The victory of the first general election on January 6, 01 marked the birth of the National Assembly of Vietnam, a democratic institution, a pillar institution in the rule of law state of the people, by the people and for the sake of the people. people. For the first time in our country's history, all citizens aged 1946 and over participated in the General Election to elect the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. .
The National Assembly is the highest representative body of the People, the highest organ of state power of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The National Assembly has three main functions, including: (1) Legislative; (2) Decide important issues of the country; (3) Supreme supervision of the State's activities.
Specific tasks and powers of the National Assembly of Vietnam are stipulated in the Constitution of Vietnam, including:
(1) Making the Constitution and amending the Constitution; make laws and amend laws;
(2) Exercise supreme supervision over the observance of the Constitution, laws and resolutions of the National Assembly; reviewing work reports of the President, Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the Government, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy, the National Election Council, the State Audit and other agencies established by the National Assembly;
(3) To decide on the objectives, targets, policies and basic tasks of the socio-economic development of the country;
(4) To decide on basic financial and monetary policies of the country; regulate, amend or abolish taxes; decide on the division of revenues and expenditure tasks between the central budget and the local budget; decide on safe limits of national debt, public debt and government debt; decide on the state budget estimate and central budget allocation, approve the state budget finalization;
(5) To decide on the State's ethnic and religious policies;
(6) Regulations on the organization and operation of the National Assembly, the President, the Government, the People's Court, the People's Procuracy, the National Election Council, the State Audit, the local government and the agency. other agencies established by the National Assembly;
(7) Elect, relieve and remove from office the President, Vice President, President of the National Assembly, Vice President of the National Assembly, Member of Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Chairman of the Ethnic Council, Chairman of the Committee of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, the Chief Procurator of the Supreme People's Procuracy, the President of the National Election Council, the State Auditor General, and the heads of other agencies appointed by the National Assembly. National Assembly established; approve proposals for appointment, relief from duty or dismissal of the Deputy Prime Minister, Ministers and other members of the Government, Judges of the Supreme People's Court; ratify the list of members of the National Defense and Security Council and the National Election Council.
After being elected, the President, the President of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court must swear allegiance to the Fatherland, the People and the Constitution;
(8) Vote of confidence in the holder of a position elected or approved by the National Assembly;
(9) The Government's decision to establish or abolish ministries and ministerial-level agencies; establishment, dissolution, merger, division, adjustment of administrative boundaries of provinces, centrally run cities, special administrative-economic units; establish or abolish other agencies in accordance with the Constitution and laws;
(10) To annul documents of the President, Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the Government, the Prime Minister, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuracy that are contrary to the Constitution, laws and resolutions. Congressional
(11) Amnesty decision;
(12) To prescribe ranks and grades in the people's armed forces, ranks, diplomatic ranks and other state ranks and levels; regulations on medals, medals and honorary titles of the state;
(13) Deciding on the issue of war and peace; regulations on the state of emergency and other special measures to ensure national defense and security;
(14) Deciding on basic foreign policy; ratify, decide to join or terminate the validity of international treaties related to war, peace, national sovereignty, membership of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in international organizations and important areas, international treaties on human rights, fundamental rights and obligations of citizens and other international treaties contrary to laws and resolutions of the National Assembly;
(15) The referendum decision.
The National Assembly of Vietnam works under the conference system and makes decisions by majority. The effectiveness of the National Assembly's operation is ensured by the effectiveness of the National Assembly's sessions, activities of the National Assembly's Standing Committee, the Ethnic Council, Committees of the National Assembly, the National Assembly's Delegation, the National Assembly deputies and the effectiveness of coordination with the President, the Government, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and other agencies. , other organizations.
The term of office of each National Assembly term is 05 years, from the opening date of the first session of that National Assembly to the opening date of the first session of the next National Assembly. Sixty days before the end of the National Assembly's term, the new National Assembly must be elected. In special cases, if it is approved by at least two-thirds of the total number of National Assembly deputies, the National Assembly shall decide to shorten or extend its term at the proposal of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly. The extension of the term of a session of the National Assembly may not exceed 12 months, except in the case of war.
Normally, the National Assembly of Vietnam holds regular meetings twice a year, convened by the National Assembly Standing Committee. However, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly may convene an extraordinary session at its discretion, either at the request of the President, the Prime Minister or at the request of at least one third of the total number of National Assembly deputies. Meetings of the National Assembly are open to the public, some of which are televised and broadcast live. Representatives of State agencies, social organizations, economic organizations, armed units, press agencies, citizens and international guests may be invited to public sessions of the National Assembly.
The National Assembly of Vietnam is headed by the President of the National Assembly. The President of the National Assembly presides over the sessions of the National Assembly; signed and authenticated the Constitution, laws and resolutions of the National Assembly; to lead the work of the National Assembly Standing Committee; organize the implementation of external relations of the National Assembly; maintain relations with members of the National Assembly.
The National Assembly Vice Chairmen assist the National Assembly Chairperson in performing tasks as assigned by the National Assembly Chairperson.
The total number of National Assembly deputies must not exceed 500 people, including full-time deputies and part-time deputies. The number of full-time National Assembly deputies is at least 40% of the total number of National Assembly deputies.
The National Assembly Standing Committee is the standing body of the National Assembly. The National Assembly Standing Committee is composed of the President of the National Assembly, the Vice-Chairmen of the National Assembly and members of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, chaired by the President of the National Assembly and the Vice-Chairmen of the National Assembly as the Vice-Chairmen.
The National Assembly establishes specialized agencies, including: Ethnic Council; 09 Committees (Legal Committee; Judicial Committee; Economic Committee; Finance and Budget Committee; Defense and Security Committee; Culture and Education Committee; Social Committee; Committee). Science, technology and environment; Committee on Foreign Affairs).
The National Assembly delegation consists of National Assembly deputies elected in a province or centrally run city;
The Office of the National Assembly is an advisory body, assisting the National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Ethnic Council and the National Assembly's Committees, and the Committees of the National Assembly Standing Committee.
In addition, the National Assembly Standing Committee also established agencies under the National Assembly Standing Committee to advise and assist the National Assembly Standing Committee on specific work areas, including: Committee for Deputies Work , Committee of People's Volunteers and Institute for Legislative Studies.
The National Assembly of Vietnam is currently a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Inter-Parliamentary Council of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (AIPA), the Union of Parliaments of the Francophone Community (APF). founding member of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF), the Asian Inter-Parliamentary Organization for Peace (AAPP);…
Inheriting and promoting the good tradition of previous National Assembly sessions, the 2021th National Assembly (2026-XNUMX) led by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has continued to innovate methods, improve quality and efficiency. the results of the National Assembly's activities for the ultimate goal of serving the interests of the nation, the nation, and the people's happiness; highly promote democracy, solidarity, rule of law, integrity, publicity and transparency, increase professionalism, constantly improve the quality and effectiveness of the National Assembly's activities in both legislative and supervisory work. supreme and decide important issues of the country.
On the basis of deep understanding and timely institutionalization of the Resolution of the XNUMXth National Party Congress, in the early years of the XNUMXth National Assembly's term, the National Assembly has continuously improved the quality of legislative work and discipline, discipline the legislative process, build a synchronous, unified, stable and feasible legal system, ensuring the constitutionality and legitimacy of the legal system and in accordance with international treaties. of which Vietnam is a member in order to create a full legal corridor to create sustainable development of the country, centered on people and businesses.
Continue to innovate and strengthen supervision, considering this a key and key step to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the National Assembly's operations. Continue to innovate methods and methods of organizing questioning and answering questions, strengthen questioning activities at the National Assembly Standing Committee, accountability activities at the Ethnic Council and Committees of the National Assembly; monitoring activities of National Assembly deputies and delegations, focusing on supervising law enforcement and supervising the implementation of post-supervision recommendations, associated with the accountability of relevant organizations and individuals , especially the responsibility of the head…
Constantly innovating the mode of operation and improving the quality of decision-making on important national issues regarding the organizational apparatus and high-ranking personnel of the State; on objectives, targets, policies and basic tasks for socio-economic development, investment policy in national target programs and important national projects. Improve the quality, effectiveness, efficiency, decide on basic policies on national finance and currency, ensure discipline, discipline, publicity and transparency associated with accountability in the financial sector – budget.
Improve the quality of basic foreign policy decisions; continue to strengthen the National Assembly's foreign affairs in association with the Party's, State diplomacy and people's diplomacy, contributing to improving the prestige of the National Assembly and the country's position in the international arena;
Promote digital transformation in the organization of activities of the National Assembly. Continue to innovate and improve the quality and effectiveness of consulting, assisting and serving the National Assembly's activities; direction, guidance and supervision of the People's Council's activities; renew and strengthen voter contact, consultation, listening to ideas, and close association with voters.
In order to achieve the objectives of the term, according to initial statistics, in the first 3 years of the 136th National Assembly's term, about 101 official normative documents were issued (of which, the National Assembly issued 35 QPPL, The National Assembly Standing Committee issued 793 legal documents); XNUMX directives of the National Assembly leaders at Conferences, Forums, Meetings, etc.
Over a history of nearly 80 years of formation and development, the National Assembly of Vietnam, under the leadership of the Party, has always affirmed to be the place to gather wisdom, bravery and strength to unite the whole nation, expressing the will of the Vietnamese people. voters, at every revolutionary stage, always accompanies the nation, always fulfilling the assigned mission and responsibility.
According to Nghisitre.quochoi.vn
