Hanoi, Jan. 6 -- Over its 15 tenures in the past 80 years, the National Assembly (NA) has significantly contributed to the Party and the nation's glorious revolutionary cause, deserving as status as the highest representative body of the people, the supreme organ of State power, and a forum where the nation's intelligence, will, and aspirations are crystallised, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man has said. The top legislator made the statement at a national-level ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the first General Election to elect the Vietnamese NA (January 6, 1946-2026) in Hanoi on January 6. The event saw the presence of Party General Secretary To Lam, former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, State President Luong Cuong, former Sta...