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☀️ Morning digest April 12

The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
☀️ Morning digest April 12 ảnh 1

Hanoi, (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

-Underthe chair of National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, the NA StandingCommittee wrapped up its 22nd meeting after two days of sitting in Hanoi onApril 11.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, NA Chairman Huesaid the committee has completed all agenda, including three contents to submitto the fifth meeting of the 15th legislature.Read full text

-PresidentVo Van Thuong and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived in Hanoi in theafternoon of April 11, wrapping up their two-day official visit to Laos at theinvitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party CentralCommittee and President Thongloun Sisoulith.
Duringthe trip, President Thuong engaged in 18 activities in Vientiane with specific results,creating a new impetus for Vietnam-Laos cooperation across the board,contributing to realising high-level agreements reached by the two Parties andcountries, especially the Vietnam-Laos cooperation strategy agreement for the2021-2030 period and the Vietnam-Laos Bilateral Cooperation Agreement for2021-2025.Read full text

-PresidentVo Van Thuong’s official visit to Laos on April 10 and 11 has contributed tocreating a new impetus for cooperation between the two countries in 2023 acrossall key fields, from politics and diplomacy to security, economy, education andtraining, science and technology, culture, sports and tourism on the basis of theeffective implementation of their high-level agreements, Minister of ForeignAffairs Bui Thanh Son has said.
Son made the statement while talking to the presson the outcomes of the trip, the first to a foreign country by the Presidentsince he took office. He considered the visit ‘special and meaningful in manyaspects’, demonstrating Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching importance andgiving the highest priority to the great friendship, special solidarity andcomprehensive cooperation with Laos.Read full text

-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 11 suggestedthe Ministry of Health (MoH) assign capable medical facilities to buildmedicine centres in six socio-economic regions nationwide, which will serveothers when needed.
The leader made the suggestion during hisunexpected trip to inspect the implementation of Resolution No. 30/NQ-CP onmedical procurement, and Decree No. 07/2003/ND-CP on medical equipmentmanagement at health facilities in Hanoi.Read full text

-DeputyMinister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet, on behalf of the Minister of ForeignAffairs, hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 11 for Regional Representativefor Asia - Pacific of the International Organisation of La Francophonie(OIF) Edgar Doerig who came to present his credentials.
Vietexpressed his belief that in the new position, Doerig will make furthercontributions to fine cooperation between Vietnam as well as French-speakingcountries in the region and the OIF.Read full text

-Secretaryof the Party Committee of Hanoi Dinh Tien Dung received Chinese Ambassador toVietnam Xiong Bo on April 11, during which the host proposed multi-facetedcooperation between the capital city and Chinese localities.
The Hanoi official appreciated the active supportof the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, as well as the ambassador in promotingfriendly relations and cooperation between Hanoi and Beijing.Read full text

-TheKorean Medical Devices Industry Association (KMDIA) and the Korea InternationalExhibition Centre (KINTEX) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) plan to hold theK-Med Expo Vietnam 2023, a medical equipment exhibition, in Ho Chi Minh Cityfrom June 15-17.
Up to now, a total of 150 companies, includingKorean medical equipment and foreign companies, have registered for the event.Read full text

-TheHa Long Carnival 2023 festival, themed “Ha Long Dance – Harmony of FiveContinents”, will open with a low-altitude fireworks display at 8pm on VoNguyen Giap street, the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 1.
It will be the 15th year the festival has beenheld, kicking off the summer tourism season of Ha Long city and otherlocalities in the province with cultural, art, sport and tourism activities,said Vice Chairman of the Ha Long municipal People’s Committee and deputy headof the organising board Nguyen Ngoc Son on April 11.Read full text/.

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Ha Thi Nga, member of the Party Central Committee and Vice President and Secretary-General of the VFF Central Committee, expressed her wish for the VFF and its counterpart bodies under the Czech Chamber of Deputies to step up exchanges of experience in legislative work, receiving and addressing voters’ petitions, supervision and social governance.

President of the Lao NA Sonexay Siphandone (right) presents a souvenir to the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association (VLFA) at the meeting in Hanoi on November 2, 2026. (Photo: VNA)

Top Lao legislator backs friendship activities ahead of 2027 milestones

Lao NA Sonexay Siphandone, who is on official Vietnam visit, urged the Vietnam-Laos and Laos-Vietnam friendship associations to keep coordinating closely and step up messaging on the two countries’ great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic cohesion, especially around the treaty’s 50th anniversary.

President of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man speaks at the eighth session of the NA Standing Committee on November 2, 2026. (Photo: VNA)

Top legislator asks for harnessing people’s power to curb crime

The top legislator stressed that to curb drug-related offences and other crimes, it is vital to leverage the collective strength of the entire people, describing every citizen as a soldier, every family as a battleground, and every locality as a fortress.

At the meeting between Nguyen Thanh Nghi, member of the Political Bureau, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee, and head of the committee’s Commission for Policy and Strategy and Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in Beijing on November 2. (Photo: VNA)

CPV delegation pays working visit to China

The two sides discussed measures to further enhance the effectiveness of cooperation, focusing on increasing delegation exchanges, strengthening training and capacity-building for officials, establishing regular research coordination channels, and organising thematic seminars and online discussions.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang welcomes Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, India promote law enforcement cooperation

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security called on India’s National Security Council to continue urging Indian law enforcement agencies to negotiate and sign cooperation documents with the ministry, including a draft memorandum of understanding on cooperation in personnel training and capacity building and a draft agreement on cooperation in combating transnational crime between the Vietnamese ministry and the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs.

President of the Lao National Assembly Sonexay Siphandone and his spouse, Vandara Siphandone, arrive at Noi Bai International Airport on November 2, 2026. (Photo: VNA)

Lao NA President begins official visit to Vietnam

In an interview on the visit and bilateral cooperation, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Minh Tam said that, from a strategic perspective, the visit is important in further translating the concept of “strategic cohesion” into concrete action and making it a guiding principle underpinning Vietnam-Laos relations.

Finance Minister Ngo Van Tuan addresses a discussion on the bill during the 16th National Assembly’s second session November 2 (Photo: VNA)

FDI attraction requires outcome-based support policies: minister

According to the minister, the draft law is being revised against the backdrop of projected total social investment demand for 2026-2030 being 2.21 times that of the 2021-2025 period. Disbursed foreign direct investment (FDI) alone needs to reach an average of 30-40 billion USD annually, six to seven times the level recorded in the previous period.

At the 7th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee. (Photo: VNA)

NA Standing Committee to review 35 draft laws, resolutions at 8th session

In addition, the Standing Committee is expected to consider and adopt five draft resolutions concerning the allocation of inspection-related recovered funds to strengthen inspection agencies; the functions and organisational structure of the National Assembly's Council of Ethnic Affairs and committees; salary and allowance scales for State officials and judicial personnel; policies and working conditions for People's Council deputies; and approval of the National Assembly's Digital Architecture Framework version 2.0.

National Assembly President Tran Thanh Man (R) and President of the Lao National Assembly Sonexay Siphandone in Hanoi on April 16, 2025 (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese, Lao legislatures strengthen strategic ties

The official visit by Lao National Assembly President Sonexay Siphandone and his spouse will provide an opportunity for the two sides to discuss strategic measures to further deepen bilateral relations in the next phase. The visit will also reaffirm their determination to develop the great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic cohesion between Vietnam and Laos in a more substantive and sustainable manner, for the benefit of the two countries' people.