The National Assembly is the only branch of government in Vietnam and, in accordance with the principle of unified power, all state organs are subservient to it.

The National Assembly has been characterized as a rubber stamp for the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) or as only being able to affect issues of low sensitivity to the regime.

The CPV has great influence over the executive and exercises control through the 150-member Central Committee, which elects the 15-member Politburo at national party congresses held every five years.

[4] Constitutionally, the National Assembly is the highest government organization and the highest-level representative body of the people.

This Congress supported Viet Minh's nationwide general uprising policy against Japanese and French forces in Vietnam.

It also appointed the National Liberation Committee (Uỷ ban dân tộc giải phóng) as a provisional government.

After a series of events which was later called collectively the "August Revolution", Viet Minh seized the power all over the country, and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Việt Nam dân chủ cộng hoà) was declared by Hồ Chí Minh in Hanoi on September 2, 1945.

On January 6, 1946, the first general election ever in Vietnam was held all over the country in which all people 18 years old or older were eligible to vote.

The first session of the First National Assembly (Quốc hội khoá I) took place on March 2, 1946 with nearly 300 deputies in the Hanoi Opera House.

The First National Assembly approved Hồ Chí Minh as the head of government and his cabinet, and the former Emperor Bảo Đại as "the Supreme Advisor".

President Hồ Chí Minh died during the Third National Assembly's term, and was succeeded by Tôn Đức Thắng.

The "sixth" numbering indicates that it is the constitutional continuation of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the North.

In this term, the National Assembly approved the 1992 Constitution, in which the citizen's personal ownership of properties in business was guaranteed.

From this term, the National Assembly's agenda has been filled with law-making procedures to serve the Đổi mới Policy.

[5] NA Vice Chairpersons: Tòng Thị Phóng (first), Nguyễn Đức Kiên, Huỳnh Ngọc Sơn and Uông Chu Lưu National Assembly consisted of 500 elected deputies.

In this term, Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân was elected as the 12th Chairperson of the National Assembly and first woman ever to hold this position.

NA Vice Chairpersons: Tòng Thị Phóng (first), Uông Chu Lưu, Phùng Quốc Hiển and Đỗ Bá Tỵ.