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On the afternoon of March 2, continuing the 55th Session, the National Assembly Standing Committee met to give opinions (for the second time) on the preparation of the First Session of the 16th National Assembly. This is a particularly important session scheduled to take place in April 2026, which will focus on deciding on the organization of the apparatus, senior personnel, legislative work and socio-economic issues. Download General Secretary of the National Assembly, Head of the National Assembly Office Le Quang Manh spoke - Photo: TTXVNReporting the expected program of the First Session of the 16th National Assembly, General Secretary of the National Assembly, Chairman of the National Assembly Office, Chief of Office of the National Election Council Le Quang Manh said that the new National Assembly will meet for the first session, preparatory session on Sunday afternoon, April 5, 2026, opening on the morning of April 6, 2026 and closing. opening on April 25, 2026. The meeting was divided into 2 phases: Phase 1 (from April 6 to April 11) focused on human resource work and discussed a number of legal projects; Phase 2 (from April 20 to April 25) discusses and votes on socio-economic laws and resolutions. The National Assembly will take an 8-day break between the two periods (from April 12 to April 19) for agencies to receive and revise documents. Tightening legislative discipline and innovating personnel work During discussion at the meeting, members of the National Assembly Standing Committee contributed many important opinions to innovate and improve the quality of the session. Regarding logistical preparations, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh suggested that it is necessary to soon complete the procedure for recognizing delegate status (expected by the end of March) to promptly issue certificates and elect delegation heads and Party group leaders right before the opening of the session. The National Assembly Office also needs to soon prepare tablets, install National Assembly 2.0 software and thoroughly train new delegates. Regarding the proposal to apply a shortened process in personnel work, Standing Deputy Head of the Peoples Prayer and Supervision Committee Le Thi Nga; Chairman of the National Assemblys Science, Technology and Environment Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai proposed to carefully consider and develop plans (scenarios) to seek opinions and let the National Assembly decide. Regarding legislative work, Chairman of the Culture and Society Committee Nguyen Dac Vinh; Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee Hoang Thanh Tung especially noted the delay in submitting documents. Mr. Hoang Thanh Tung proposed to resolutely postpone to the year-end meeting for projects that did not have time to submit dossiers for verification, in order to ensure discipline in law development and the quality of law projects. Download Chairman of the National Assemblys Law and Justice Committee Hoang Thanh Tung spoke - Photo: VNA At the meeting, the Government representative, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung proposed adding to the project program the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on the State Bank of Vietnam; Law on Prevention and Combat of Money Laundering; along with important reports on the North - South high-speed railway project, Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway, urban railway network development in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and the 5-year plan to borrow and repay public debt. In addition, State Auditor General Ngo Van Tuan also proposed to move the discussion on state budget settlement to phase 2 because this agency will not complete the official report until mid-March. Resolutely not forcing progress, flexible operating script Download National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Mans speech - Photo: VNASpeaking at the conclusion of the meeting, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man highly appreciated the proactive preparation of agencies and basically agreed with the expected program of the First Session presented by General Secretary of the National Assembly, Head of the National Assembly Office Le Quang Manh. Regarding the personnel process, the National Assembly Chairman agreed to submit it to the National Assembly for consideration and voting for approval. program according to two options (abbreviated or according to the old process) at the preparatory session. In particular, the meeting will be televised and broadcast live right from the time of submitting the draft resolution to elect key leadership positions (Chairman of the National Assembly, President of the State, Prime Minister, Chief Justice of the Supreme Peoples Court) before conducting the Oath Ceremony. The Chairman of the National Assembly also noted that during this session, the oath will not be taken twice to avoid costs and save time. Regarding the time for presenting reports and draft laws and resolutions, the Chairman of the National Assembly said that the maximum regulation is 5 minutes, and at the same time arrange the presentation of integrated presentations and reports for general discussions on content in the same field. The Chairman of the National Assembly noted that the confirmation of delegate status must be reported to the competent authority and completed before the testimony. opening session, helping delegates have all the documents to enter Dien Hong Hall. After receiving delegate status, delegations will meet to elect delegation heads and Party groups. Regarding legislative work, the Chairman of the National Assembly requested the authorities to seriously and urgently complete dossiers and documents on law projects and resolutions; Resolutely shelving projects that do not have enough documents to move to the next session. In addition, it is forecast that the world situation will continue to have complicated developments, especially the war in the Middle East region, the Chairman of the National Assembly requested the Government to proactively calcul
