General Secretary, President meets with Hanoi voters before the 2nd session, 16th National Assembly

In the afternoon of September 27, General Secretary and President To Lam and National Assembly deputies of Hanoi city, constituency No. 1, met with voters in 10 wards of Hanoi city (Cua Nam, O Cho Dua, Ba Dinh, Ngoc Ha, Giang Vo, Hoan Kiem, Dong Da, Kim Lien, Lang, Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam), before the 2nd session, 16th National Assembly.

The voter meeting was held at the University of Science (Cua Nam ward).

Also attending were Mr. Tran Duc Thang, Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, Head of the Hanoi National Assembly Delegation; city leaders, departments, agencies, branches of Hanoi city and voters of 10 wards.

The 2nd session of the 16th National Assembly will open on October 17 and is expected to close on November 20, divided into 2 phases.

Phase 1 from October 17 to November 13, phase 2 from November 19 to November 20.

At this session, it is expected to submit to the National Assembly for consideration and approval 43 laws and resolutions, and give initial opinions on 2 draft laws.

Some draft laws were considered and passed at the session such as the amended Penal Code, the amended Criminal Procedure Code, the amended Land Law, the amended Housing Law, the amended Real Estate Business Law, the State Budget Law (fusion), the Law on Organization of Criminal Investigation Agencies (amended), the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations (amended), the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Social Insurance, and the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms.

Also at this session, the National Assembly will consider and decide on 10 groups of contents on economy, society, state budget, supervision and important issues under its authority.

The National Assembly also considers passing other draft laws and resolutions to implement legislative tasks that require completion in 2026 according to the guidelines, orientations, and new requirements in the documents of the 3rd Plenum of the Central Committee, other Party documents and considers deciding on other contents (if any).

The National Assembly will also conduct questioning and answering questions.

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