Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Party General Secretary To Lam attended and delivered a speech at a programme named “Ho Chi Minh – Journey of Aspiration 2025” to honour outstanding individuals and collectives in studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality and style in Hanoi on December 25 evening.
The event was jointly organised by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation, and the Vietnam Television (VTV). Read full story
- Party General Secretary To Lam, head of the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption, Wastefulness, and Negative Phenomena, on December 25 chaired the committee’s 29th meeting to review its 2025 performance and discuss its work programme for 2026.
The committee agreed that in the past year, efforts against corruption, wastefulness, and negative practices continued to be implemented in a strong, resolute, and comprehensive manner, with many new approaches producing clear results, fostering broad consensus and unity among officials, Party members, and the public. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 25 requested continued improvement of institutions, policies and laws relating to overseas Vietnamese (OVs) and related affairs, while creating more favourable conditions for them to participate in the country’s political, socio-economic life, and ensuring their legitimate rights, interests and aspirations.
Addressing the national conference reviewing the implementation of Resolution No. 36-NQ/TW on OV affairs and guiding documents of the Party Central Committee's Politburo and Secretariat in this field, which was connected online to 98 Vietnamese missions abroad, PM Chinh reaffirmed that overseas Vietnamese are an inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation and an important source of national strength. Read full story
- Total registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ho Chi Minh City in 2025 is estimated at nearly 8.37 billion USD, up 24.2% from 2024, reflecting the continued appeal of the southern metropolis to foreign investors.
The information was shared at a press conference on the city’s socio-economic situation held on December 25. Read full story
- The Border Guard Command of Vietnam’s Lai Chau province, and the Honghe Border Management Detachment and the Jinshuihe Immigration Inspection Station of China conducted a joint border patrol on December 25.
Under the rotational mechanism, this joint patrol was chaired by the Chinese side. Both sides established a joint patrol command, each forming three land patrol teams and two liaison teams to conduct joint patrols along the border section from Marker No. 29 to Marker No. 71. Read full story
- The World and Vietnam Report under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 25 launched a special publication featuring 65 years of brotherhood between Vietnam and Cuba to mark the 65th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (1960–2025) and the Vietnam–Cuba Friendship Year 2025.
The event was attended by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang; Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Rogelio Polanco Fuentes and his spouse; Palestinian Ambassador and Head of the Diplomatic Corps in Vietnam Saadi Salama, along with representatives of central agencies, ministries, and sectors, as well as former ambassadors and experts who studied and worked in Vietnam and Cuba. Read full story
- Vietnam Customs on December 25 held a ceremony to mark the country’s total import-export turnover surpassing 900 billion USD for the first time - the highest level ever recorded and a significant achievement in its international economic integration.
According to the agency’s estimates, total trade in 2025 reached about 920 billion USD, up 16.9% year on year. Of the total, exports were valued at 470.59 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 15.9%, while imports amounted to 449.41 billion USD, up 18%, resulting in a trade surplus of around 21.2 billion USD. This marked the 10th consecutive year Vietnam has recorded a trade surplus. Read full story
- Vingroup has officially submitted a document to the Government requesting to withdraw its registration to invest in the North–South high-speed railway project, citing the need to concentrate resources on other key infrastructure and energy projects.
In the document dated December 25, Vingroup asked to retract the investment registration it had submitted to the Government in May 2025. The group said the decision was made after careful consideration to ensure maximum focus of capital, manpower and implementation capacity on strategic infrastructure projects recently assigned to it. Read full story
- Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has launched its first direct flights connecting Ho Chi Minh City to northern Dien Bien province, strengthening air connectivity between the country’s largest economic hub and the Northwestern region.
The national carrier’s inaugural flight VN1160 departed from Tan Son Nhat International Airport at 9.35 on December 24 and arrived at Dien Bien Airport at 11.55, carrying nearly 100 passengers. The route is operated by Airbus A321 aircrafts with two flights per week and a flight time of about two hours and 20 minutes. Passengers can also connect from Dien Bien to the capital city of Hanoi via daily flights./. Read full story
