Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Party General Secretary To Lam has written an article highlighting the loyalty of the Vietnam People's Army and its important role in safeguarding the national independence and sovereignty as well as in boosting the all-round development of the country.
Under the sound leadership of the Party and the education and training of President Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnam People’s Army has made tremendous progress, remained absolutely loyal to the Party and devoted to the people, and become a force of the people, by the people, and for the people. Read full story
- Party General Secretary To Lam on September 23 called for extra efforts to ensure the great national unity bloc becomes an endless source of strength for a prosperous, happy, and developed Vietnam, which is able to steadfastly move toward the two centennial goals set by the Party, and expected by the people.
The Party chief made the appeal while addressing the first Congress of the Party Organisation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Central Mass Organisations for the 2025-2030 term. The September 22-23 event saw the participation of 346 delegates representing over 5,000 members of the Party Organisation. Read full story
- Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong expressed Vietnam’s trust in and support for multilateralism and the United Nations (UN)’ central role in global governance while meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York, the US, on September 22 (local time).
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the High-level General Debate of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly. Read full story
- Vietnam always treasures its relations with Paraguay, a key partner in South America, State President Luong Cuong told Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Palacios in their meeting in New York on September 22 (local time) on the sidelines of the High-level General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Both leaders praised the positive development steps in friendly relations between the two countries over the past three decades and agreed to create breakthroughs in cooperation in the years ahead. Read full story
- Vietnam always attaches importance to and wants to develop its traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Austria, State President Luong Cuong said while receiving Austrian Prime Minister Christian Stocker on the sidelines of the General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the US, on September 22 (local time).
The two leaders expressed their satisfaction with positive strides in the bilateral relationship in recent times, in which Austria has continuously been one of the top 10 trading partners of Vietnam in Europe and Vietnam is an important trading partner of Austria in Southeast Asia. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised the need to clearly identify responsibilities in the leadership, instruction and management of Party committees and administrations regarding the continued violations in seafood exploitation, while addressing the 14th meeting of the National Steering Committee for Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Prevention and Control on September 23.
Speaking at the meeting which was connected online to 21 coastal provinces and centrally-run cities, PM Chinh stressed that Vietnam is a coastal nation with abundant fishery resources and a long-standing tradition of offshore fishing and exploitation. What is important is that seafood exploitation must comply with international regulations and Vietnamese law, he said. Read full story
- Vietnam introduced the opening for the signing ceremony for the landmark Hanoi Convention against cybercrime at United Nations headquarters on September 22, as part of the High-level General Debate of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80).
The event, jointly held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Public Security and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), drew the participation of 120 representatives from UN member countries, research institutes, and international organisations./. Read full story