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☀️ Morning digest April 28

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

-President Vo Van Thuong met voters in the central city of DaNang on April 27 ahead of the fifth session of the 15th National Assembly.
Local voters voiced their opinions over amendmentsto the Land Law, support for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic,efforts to fight corruption and high-tech crime, and scientific-technologicalapplication in farming.Read full text

-Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 27 attended aceremony to launch the Action Month on Occupational Safety and Hygiene and theMonth for Workers in 2023, during which he stressed the need to pay moreattention to labourers, and listen to their thoughts and aspirations.
Speaking at the event, PM Chinh stressed theeconomic restructuring, the change in production and business methods, thetransfer of labourers between regions, economic zones and enterprises requireworkers to quickly and flexibly adapt to these changes.Read full text

- Vietnamattaches importance and gives priority to the development of multi-facetedcooperative relations with China, which includes the comprehensive andeffective collaboration between China’s Chongqing Municipality and Vietnameselocalities, an official of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has said.
TruongThi Mai, a Politburo member, permanent member of the CPV Central Committee’sSecretariat and head of the Central Committee’s Organisation Commission, madethe statement at a meeting on April 27 with Hu Henghua, Deputy Secretaryof Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of theMunicipality, as part of her visit to the locality.Read full text

-The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), in collaborationwith the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam, organised aninternational workshop on “Experience in reporting under the UPR mechanism.”
In his remarks, Director of the MoFA’s Departmentof International Organisations Pham Hai Anh noted that since joining theUniversal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, Vietnam has shown its seriousnessand responsibility, with more recommendations accepted by the country, reaching83% of the UPR third cycle recommendations, higher than the average of othercountries.Read full text

- Vietnam is among four countries demonstrating genderparity in digital skills, according to a new UNICEF analysis which was issued onInternational Day of Girls in ICT (April 27).
When it comes to the gender parity, analysis ininternet use among the youth has been achieved in only eight of 54 countriesand territories analysed. However, around 90% of adolescent girls and youngwomen do not use the internet in low-income countries, while their male peersare twice as likely to be online.Read full text

-The4th Global Conference of the One Planet Network’s Sustainable Food SystemProgramme (SFS Programme) concluded in Hanoi on April 27, spotlighting theimportance of the transformation of the food system, heard a press conferenceheld by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on the sameday.
Addressingthe event, Nguyen Do Anh Tuan, Director of the MARD's International CooperationDepartment said the event saw the in-person participation of 337 delegates,including 200 foreign delegates from 60 countries, the United Nations agencies,international organisations, State management agencies, and research andtraining establishments.Read full text

-The corporate sector, including both FDI and domesticenterprises, has invested about 9 billion USD in fields related to green growthand green development, an official said at a workshop named “FDI Enterprises inVietnam’s Green Growth” held on April 27.
Nguyen Anh Tuan, Deputy Director of the Ministryof Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency said that green growthand sustainable development are an indispensable requirement and common trendthat every country in the world wants to achieve.Read full text

--Ho Chi Minh City led the nation in exports last year as unveiledby the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in its annual report on importsand exports, released in Hanoi on April 27.
This is the seventh year in a row the ministry hascompiled the report, which gave an insight into each group of commodities,markets, the utilisation of opportunities generated by free trade agreements,and export-import management, said Phan Van Chinh, Director of the MoIT’sAgency of Foreign Trade.Read full text

-Asof April 27, a total of 1,237 journalists have registered to cover the upcoming32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32) and the 12th ASEAN Para Games inCambodia.
Thefigure was unveiled by the Ministry of Information’s General Department ofInformation and Broadcasting (INB) which is in charge of media registration.
Amongthe registered journalists, there are 162 foreign reporters from 16 countries.Read full text/.

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Vietnam, Czech Republic step up parliamentary cooperation, people-to-people exchanges

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.