Over the past 80 years, he Homeland Security force has grown into a “steel shield,” playing a central role in safeguarding the Party, the political system, and the people’s peace and well-being.
Leaders of Cuba, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Chile, Sweden, Hungary, and international organisations have sent letters and messages of congratulations to Vietnam’s newly-elected key leaders.
The celebration of the annual traditional festivals of Laos, Thailand and Cambodia in Ho Chi Minh City serves as a meaningful platform to foster mutual understanding, strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges and expand multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and its regional neighbours.
Da Nang is committed to strengthening ties with central and southern Lao provinces. The city has been rolling out effective cooperation programmes across multiple sectors, including diplomacy, trade, education, health care, defence and social welfare.
The official visit to Cambodia by Politburo member and Permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu has been described by Cambodian officials as carrying profound political and diplomatic significance, helping reinforce the traditional ties between the two Parties and countries.
Relations among Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia are currently built on three main pillars: a high level of political trust, increasingly deep economic cooperation, and growing people-to-people exchanges. This serves as a solid foundation for the three countries to develop together in the context of deeper international integration.
Vietnam has always been an active and responsible WTO member, fully participating in activities, discussion sessions, and side events, while regularly making statements and contributing to major negotiation dossiers, said Ambassador and Head of the Vietnamese Mission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Mai Phan Dung.
Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam’s economic powerhouse and one of its most vibrant tourism hubs – welcomes more than 30 million visitors each year. The merger of Binh Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau with Ho Chi Minh City has created a mega-urban area.
Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap is making concerted efforts to revise its wetland ecosystem in a sustainable manner. Proper hydrological regulation is considered the key factor in enabling local flora and fauna to gradually recover and thrive. Beyond storing and regulating water, the ecosystem also forms a foundation for sustainable socio-economic development in the locality.
Ha Giang in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang and Hoi An in the central city of Da Nang have been named among the world’s 51 most beautiful destinations for 2026 by Time Out, ranking 17th and 51st respectively.
Unlike ecosystems where species inventories are largely complete, Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park remains scientifically “open,” with each survey revealing new findings. Recent studies - from local research projects to international collaborations - have recorded additional bird species and identified the rare parasitic plant Sapria himalayana, which only survives in intact primary forests.
With 2,000–2,500 severe thalassemia cases diagnosed each year in Vietnam, expanded access to stem cell transplantation is opening up new prospects for patients to lead healthier, more independent lives.
Thai authorities have intensified a crackdown on online scam and gambling networks, arresting a suspected ringleader and freezing assets worth billions of THB linked to transnational criminal activities.
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