Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.
- Party General Secretary To Lam met with representatives of ethnic communities in the northern province of Cao Bang on January 28 on th eoccasion of the 96th anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3), the 85th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s return to the country (January 28), and the 65th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh’s revisit to Cao Bang (February 21).
General Secretary Lam extended profound emotion during his engagement with local residents, heroic Vietnamese mothers, veteran revolutionaries, respected community elders, officials, soldiers, teachers, and students. Read full story
- Party General Secretary To Lam attended a live television programme on January 28 to commemorate 85 years since President Ho Chi Minh returned home to lead the Vietnamese revolution (January 28, 1941 - 2026), linking four locations - Cao Bang, Hanoi, Nghe An, and Ho Chi Minh City.
The programme featured more than 800 professional and amateur performers, including over 350 at the Cao Bang site. Read full story
- President of the European Council (EC) António Costa arrived in Hanoi on January 28 evening, beginning his two-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of State President Luong Cuong.
He was welcomed at Noi Bai International Airport by Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture and Social Affairs Nguyen Dac Vinh, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Manh Cuong, Ambassador and Head of the Vietnamese Mission to the European Union (EU) Nguyen Van Thao, and EU Ambassador to Vietnam Julien Guerrier. Read full story
- State President Luong Cuong visited former State Presidents Nguyen Minh Triet and Truong Tan Sang and paid respects to the families of several former Party and State leaders in Ho Chi Minh City on January 28 ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet).
Briefing the former leaders on the country’s major achievements over the past year and the success of the 14th National Party Congress, President Cuong said the Congress had set out orientations and policies for national development in the coming years, motivating the entire Party, people and armed forces to work toward fulfilling the two centenary goals and ushering the country into a new era of prosperous, civilised and affluent development. Read full story
- Hosting the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in 2027 (APEC 2027) in the Phu Quoc special zone is a point of pride for the Mekong Delta province of An Giang and a significant step in elevating Vietnam’s international role in an era of deep integration and global competition, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stated.
Chairing the second meeting of the National Committee for APEC 2027 to review preparations for the event, on January 28, PM Chinh stated that Party General Secretary To Lam has highlighted APEC 2027 as a high-level external affairs event of special significance, and an excellent opportunity to showcase Vietnam as an integrated, innovative, friendly, and dynamic country to the world. Read full story
- The Border Guard Command of northern Lao Cai province and the Honghe Border Management Unit, the Hekou Entry-Exit Inspection Station in China’s Yunnan province launched their 2026 joint patrol at the border demarcation line of the Lao Cai - Hekou international border gate on January 28.
Last year, patrol commands from both sides maintained regular and unscheduled joint patrols across the entire border area under its responsibility, with 12 joint patrols involving 1,200 officers and soldiers from each side. They also provided legal education for nearly 10,000 border residents, and strengthened efforts to combat crime and smuggling. Read full story
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung has attended the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat (AMMR) and related meetings from January 28–29 in Cebu, Philippines, at the invitation of his Filipino counterpart Maria Theresa P. Lazaro.
Trung led the Vietnamese delegation to the extended informal consultation at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ level on the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) on Myanmar chaired by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippine - the ASEAN Chair in 2026, on January 28. Read full story
- Experts have outlined solutions to bring social sciences knowledge directly into the process of implementing Resolution No. 80-NQ/TW, issued by the Politburo on January 7, 2026, on the development of Vietnamese culture.
According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Minh Phuc, Editor-in-Chief of the Social Sciences Publishing House under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, the issuance of Resolution 80 places renewed and pressing demands on innovation in publishing activities in the new period./. Read full story
