The National Assembly will decide on many particularly important issues in all fields.

Dear Comrade To Lam, General Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam,

Dear leaders and former leaders of the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front,

Dear National Assembly delegates, distinguished guests,

Dear compatriots, officers and soldiers of the armed forces, voters and people nationwide,

In the joyful atmosphere of these historic days, our entire Party, people and army have successfully organized activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day, and towards the 135th anniversary of the birth of beloved President Ho Chi Minh. Today, the 15th National Assembly solemnly opened the 9th Session, a Session of special importance to our people and our country.

On behalf of the National Assembly Standing Committee, I warmly welcome the leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, Vietnam Fatherland Front, National Assembly deputies, distinguished guests, representatives of diplomatic missions and international organizations to attend the opening session of the Session.

I would like to respectfully send to all delegates, compatriots, officers and soldiers of the armed forces and our compatriots abroad my best wishes for good health and congratulations.

Dear Congress,

The laws and resolutions passed at the 9th Extraordinary Session of the 15th National Assembly have been effectively serving the revolution of rearranging and streamlining the political system's organizational apparatus, promptly removing difficulties and institutional obstacles, creating breakthroughs for development, promoting all resources, and creating new development space for localities and the whole country in accordance with the Party's policies.

Agencies in the political system from the central to provincial, district and communal levels, agencies of the Party, National Assembly, Government, Vietnam Fatherland Front, Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuracy, departments, ministries, branches, agencies, units and localities have thoroughly grasped the spirit of high determination, implemented very drastically and achieved very important initial results.

Many cadres and party members have voluntarily sacrificed personal interests for the common development of their agencies and units, and for the development of the country.

Based on the consensus at the preparatory session this morning, the National Assembly will work for 37 days, divided into two sessions, to review, discuss and decide on the largest workload of any National Assembly session to date, with many particularly important contents in all areas: constitution-legislation, supreme supervision and decision on important issues of the country.

First, on constitutional and legislative work

The 9th session will consider and approve the Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution. This is a strategic task in both political and legal terms, aiming to promptly institutionalize the Party's major policies, especially on the arrangement of the state apparatus in the direction of "streamlining, efficiency, effectiveness, efficiency, closeness to the people, closeness to the people, closeness to reality".

To carry out this task, the National Assembly will establish a Committee to draft amendments and supplements to the 2013 Constitution with many innovations in implementation methods and procedures.

In particular, it will organize to collect public opinions widely, as a basis for the Drafting Committee to amend and supplement a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution to study, absorb, and revise the draft Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution, submit it to the National Assembly for consideration and approval before June 30, 2025 for timely promulgation and taking effect from July 1, 2025.

With 54 draft laws and resolutions on constitutional and legislative work, the National Assembly will consider and approve 34 draft laws, 14 draft resolutions and give opinions on 6 other draft laws, in key areas such as: State apparatus organization, national defense-security, justice, finance-budget, education, training, science-technology, innovation, digital transformation...

Second, on socio-economics, the State budget

At this session, the National Assembly will consider, discuss and decide on many issues of strategic significance for socio-economic development, national defense, security and international integration.

The National Assembly will spend time reviewing important reports of the Government on: approving the 2023 State budget settlement; assessing the results of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the State budget in 2024; the implementation of the socio-economic development plan and the State budget in the first months of 2025; adjusting the State budget estimate for 2025 to allocate at least 3% of the budget for science and technology development, innovation, digital transformation, striving for 8% growth in 2025 and double digits in the following years.

The National Assembly will also consider and approve a resolution on merging provincial-level administrative units; establishing a National Election Council; deciding to shorten the term of the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term; and deciding on the election date for deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

During the session, the National Assembly Standing Committee will consider and approve resolutions on the arrangement and reorganization of commune-level administrative units and many other important tasks.

Third, on supreme supervision

The National Assembly will consider the Report of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front synthesizing opinions and recommendations of voters and people sent to the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly and the Report of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the results of supervising the settlement of voters' recommendations sent to the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

The National Assembly will spend 1.5 days on question and answer activities, focusing on areas closely related to people's lives and state management.

In addition, the National Assembly will review the Report on the implementation results of the 2025 Supervision Program and adopt a Resolution on the National Assembly's Supervision Program in 2026.

Dear Congress,

With the above contents, the 9th Session is a historic session, making institutional breakthroughs to enter an era of modernization, digitalization, greening and sustainable development.

I request that National Assembly deputies concentrate, continue to promote their intelligence and bravery, uphold their sense of responsibility, innovate, discuss deeply, and make wise decisions; together with relevant agencies and organizations, thoroughly implement Resolution No. 66 dated April 30, 2025 of the Politburo on innovation in law-making and enforcement to meet the requirements of national development in the new era, and yesterday, General Secretary To Lam wrote an important article, specifically outlining the implementation of this Resolution.

In that spirit, I declare open the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

I wish Comrade General Secretary To Lam, leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, Vietnam Fatherland Front, National Assembly delegates, distinguished guests, officers and soldiers of the armed forces, voters and people nationwide, and our compatriots abroad good health, happiness and success.

Thank you very much.

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