Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to Cambodia for a state visit at the invitation of Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, according to the Foreign Ministry’s communiqué.
At the invitation of President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, General Secretary Lam will also co-chair a high-level meeting between the CPV Central Committee’s Politburo and the Standing Board of the CPP Central Committee, and co-chair a meeting of the three Party chiefs of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, in Cambodia on February 6. Read full story
- Party General Secretary To Lam on January 31 attended the inauguration of a memorial house dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh at the E2 Hill historical site in Dien Bien Phu ward, Dien Bien province.
The event was held in the lead-up to the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930–2026) and to mark the success of the 14th National Party Congress. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the National Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution No. 79-NQ/TW on the Development of the State-owned Economic Sector, chaired the first meeting of the steering committee in Hanoi on February 1.
Deputy Prime Ministers and deputy heads of the steering committee Ho Duc Phoc and Nguyen Chi Dung, ministers, leaders of ministries and sectors, members of the steering committee, leaders of state-owned economic groups, experts and scientists attended the meeting. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 1 stressed the need for flexible, proactive and effective implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution No. 79-NQ/TW on the Development of the State-owned Economic Sector, contributing to double-digit economic growth in 2026 and the years ahead.
Chairing the first meeting of the National Steering Committee for the Implementation of Resolution 79, PM Chinh, who leads the committee, underlined a renewed approach to translating Party resolutions into action, stressing speed, effectiveness and tangible outcomes. Read full story
- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the general rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the first Spring Fair 2026 at the Vietnam Exposition Centre (VEC) in Hanoi’s outlying Dong Anh commune on February 1 afternoon.
Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son, Head of the Steering Committee for National Fairs, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Truong Thanh Hoai, and representatives from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment; and the Hanoi People's Committee, also attended the event. Read full story
- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on February 1 had a meeting with former leaders of central agencies, Military Region 9 and Can Tho as part of his trip to the Mekong Delta city.
The meeting was held on the occasion of the 96th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) of the Year of the Horse. Read full story
- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man, who is also Chairman of the National Election Council, has asked centrally-run Can Tho city to take the lead in digital transformation and step up the application of technology in election work, especially in communications, ensuring that all voters have full and accurate access to election-related information.
The NA Chairman made the request during his working trip to inspect preparations for the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and deputies to People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 tenure in the Mekong Delta city on February 1. Read full story
- Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held phone talks with Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Yván Gil Pinto on January 30 evening.
On behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and Party General Secretary To Lam, Trung expressed sincere thanks to leaders of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) for their messages congratulating the success of the 14th National Party Congress. He also conveyed thanks to Acting President Delcy Rodríguez and PSUV Secretary General Diosdado Cabello for their separate congratulations to General Secretary To Lam on his re-election for a new term. Read full story
- VinFast on January 31 officially unveiled its international business strategy for electric scooters, identifying five initial key markets: the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Thailand and Malaysia.
This marks a significant milestone in VinFast’s global expansion strategy and demonstrates the company’s ambition to bring its comprehensive “Make in Vietnam” green mobility ecosystem to the region and the world. Read full story
- The Hanoi Department of Tourism and Tay Ho ward People’s Committee kicked off the “Get on Hanoi 2026 – A Green Journey” on January 30 evening.
The event marked the opening of a series of activities to follow the city’s major orientations to developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector, while also responding to the National Tourism Year – Gia Lai 2026./. Read full story
