close direction of the Party, National Assembly, Government and relevant agencies and organizations, the implementation of laws and resolutions passed by the National Assembly at the 9th Session in the coming time will have many favorable points," said Ms. Nguyen Phuong Thuy.
Consistent views on leniency
"This consistently demonstrates the viewpoint on leniency in the principles of building the Criminal Code of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam up to now. For crimes that, at the time of consideration, have provisions in the direction of being more lenient, these provisions will be applied. This is also the principle that has been implemented up to now for criminal offenses," said Ms. Nguyen Phuong Thuy.
According to Diep Truong (Vietnam News Agency)
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