Solemn opening of the 9th Session, 15th National Assembly

NDO - On the morning of May 5, implementing the provisions of the Constitution and the Law on the Organization of the National Assembly, the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly solemnly opened at the National Assembly House, Hanoi. The session will consider and decide on 54 contents on constitutional and legislative work, 14 groups of contents on socio-economics, state budget, supervision and other important issues.

Panorama of the opening session of the 9th Session, 15th National Assembly . (Photo: DUY LINH)

Attending the opening session were comrades: General Secretary To Lam; former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; President Luong Cuong; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung; National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; former National Assembly Chairmen Nguyen Van An, Nguyen Sinh Hung, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu; Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Do Van Chien.

Also attending were leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, Vietnam Fatherland Front, members of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Heads, Deputy Heads of Delegations, National Assembly deputies of 63 National Assembly delegations of provinces and centrally run cities; leaders of central departments, ministries, branches, mass organizations and local leaders, ambassadors, chargé d'affaires, and heads of international organizations in Hanoi .

Party and State leaders and National Assembly deputies attend the opening session of the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly. (Photo: DUY LINH)

Speaking at the opening of the session, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that the National Assembly will work for 37 days, divided into two sessions, to review, discuss and decide on the largest workload of any National Assembly session to date, with many particularly important contents in all areas: constitution-legislation, supreme supervision and decision on important issues of the country.

Regarding constitutional and legislative work, the 9th Session will consider and pass a Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution. "This is a strategic task in both politics and law, aiming to promptly institutionalize the Party's major policies, especially on the arrangement of the state apparatus in the direction of "streamlining, effectiveness, efficiency, close to the people, close to the people, close to reality", the National Assembly Chairman emphasized.

To carry out this task, the National Assembly will establish a Committee to Draft Amendments and Supplements to the 2013 Constitution with many innovations in implementation methods and procedures. In particular, it will organize to collect public opinions widely, as a basis for the Committee to Draft Amendments and Supplements to the Constitution to study, absorb, and revise the draft Resolution to amend and supplement a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution, submit it to the National Assembly for consideration and approval before June 30, 2025 for timely promulgation and effective from July 1, 2025.

Along with the constitutional task, the National Assembly will also consider and approve 34 draft laws, 14 draft resolutions and give opinions on 6 other draft laws, including key areas such as: state apparatus organization, national defense-security, justice, state capital management, finance-budget, education-training, science-technology, personal data, innovation, digital transformation...

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man delivers the opening speech of the Session. (Photo: DUY LINH)

Regarding socio-economic and state budget issues, the National Assembly will spend time reviewing important reports of the Government on: approving the 2023 state budget settlement; assessing the results of the implementation of the 2024 socio-economic development plan and state budget; the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and state budget in the first months of 2025; adjusting the 2025 state budget estimate to allocate at least 3% of the budget for science and technology development, innovation, digital transformation, striving for 8% growth in 2025 and double digits in the following years.

The National Assembly will also consider and approve the Resolution on merging provincial-level administrative units; establishing the National Election Council; deciding to shorten the term of the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term; deciding on the election date for deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term. During the session, the National Assembly Standing Committee will consider and approve resolutions on the arrangement and reorganization of commune-level administrative units and many other important tasks.

Regarding supreme supervision, the National Assembly will consider the Report of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front synthesizing opinions and recommendations of voters and people sent to the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly and the Report of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the results of supervision of the settlement of voters' recommendations sent to the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly. The National Assembly will spend 1.5 days on question and answer activities, focusing on areas closely related to people's lives and state management. In addition, the National Assembly will consider the Report on the results of the implementation of the 2025 Supervision Program, and adopt a Resolution on the National Assembly's Supervision Program in 2026.

Emphasizing that the 9th Session is a session of historical significance, making institutional breakthroughs to enter an era of modernization, digitalization, greening and sustainable development, the National Assembly Chairman requested that National Assembly deputies uphold the spirit of responsibility, innovation, in-depth discussion, and wise decisions; together with relevant agencies and organizations, thoroughly implement Resolution No. 66 dated April 30, 2025 of the Politburo on innovation in law-making and enforcement to meet the requirements of national development in the new era, actively contributing to the best results of the Session.

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