☀️ Morning digest on April 24

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

☀️ Morning digest on April 24

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

- Party General Secretary To Lam gave a reception in Hanoi on April 23 for Daniel Rosen, CEO of Rosen Partners – a privately held, industry-leading investment firm in the US.

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Party General Secretary To Lam (R) receives Daniel Rosen, CEO of Rosen Partners (Photo: VNA)

Welcoming Rosen's return to Vietnam on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the two countries’ diplomatic relations and the second year of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Lam expressed his pleasure at the strong developments in bilateral relations in recent times. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 23 attended a virtual summit on climate action at the invitation of UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as leader of a country at the forefront of implementing the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the virtual summit on climate action. (Photo: VNA)

The event was also attended by 16 heads of State and Government and chairs of regional organisations such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the European Union, the African Union, the Alliance of Small Island States, and the Caribbean Community. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 23 hosted Susanna Campbell, Chair of Swedish textile recycling group SYRE, and Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Johan Ndisi, calling on SYRE to invest in developing a green and sustainable textile industry in Vietnam.

Welcoming the SYRE delegation’s visit to explore investment opportunities in green production and the circular economy, PM Chinh encouraged the firm to leverage Vietnam’s abundant textile waste and surplus materials to manufacture sustainable products, while utilising clean energy and eco-friendly inputs in the production process. Read full story

- Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 27 to 29, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

The trip will be made at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse. Read full story

- Vietnam always values its time-tested friendship with Algeria - a relationship that generations of leaders and people from both countries have continuously nurtured since the days of the struggle for national independence up to the present, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai affirmed on April 23.

Receiving Chairman of the Algeria-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group Salah Djegloul, Hai stressed that Vietnam appreciates Algeria’s role and standing in Africa and the world, and believes the country will continue gaining greater achievements in its nation building and development cause. Read full story

- President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien, on behalf of the the Presidium of the VFF Central Committee, has sent letters of condolences to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam and the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics following the passing of Pope Francis.

In the letters, Chien expressed his deep sorrow over the news of Pope Francis’ passing, describing it as a profound loss for the Catholic Church, and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam and the Vietnamese Catholic community in particular. Read full story

- A special exhibition opened on April 23 at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 –2025).

Speaking at the opening, Director of the Ho Chi Minh Museum Vu Manh Ha emphasised the historic significance of the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising, culminating in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, which led to the complete liberation of southern Vietnam and national reunification. This victory marked the end of the three-decade resistance and opened a new era of independence, freedom, reunification, and national construction and defence. Read full story

- VietnamPlus, the online platform of the Vietnam News Agency, has received international recognition for the second time, winning the Best Innovative Digital Product award at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards Asia 2025 for its interactive 3D feature.

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Journalist Tran Ngoc Long (centre), representing VietnamPlus, receives the award in Malaysia. (Photo: VNA)

The award-winning entry, titled “70 Years of Hanoi’s Liberation: A Sacred and Elegant Capital,” was recognised as one of the most prestigious categories of the conference. Read full story

- The Hunan (China) cultural exchange and tourism promotion event held in Hanoi on April 23 underscored efforts to enhance tourism and cultural understanding between Vietnam and China.

In his address, General Director of the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Trung Khanh highlighted the event’s significance amid celebrations of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties and the Year of Vietnam-China Humanistic Exchange, noting that tourism, culture, and people-to-people exchanges have long been recognised as key pillars in fostering trust, deepening mutual understanding, and strengthening people-to-people ties./. Read full story

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Party General Secretary To Lam shakes hands with a Belarusian veteran with outstanding contributions to Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)

Party chief calls for closer friendship between Vietnam, Belarus

Vietnam consistently attaches importance to its traditional friendship with Belarus and wishes to further strengthen cooperation across all fields for the mutual benefit of the two nations, and for peace, cooperation, and development in the region and around the world.

Russian Deputy PM Dmitry Chernyshenko (L) bids farewell to Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse. (Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary To Lam wraps up official visit to Russia

The visit also showed that Vietnam wants to further strengthen political trust between the two countries, identify orientations to bring the traditional friendship and Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Russia to new heights, strengthen the cooperative relationship between the Communist Party of Vietnam and major political parties in Russia.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam meets with Russian intellectuals, scholars, and experts who had supported Vietnam in the past. (Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary meets with Russian experts, intellectuals

General Secretary Lam expressed heartfelt gratitude for the significant and sincere support from Soviet Union and Russian experts during Vietnam's past struggle for national liberation and reunification as well as its current national construction and development process.

The private economic sector is the most important momentum of the national economy. (Photo: VNA)

Party leader highlights new momentum for economic development

In Vietnam, the multi-sector economy was officially recognised in the documents of the 6th National Party Congress; the encouragement and facilitation of private economic development was affirmed at the 7th congress, and further emphasised at the 8th congress.

Party General Secretary To Lam (R) and Chairman of the "A Just Russia – Patriots – For Truth" Party Sergey Mironov. (Photo: VNA)

General Secretary To Lam meets with Russian Party leader

General Secretary To Lam affirmed that the foreign policies of independence and self-reliance of Vietnam and Russia are an important pillar, and its cooperation with Russia, including collaboration via the Party channel, is significant to Vietnam's development in the new era.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow on May 10 (local time). (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese Party chief holds talks with Russian President in Moscow

President Putin affirmed that the Russia-Vietnam relationship has stood the test of time over the past 75 years since the establishment of relations, and the two countries have stood side by side not only during the war but also in the current period of peace.