- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaireda monthly Cabinet meeting on legislation in Hanoi on July 26, with four draftlaws (amended) tabled for discussion.Read full story
- Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai received Lao Finance Minister BounchomUbonpaseuth in Hanoi on July 26, during which the host affirmed that Vietnamshares its happiness and difficulties with Laos.

- The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee will share itsexperience in people-to-people diplomacy with the Lao Front for National Construction(LFNC) Central Committee and help the Lao side with the establishment offarmers’ association, President of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chienpledged on July 26. Read full story
- A search team from Military Zone 2 of Vietnam has repatriated more than 1,800volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives while on duty in Laos,since its inception in late 1994. In the 2021-2022 dry season alone, the teambrought home 20 sets of remains of martyrs, of whom eight have been identified. Read full story
- With the Government of Vietnam committed to achieving net zero emissions by2050, there is a shift in the country’s priority in foreign investmentattraction, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai on July 26. Read full story
- The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the World Bank (WB) in Vietnamjointly held a conference in Hanoi on July 26 to gather opinions frominternational organisations and consultants on the draft national masterplanning for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.Read full story
- The Enterprise Development Agency (EDA) under the Ministry of Planning andInvestment (MPI) is coordinating with the US Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) inaccelerating digital transformation and building capacity for broader access tofinance, heard a workshop on July 26.

- A total of 29 social impact businesses (SIBs) will receive six-month coachingservices and 100 million VND (4,278 USD) as seed funding to test and refinetheir creative models and realise their impact potential.

- The Vietnam News Agency has joined hands with the Ho Chi Minh Cadre Academy(HCA) and VPBank Finance Company Limited to build a cultural space named afterlate President Ho Chi Minh and a playground for children in Nhuan Duc commune,Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City.Read full story./.