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☀️ Morning digest on February 3

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

☀️ Morning digest on February 3

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

- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam on February 2 received Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, who is visiting Vietnam as special envoy of the Communist Party and the State of Cuba.

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Party General Secretary To Lam (R) receives Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, who is visiting Vietnam as special envoy of the Communist Party and the State of Cuba (Photo: VNA)

Welcoming the special envoy shortly after the CPV’s 14th National Congress, General Secretary Lam affirmed that the dispatch of a high-ranking special envoy by the Cuban leadership on this occasion demonstrates the special importance attached by Cuba, as well as the close-knit, faithful, pure and exemplary relationship between the two Parties, States and peoples. Read full story

- State President Luong Cuong visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh in Hanoi on February 2.

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State President Luong Cuong (R) and former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh in Hanoi on February 2. (Photo: VNA)

He inquired after the health and life of the former Party leader, and praised Manh’s significant contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the State, as well as to national construction and development during the Doi moi (Renewal) period. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 2 affirmed that Vietnam will continue to share its experience gained from 40 years of Doi moi (Renewal) and economic integration with Cuba, while hosting Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, who is visiting Vietnam as special envoy of the Communist Party and State of Cuba.

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) welcomes Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, who is visiting Vietnam as special envoy of the Communist Party and State of Cuba. (Photo: VNA)

PM Chinh welcomed and highly appreciated the visit by the Cuban special envoy, which took place shortly after the success of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He reaffirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to preserving and further deepening the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Cuba. Read full story

- National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man held talks with Speaker of the Jordanian House of Representatives Mazen Turki El Qadi in Hanoi on February 2, within the framework of the latter’s official visit to Vietnam from February 2–5.

Welcoming the Jordanian Speaker, NA Chairman Man stressed that the visit took place shortly after the official visit to Vietnam by King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein, reflecting Jordan’s strong determination to promoting friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, including parliamentary collaboration. Read full story

- Party diplomacy serves as the key political foundation guiding the overall Vietnam-Cuba relationship, Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, reaffirmed at their talks in Hanoi on February 2.

At the outset of the talks, Trung briefed the Cuban side on major outcomes of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). In response, Rodríguez Parrilla, who is visiting Vietnam from February 1-3 as special envoy of the Communist Party and State of Cuba, affirmed that the success of the CPV’s 14th congress was not only a victory for the Vietnamese people, but also a great source of encouragement and a valuable lesson for the Communist Party and people of Cuba in their cause of national construction and defence. Read full story

- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam’s upcoming state visit to Laos reaffirms the high level of political trust and Vietnam’s consistent policy of always giving top priority to the great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic cohesion between the two countries, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Minh Tam.

The visit, which will take place on February 5, will be the first foreign trip by General Secretary Lam in 2026 and his first foreign visit after he was re-elected as General Secretary of the 14th National Congress of the CPV. It will make him the first state guest welcomed by the Party, State, and people of Laos since the 12th National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP). Read full story

- Miss Multicultural World 2026, a beauty pageant founded by a Vietnamese organiser, will be held in Hanoi for the first time.

The information was announced on January 31 by Phan Oanh Media, the event’s organiser./. Read full story


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