☀️ Morning digest February 5

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

- President Vo Van Thuong has offered incense incommemoration of some late Party and State leaders, and visited several formerleaders on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

President Thuong offered incense to commemoratecomrade Truong Chinh, who undertook many important positions of the Party andState during his more than 60 years of revolutionary activities from 1925-1988;and late President General Tran Dai Quang. Read full story

- Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue hasrecently signed to attest the revised Land Law and the revised Law on CreditInstitutions.

The amended laws were officially passed on January18, as part of the 15th NA’s 5th extraordinary session. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and presentedgifts to encourage the forces who are on duty during the Lunar New Year (Tet)Festival in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

Visiting and delivering his Tet wishes to workersof the Can Tho Urban Joint Stock Company, PM Chinh highly appreciated thespirit of solidarity, hard work, efforts and achievements of more than 450officials and workers of the company in recent times. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the seventh meeting ofthe Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform in Hanoi onFebruary 2 to evaluate the committee's work in 2023 and outline tasks for thisyear.

PM Chinh, who is also head of the steering committee,underscored that the Party and State view the acceleration of administrativereform as a pivotal stride toward establishing a socialist rule-of-law State,one that serves its citizens with utmost professionalism, efficiency andeffectiveness. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the second meeting ofthe steering committee for the implementation of the National Assembly’sresolution on piloting special mechanisms and policies for the development ofHo Chi Minh City.

Issued on June 24, 2023, Resolution 98/2023/QH15 stipulatesmechanisms and policies designed specifically for the city in investmentmanagement, State finance and budget, urban governance, natural resources andenvironment, priority fields calling for strategic investors, sci-tech,innovation, and the administrative apparatus of both Ho Chi Minh City and ThuDuc city. Read full story

- Minister of Foreign Affairs BuiThanh Son has made a series of recommendations on measures to step upcooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and theEuropean Union (EU) while attending the 24th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting(AEMM) in Brussels on February 2.

Acknowledging positive progress in the tworegional groupings’ strategic partnership, the minister stressed the need forresolute and effective implementation of decisions made by leaders at theASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit in 2022, particularly regarding economic, trade,investment, sustainable development, and maritime cooperation. He alsounderscored the importance of fostering new growth drivers such as digitaltransformation, energy transition, green economy, and circular economy. Read full story

- The Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House haspublished two new books by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
The books are titled “Turning challenges into opportunities withresolve to create breakthroughs for rapid, sustainable development” and“Building pure, strong Party and political system to contribute to successfullyimplementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress”. Read full story

- The prestige and strength ofthe Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) are reflected in the revolutionary spiritas well as the spirit of criticism and self-criticism of each party member,according to Dr. Ruvislei González Sáez, one of the leading research experts onVietnam in Latin America.

Talking to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'scorrespondent in Havana, Dr. González Sáez, a senior researcher at the CubanCentre for International Policy Research (CIPI), said 94 years after itsestablishment, the CPV today has become the second largestMarxism-Leninism-oriented political organisation in the world, with a largenumber of members, just after the Communist Party of China. Read full story

- Trade activities between Vietnam and China have been busysince the beginning of 2024, with a series of border gates reopened andupgraded.

According to the management board of the DongDang-Lang Son economic zone, the first week of the year saw the number oftrucks transporting goods through six land border gates in the northernmountainous province of Lang Son increased by nearly 300 compared to theprevious month. On a daily average, there were about 400 trucks carryingexports and about 800 trucks carrying imports. Read full story
☀️ Morning digest February 5 ảnh 2At the get-together for Tet in Thailand. (Photo: VNA)
- Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Japan, Australia, Algeria,Thailand and Laos celebrated Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival at gatherings heldin their host countries as the national biggest traditional festival isapproaching.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Japan’s Osakacity held a Tet get-together for the Vietnamese community and foreigners inKansai region on February 2./. Read full story
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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.

US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750) docks at Saigon Gateway Port in Ho Chi Minh City on November 1 (Photo: znews.vn)

US Coast Guard cutter visits Ho Chi Minh City

While in Ho Chi Minh City, the commanding officer and crew of USCGC Bertholf will pay courtesy calls on the city’s leaders and the Coast Guard Region 3 Command, take part in diplomatic engagement activities and professional exchanges on maritime operations, and participate in friendly sports competitions with officers and personnel of Coast Guard Region 3.