Hanoi, May 18 -- Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man on May 18 chaired a working session with the NA Office on key tasks for 2026 and operational orientations for the 2026-2031 term. The NA Chairman acknowledged that despite an exceptionally heavy workload involving many new, complex and unprecedented tasks, the office has effectively fulfilled its advisory role, coordination and support for the activities of the National Assembly.

Emphasising that the new term brings about new requirements, standards and pressures, he stressed that the office could no longer operate under outdated thinking, old working methods or obsolete procedures. "The overarching principle is that the apparatus must not become a bottleneck; procedu...