The opening session was broadcast live by Voice of Vietnam (VOV1), Vietnam Television (VTV1), and Vietnam National Assembly Television.

In the past time, the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Government, the Secretary General of the National Assembly, the Nationalities Council, the National Assembly Committees, the agencies under the National Assembly Standing Committee, the National Assembly delegations, the National Assembly deputies, the National Assembly Office and relevant agencies, organizations and individuals have urgently prepared the contents to submit to the National Assembly for consideration and decision at the 5th Extraordinary Session of the 15th National Assembly.

At 7:30 a.m., the National Assembly will hold a preparatory meeting, listening to the following contents: Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Secretary General of the National Assembly - Head of the National Assembly Office Bui Van Cuong reports on the reception, explanation, and adjustment of the proposed program of the 5th Extraordinary Session of the 15th National Assembly; then, the National Assembly will discuss and vote to approve the program of the 5th Extraordinary Session of the 15th National Assembly. Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Head of the Delegation Affairs Committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh will present the Report of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the dismissal of Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh, a member of the National Assembly Delegation of An Giang province, from his duties as a delegate of the 15th National Assembly.

At 8:00 a.m. the same day, the National Assembly held the Opening Session of the 5th Extraordinary Session of the 15th National Assembly at Dien Hong Hall, National Assembly House. The Opening Session was broadcast live by Voice of Vietnam (VOV1), Vietnam Television (VTV1), and Vietnam National Assembly Television.

The 5th extraordinary session opened on January 15, 2024 and is expected to close on the morning of January 18, 2024 in the form of a concentrated meeting at the National Assembly House, Hanoi. The National Assembly will take a one-day break (January 17, 2024) for the National Assembly agencies, the Government and relevant agencies to absorb, revise and complete the draft law and draft resolution.

At the Session, the National Assembly will consider and approve 4 contents, including: Draft Law on Land (amended); Draft Law on Credit Institutions (amended); Draft Resolution on a number of specific mechanisms and policies to remove difficulties and obstacles, speed up the implementation of National Target Programs (according to simplified procedures); on supplementing the Medium-term Public Investment Plan of central budget capital for the period 2021 - 2025 from the general reserve source corresponding to the increased central budget revenue in 2022 for public investment tasks and projects and supplementing the Medium-term Public Investment Plan for Vietnam Electricity Group from the reserve source of the Medium-term Public Investment Plan.

In particular, the draft Land Law (amended) submitted to the National Assembly at the 5th Extraordinary Session includes 16 chapters, 260 articles, omitting 5 articles, amending and supplementing 250 articles (both in content and technique) compared to the draft Law submitted to the National Assembly at the 6th Session.

Regarding the draft Law on Credit Institutions (amended), after being received and revised, the draft Law submitted to the National Assembly at this Session consists of 15 chapters and 210 articles (compared to the draft Law submitted to the National Assembly at the 6th Session, 4 articles were removed, 11 articles were added, 15 articles were kept the same and other articles were technically revised).

According to VNA