The newly elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong continued to receive congratulatory messages from heads of states and leaders of political parties of countries worldwide.

The latest messages came from:
- President of the Democratic Party of Japan, Prime Minister Naoto Kan;
- Chairman of the Grand National Party of the Republic of Korea, Ahn Sang-soo;
- President of the Communist Party of Brazil (PcdoB), Jose Renato Rabelo;
- President of the Communist Party of Chile, Guillermo Teillier; and
- The President of the Communist Party of Mauritius./.