Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- The fight against corruption, wastefulness, and wrongdoing must be resolute, persistent, regular and continuous, with strict but humane measures, and without forbidden zones and exceptions, said Party General Secretary To Lam on December 11.
The Party leader made the request at a nationwide conference reviewing anti-corruption work hosted by the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption, Wastefulness and Negative Phenomena. The event was linked to over 4,000 locations from ministries, agencies, military zones, army units, cities, provinces, communes, districts and special administrative units nationwide, with over 190,000 delegates joining either in person or online. Read full story
- The 10th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) wrapped up on December 11 afternoon, after 40 working days with 51 laws and 39 resolutions adopted.
In his closing remarks, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man stressed that the session recorded substantial law-making work, accounting for nearly 30% of all laws and resolutions passed during the entire term. Read full story
- The 10th and final session of the 15th National Assembly wrapped up on December 11, passing 51 laws and eight normative resolutions passed, making up 30% of all legislation approved during the whole term.
The information was released at a press conference following the closing ceremony of the 10th session. Read full story
- Personnel work, which was consolidated at the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s just-ended 10th session, was not only an organisational requirement but also an important solution for enhancing national governance capacity, ensuring stable operations of the state apparatus, and aligning with the orientation of better serving the people and the country’s development goals.
The statement was made by Vice Chairwoman of the NA Committee for Deputy Affairs Ta Thi Yen, while addressing a press conference following the closing ceremony of the 10th and final session of the 15th legislature on December 11 afternoon. Read full story
- Vietnam aims to continue practical and effective cooperation with Russia across all fields, including the peaceful use of nuclear energy, for the benefit of both nations and for regional and global peace, stability, and development, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on December 11.
During phone talks with Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom), PM Chinh highlighted Russia’s and the former Soviet Union’s significant contributions to Vietnam’s energy sector, particularly the peaceful use of nuclear energy, as well as in training generations of leading scientists and experts, forming a strong foundation for Vietnam’s nuclear development today. Read full story
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung received Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, in Hanoi on December 11.
Expressing his pleasure at the rapid and substantive development of the Vietnam-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Trung appreciated and thanked Takebe for his long-standing dedication to advancing bilateral relations over the years, especially in cultural and people-to-people exchanges, local cooperation, and human resources training. Read full story
- Vietnam’s Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam on December 11 attended and spoke at the Advisory Board Conference of the Australia–Vietnam Policy Institute (AVPI).
The meeting was held online with the full participation of AVPI’s Advisory Board, including representatives from the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, RMIT University (AVPI’s parent institution), Business Champion Louise Adams (appointed by the Australian government to promote investment and trade between Australia and Vietnam), and Asia Society Australia, a leading global advisory organisation. Read full story
- Vietnam’s U22 team delivered a convincing 2–0 victory over Malaysia on the afternoon of December 11 in Bangkok, securing top spot in Group B of the SEA Games 33 men’s football tournament.
A standout performance from Dinh Bac, combined with a well-executed tactical approach by head coach Kim Sang Sik, powered the team into the semifinals as group leaders. Read full story
- Vietnamese authorities have been working with the organisers of the 33rd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Thailand regarding inaccuracies in the depiction of Vietnam’s map during the Games’ opening ceremony, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (MoFA)'s spokesperson Pham Thu Hang told the press on December 11.
She was responding to reporters’ questions about the December 9 opening ceremony, where the organisers used visual effects to display maps of Southeast Asian countries, with Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly), as well as Phu Quoc Island absent from the map shown for Vietnam./. Read full story
