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☀️ Morning digest on January 27

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

☀️ Morning digest on January 27

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 and his spouse hosted a state banquet in Hanoi on January 26 evening in honour of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State, who are on a state visit to Vietnam.

In his remark, Party General Secretary Lam highlighted that the first overseas visit on January 26 - 27 by the Lao Party General Secretary and President, taking place shortly after the successful conclusion of the 14th National Congress of the CPV and the 12th National Congress of the LPRP, is a politically significant event of historical importance. It vividly reflects the exemplary, faithful and rare relationship between the two Parties, States and people of the two countries, described as one of a kind in the world. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos and the high-ranking delegation of the Lao Party and State in Hanoi on January 26, on the occasion of their state visit to Vietnam.

At the meeting, on behalf of the Vietnamese Government, PM warmly welcomed the Lao leader on his visit to Vietnam, which showed the warm and profound sentiments of the fraternal Lao people to the Vietnamese people. Read full story

- Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man had meeting with visiting General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith on January 26, affirming the Vietnamese NA's commitment to expanding cooperation with its Lao counterpart to new areas, contributing to the two countries' parliamentary ties and their special relationship.

Chairman Man noted that his guest's state visit takes place at a time when the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the 12th National Congress of the LPRP have just been held with great success, marking important milestones in the development process of each country. He said the visit provides an opportunity for the two Parties, States, and peoples to share valuable achievements and experience, and to agree on strategic orientations for a new phase of development. Read full story

- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam held phone talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping on January 26.

General Secretary Lam expressed appreciation to the CPC Central Committee for its early congratulations on the success of Vietnam’s 14th National Party Congress, and thanked the Chinese leader’s congratulatory letter following his re-election as General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee. Read full story

- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 26 for Vice President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) Men Sam An.

General Secretary Lam thanked King Norodom Sihamoni, CPP President and Senate President Hun Sen, and the CPP for their congratulatory messages on the success of the CPV’s 14th National Congress. He expressed particular appreciation to Men Sam An for leading a CPP delegation to Vietnam to deliver congratulations in person, calling the visit a vivid manifestation of the traditional friendship and close solidarity between the two Parties and countries. Read full story

- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam on January 26 received a delegation of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) led by its Deputy Chairman and head of the Central Office Tahir Budagov, who came to offer congratulations on the success of the 14th National Congress of the CPV.

Budagov conveyed congratulations from Azerbaijani President and YAP Chairman Ilham Aliyev, as well as the YAP leadership, to the CPV on the successful 14th National Congress and to General Secretary Lam on his re-election to this post. He said this reflects the Vietnamese people’s absolute trust in the leadership and policies of the CPV, as well as in the immense contributions by the General Secretary. Read full story

- The Party Committee of the National Assembly (NA) convened a conference on January 26 to provide a briefing on the outcomes of the 14th National Party Congress, under the chair of Politburo member, Secretary of the NA Party Committee and NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

Reporting on the congress’s outcomes, Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the NA Party Committee, and Permanent NA Vice Chairman Do Van Chien described the congress, held in Hanoi from January 19 to 23, as a particularly significant political event for the entire Party, people and armed forces, marking a milestone that opens a new stage of national development amid new contexts and objectives. It embodied the spirit of strategic autonomy, self-reliance, resilience, and national pride, reflecting aspirations for advancement and firm confidence in the path chosen by the Party, late President Ho Chi Minh, and the Vietnamese people. Read full story

- The Homeland Spring 2026 programme is set to take place from February 6–9 in Hanoi and Ninh Binh, featuring a wide range of meaningful activities rich in national cultural identity and reflecting Vietnam’s vision and development aspirations in a new era.

At a press briefing on January 26, Nguyen Trung Kien, Chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV), said the 2026 edition, themed “Vietnam’s Aspiration: Peace and Prosperity,” will be the longest-running Homeland Spring programme in recent years. The event is expected to convey a strong message of great national unity, reaffirming that the OV community is an inseparable part of the nation and has consistently accompanied the homeland’s development. Read full story./.

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