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☀️ Morning digest May 17

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 ofselected news summaries last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

- President Vo Van Thuong has signed a decision approving theagreement on mutual judicial assistance in civil matters between Vietnam andThailand.
The approval was made as proposed by theGovernment on April 27.Read full text

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoion May 16 for Cuban Minister of the Interior Alberto Álvarez Casas.
PM Chinh hailed the significance of the visit bythe Cuban minister at a time when the two countries are celebrating the 60thanniversary of the Cuban Committee for Solidarity with South Vietnam and the50th anniversary of Fidel Castro's first visit to Vietnam and the southernliberated zone.Read full text

– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-rankingdelegation of Vietnam to the expanded summit of the Group of Seven (G7) and paya working visit to Japan from May 19 to 21.
The trip will be made at the invitation ofJapanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.Read full text

– The 13th-tenure Party Central Committee discussed amid-term report reviewing the leadership and direction of the Politburo and theParty Central Committee’s Secretariat, and on some focal tasks until the end ofthe Party’s 2021 - 2026 tenure on the second working day of its mid-termmeeting in Hanoi on May 16.
The committee also looked into the self-performance reviewsof the members of the Politburo and the Secretariat in the 13th tenure.Read full text

– President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) CentralCommittee Do Van Chien received a high-ranking delegation of the Committees forthe Defence of the Revolution of Cuba (CDR) led by National Coordinator GerardoHernandez Nordelo in Hanoi on May 16.
Welcoming the CDR delegation, Chien, who is also amember of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, highlighted theover-60-year special relations between Vietnam and Cuba and affirmed that thefraternal solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, and mutual trust between thetwo Parties, States, and peoples have been reinforced unceasingly anddeveloping strongly in all spheres.Read full text

– Philip Fernandez, a member of the Canada-Vietnam FriendshipSociety (CVFS), has highlighted the life and revolutionary career of PresidentHo Chi Minh during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on theoccasion of the 133rd birth anniversary of the late leader (May 19, 1890 –2023).
According to Fernandez, UNESCO hounoured latePresident Ho Chi Minh as one of the great men of humanity, whilecountries and peoples worldwide also honorured his life and revolutionarycareer, and these remembrances are great reminders of his greatness.Read full text

– The Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese incollaboration with VTV’s External Television Department on May 16 announced anew TV programme "Dau an Viet Nam" (Vietnam Impressions) featuringoutstanding Vietnamese persons and promoting Vietnamese images to friends allover the world.
The programme airs from May 2023 to January 2025 on VTV4channel. The first issue is about President Ho Chi Minh and will be broadcaston May 19 to celebrate the late leader's 133rd birthday (May 19).Read full text/.
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Politburo Member and Standing Member of the CPV Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu welcomes the LPRP delegation. (Photo: VNA)

Key Vietnamese Party leader welcomes LPRP delegation

Tu cast Vietnam–Laos ties as a special solidarity asset cultivated by generations of leaders and people, strategically vital to the construction and defence cause of both countries. With global and regional conditions shifting rapidly, he said the “great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, strategic cohesion” motto requires shared resolve and responsibility from all sectors and levels, especially the two Parties and States’ leaders.

Congratulations extended to Commonwealth of Dominica, Panama on National Days

Congratulations extended to Commonwealth of Dominica, Panama on National Days

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam on November 3 sent a congratulatory message to President of the Commonwealth of Dominica Sylvanie Burton on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the Caribbean country's Independence Day (November 3, 1978 – 2026).

An overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA)

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.