Closing of the 8th Session, 15th National Assembly after 29.5 working days

Attending the closing session were Politburo members: General Secretary To Lam; President Luong Cuong; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other leaders and former leaders of the Party and State. Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man chaired and delivered the closing speech.

Passed 18 laws and 21 resolutions

After 29.5 working days (phase 1: from October 21 to November 13, 2024; phase 2: from November 20 to November 30, 2024) with the spirit of innovation, solidarity, democracy, intelligence, proactiveness, urgency and high responsibility, the 15th National Assembly reviewed 51 contents and groups of contents, including: 33 contents related to legislative work, 18 groups of contents on socio-economics, state budget, supervision and other important issues; at the same time, 12 groups of contents were reported by agencies for National Assembly deputies to study on their own.

The National Assembly passed 18 laws and 21 resolutions, gave initial opinions on 10 other draft laws; reviewed and decided on the socio-economic development plan, the State budget estimate, the central budget allocation plan for 2025, national target programs, important national projects and many other important issues.

The National Assembly conducted questions and answers; conducted supreme supervision on the topic "Implementation of policies and laws on real estate market management and social housing development from 2015 to the end of 2023"; reviewed reports on synthesizing voters' and people's petitions, reports on the results of supervising the settlement of voters' petitions, reports on the results of receiving citizens, handling petitions and resolving citizens' complaints and denunciations, and a number of other important contents.

The National Assembly considered and decided to relieve General Secretary To Lam from the position of President; elect Luong Cuong as President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the 2021-2026 term; relieve Bui Van Cuong from the position of member of the Standing Committee of the 15th National Assembly, General Secretary of the National Assembly and cease being a deputy of the 15th National Assembly from the position of member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Hai Duong Province's National Assembly Delegation; elect Le Quang Tung from the Standing Committee of the 15th National Assembly, General Secretary of the National Assembly; approve the proposal to relieve Ho Duc Phoc from the position of Minister of Finance for the 2021-2026 term; approve the proposal to relieve Nguyen Van Thang from the position of Minister of Transport for the 2021-2026 term; approve the proposal to appoint Nguyen Van Thang as Minister of Finance for the 2021-2026 term; Approved the proposal to appoint Minister of Transport for the 2021-2026 term for comrade Tran Hong Minh; approved the proposal to appoint Judges of the Supreme People's Court for comrades: Nguyen Quoc Doan and Le Tien.

The National Assembly reviewed and discussed reports on the results of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the implementation of the State budget in 2024; it is expected to achieve and exceed 14/15 main targets. The National Assembly passed Resolution No. 158/2024/QH15 on the 2025 socio-economic development plan with 15 targets and 12 main groups of tasks and solutions; identifying 2025 as the year of acceleration, breakthrough, and reaching the finish line.

Create the best premise for the nation's innovation and strong development in the new era.

In his closing speech, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man affirmed: After 29.5 days of serious, scientific, democratic and highly responsible work, with the spirit of innovation, timely removal of difficulties and obstacles, overcoming bottlenecks, clearing resources, focusing highly on serving socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security and improving people's lives, the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly has completed all the contents of the proposed program and has been a great success.

The National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee respectfully thank the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, and directly General Secretary To Lam for their close, timely, and effective leadership and direction in the preparation and conduct of the Session. The National Assembly acknowledges and highly appreciates the close, timely, and effective coordination between the agencies of the National Assembly, the Government, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy, the State Audit, the Central Organization Committee, the Central Inspection Committee, the Central Party Office, and relevant agencies...

Entering 2025, a year of great significance in successfully implementing the tasks of the 2021-2026 term; in the spirit of the Resolution of the 10th Central Party Conference, 13th tenure, including the urgent requirement of the work of arranging and streamlining the apparatus of the political system, meeting the requirements and tasks of the country in the new period; the important speech of General Secretary To Lam at the opening session of the meeting as well as the recent directions of the General Secretary on the work of preventing and combating corruption, waste and negativity; Comrade Tran Thanh Man emphasized: The National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Ethnic Council, the National Assembly Committees, the National Assembly Office, and the agencies under the 15th National Assembly Standing Committee will continue to strongly innovate, urgently arrange and consolidate the "lean, compact, strong" organizational apparatus, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of operations, and restructure the contingent of cadres with sufficient qualities and capacities to meet the tasks.

Accompanying the Government, agencies and organizations in the political system, striving to achieve the highest socio-economic development goals in 2025, contributing to the successful implementation of the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress, best preparing for Party Congresses at all levels, towards the 14th National Congress of the Party, creating the best premise for the strong innovation and development of the nation in the new era.