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☀️ Morning digest on June 19

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

☀️ Morning digest on June 19


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

- Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has ordered decisive action against serious and complex cases, making it clear that getting stolen assets back is the real test of the anti-corruption drive.

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Party General Secretary and State President To Lam speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA)

Chairing the 30th session of the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption, Wastefulness, and Negative Phenomena in Hanoi on June 18, General Secretary and President Lam emphasised the need to continue translating the policies, tasks, and solutions outlined in Resolution No. 04-NQ/TW and Plan No. 03-KH/TW of the Politburo into concrete policies and institutional frameworks. He demanded a full-scale legal review to expose institutional gaps that incubate graft, wastefulness, as well as avoidance, evasion, and fear of responsibility. Read full story

- Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation returned to Hanoi on June 19 morning, concluding a successful working trip to Russia from June 16 to 18.

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Prime Minister Le Minh Hung returns to Hanoi on June 19 morning, concluding a successful working trip to Russia. Photo: VNA

During the trip, the Government leader attended the ASEAN–Russia Commemorative Summit marking the 35th anniversary of ASEAN–Russia relations and conducted bilateral activities in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read full story

- Prime Minister Le Minh Hung met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on June 18, as part of his trip for the ASEAN – Russia Commemorative Summit and bilateral activities in Russia.

President Putin thanked the Vietnamese side for its close coordination and active contributions to the success of the ASEAN - Russia Commemorative Summit marking the 35th anniversary of their ties. Read full story

- Prime Minister Le Minh Hung received Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) in Kazan on June 18 within the framework of his trip to Russia to attend the ASEAN–Russia Commemorative Summit marking 35 years of relations.

At the reception, PM Hung reaffirmed that Vietnam highly values its Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Russia and wishes to further expand bilateral cooperation across various fields. Read full story

- Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on June 18 proposed three major orientations to enhance ASEAN–Russia cooperation, calling for a more substantive partnership that contributes to peace, stability and sustainable development.

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Prime Minister Le Minh Hung addresses the plenary session of the ASEAN–Russia Commemorative Summit marking 35 years of dialogue relations in Kazan, Russia. (Photo: VNA)

Addressing the plenary session of the ASEAN–Russia Commemorative Summit marking 35 years of dialogue relations in Kazan, Russia, the Vietnamese PM stressed that amid unpredictable global developments, ASEAN and Russia need to work together to build a more balanced and sustainable environment. Read full story

- National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man congratulated outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam Choi Young Sam on his successful tenure during a reception in Hanoi on June 18.

Chairman Man credited Choi with driving bilateral ties forward, pointing to expanded parliamentary and people-to-people exchanges that have added depth to the Vietnam-RoK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Read full story

- Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation Trinh Van Quyet visited and congratulated the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) in Hanoi on June 18 ahead of the 101st anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21), wishing that the agency would continue to strengthen solidarity, foster a spirit of dedication, and push harder for the Party’s revolutionary cause.

In his speech, Quyet said the Vietnamese revolutionary press has long been a core force delivering the Party’s guidelines and policies to the public, stoking patriotism, self-reliance and the aspiration for national independence across revolutionary periods. It is also conveying the Party and State’s major messages, orientations, and policies in the current cause of national construction and defence. Read full story

- Vietnam’s adoption rate for IPv6, the next-generation internet protocol, has climbed to 67.68%, placing the country second in ASEAN and seventh in the world, according to data presented at a conference reviewing the 2021–2025 IPv6 for Gov Programme held in Ho Chi Minh City June 18.

The country now sits among the global front-runners in the shift to IPv6, outpacing many far larger economies, with 95 million broadband subscribers actively using IPv6 services. Read full story

- Vietnamese tech company Gremsy JSC is showcasing its products at Eurosatory 2026, one of the world's largest defence and security exhibitions, taking place in Paris from June 15–19.

As the only Vietnamese tech firm exhibiting directly at the event, Gremsy's participation highlights the growing ability of domestic enterprises to integrate into global technology value chains and compete in high-tech international markets./. Read full story


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